Another Rikers Island detainee dies – second death this week, 12th for the year
Another Rikers Island detainee has died in custody Wednesday, Sept. 22, marking the second death this week and the 12th this year as crisis conditions worsen at the beleaguered jail complex. Stephen...
View ArticleLawmakers hope to expand speed camera capabilities in NYC and intensify...
Those who have found a photo of their car and a $50 ticket greeting them in the mail may be not be thrilled to hear about a bill that would allow NYC school-zone speed cameras to operate 24/7. But safe...
View ArticleJudge lifts temporary restraining order on DOE vaccine mandate
A judge ruled earlier this week that Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate for all Department of Education staff can move forward as planned. Late last month, de Blasio ordered all DOE staff,...
View ArticleMayor says New York City has more work to do with anti-violence this year
The mayor’s office is combating some harsh crime numbers and spent most of Thursday’s press conference discussing tactics to secure a safer city. Since June 13, shooting incidents are up to 634...
View ArticleDe Blasio tells reporters Adams made verbal commitment to continue Rikers...
Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters Thursday that his likely successor, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams, has committed to continuing plans to close Rikers Island...
View Article‘Let them go!’ Rally at Foley Square demands Biden stop deportations
A coalition of immigrant rights activists rallied in Foley Square on Sept. 23 to demand President Joe Biden’s administration end deportations and release those detained through a countrywide action....
View ArticleSheinkopf Speaks: AOC’s gala gown meets the working class
Not one person waiting on the cement sidewalk outside that Queens hospital for the hours that turned into days on lines that never ended on the coldest days of that winter of death was wearing a white...
View ArticleBrooklyn bike parking startup expands — mostly in New Jersey
Brooklyn-based bike parking pod company Oonee is growing its stable of publicly accessible and free bicycle parking rooms in New York City with an even bigger expansion in New Jersey, the company...
View ArticleGeorgia U.S. Senator comes to NYC for fundraiser
Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock, who joined the U.S. Senate in the 2021 election and is fighting to keep his spot, recently turned to his friends in New York City and specifically Brooklyn for...
View ArticleAbortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in challenge to Texas law
Abortion providers in Texas on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on an urgent basis in their challenge to a state law imposing a near-total ban on abortion. The providers asked the...
View ArticleCNN’s Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former boss, says he...
A former ABC News executive accused CNN anchor Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her, describing in an essay published on Friday in the New York Times how he grabbed her buttocks at a colleague's...
View ArticleFanDuel Sportsbook Michigan offers “Spread the Love” promo
This Saturday, the #19 Michigan Wolverines will host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and FanDuel Sportsbook Michigan is rolling out the fantastic Spread the Love promo for the game. Michigan is favored by...
View ArticleVideo | A courageous conversation about race, ethnicity, culture and health...
The COVID-19 pandemic glaringly illuminated racial and ethnic pervasive, persistent and longstanding health and healthcare disparities. Health and healthcare disparities are compounded by historic...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio announces details on changes to Gifted and Talented programs...
The City's new plan for Gifted and Talented classes will be released later this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Friday. De Blasio let the news slip during his almost weekly interview on WNYC's...
View ArticleSliwa demands an apology from Adams campaign over Willowbrook school comments
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Sept. 21 to discuss mental health and homelessness, and Republican candidate for mayor Curtis Sliwa is not pleased with these...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Children with developmental disabilities and autism must be protected...
As a long-term care pharmacist who supplies the daily medication needs for some 3,000 people with developmental disabilities and autism in New York group residences, I have tried to use my three...
View ArticleMayoral candidate Adams prepares for the next Ida
In response to the growing climate crisis, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee for mayor Eric Adams on Friday unveiled his new Climate Resiliency Plan in Coney Island — a month after the...
View ArticlePoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 31 – Matt Cohen, President &...
Welcome to PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 31, the show that takes you backstage, behind the scenes of NY’s biggest production: government. Get to know Matt Cohen: the new millennial...
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