PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain with Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil,...
Click here to subscribe to the PoliticsNY YouTube channel. [1] Meet Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil, candidate for NYC Public Advocate and practicing physician, and learn how she feels the role would be best...
View ArticleOp-Ed | When women small business owners thrive, we all thrive
October was National Women’s Small Business Month, a time to celebrate the importance of women-owned businesses. But our commitment to supporting women small business owners should not stop after...
View ArticleSqueezing the brakes: Mayor’s Queensboro Bridge bike and pedestrian lane...
The overhaul of the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge's tight pedestrian and bike lanes is being held up because city transportation officials are worried about causing congestion amid an ongoing...
View ArticleCDC Recommends Kids Ages 5-11 to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine: Here is What...
[caption id="attachment_359127" align="alignnone" width="724"] Getty Images[/caption] CDC Reccomends Kids Ages 5-11 to Recieve the COVID-19 Vaccine: Here is What Parents Need to Know A C.D.C [1] panel...
View ArticleWhat were Bronxites voting for on Tuesday?
Both first-time and loyal registered party voters flocked to the polls in the Bronx on Tuesday, hoping to influence key races to decide New York City's next mayor as well as the Bronx's next borough...
View Article‘Anything is better than de Blasio’: Manhattanites ready to pass the torch to...
Tuesday's election was the first time New Yorkers have had the chance to pick a new mayor in eight years when present Mayor Bill de Blasio won with over 70% of the vote. Voters of every ilk turned out...
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured after slamming into cop car: NYPD
A motorcyclist is in the hospital Tuesday afternoon after allegedly slamming into a police squad car in East New York. A police spokesperson said that the squad car was driving on Pennsylvania Avenue...
View ArticleU.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine for young children
Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday unanimously supported broad use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, with shots...
View ArticleELECTION RESULTS: Get the latest numbers from the New York City mayoral race...
The polls have finally closed in the 2021 citywide elections after early and Election Day voters cast their ballots on who will run New York City for the next four years. The New York City Board of...
View ArticleADAMS’ APPLE! Eric Adams wins mayoral race by large margin
Congratulations are due for the Brooklyn Borough President, who is now the upcoming mayor of New York City. Eric Adams (D) is the mayor-elect, [1] according the Associated Press which called the race...
View ArticleESCR construction is underway at East River Park, two protesters arrested
The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project construction has finally begun at East River Park, but it is off to a rough start thanks to local climate activists. On Nov. 1, the Department of Design and...
View ArticleDe Blasio, NYPD brass tout shooting, murder drop in October — but overall...
At a Nov. 3 press conference, Mayor de Blasio commended the efforts of "the finest police force in the United States" as well as work on the community level to turn back gun violence and murders in...
View ArticleThe Eric Adams parade: Highlights from the future mayor’s victory
Mayor-elect Eric Adams spent the day after his election on a victory lap appearing on various media outlets while his supporters showered him in congratulations. In a speech filled with platitudes and...
View ArticleNYC public schools serving as vaccination sites for 5-11 year olds
Starting next week, New York City public schools serving children ages 5 through 11 will get temporary vaccination sites, now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Section 8, or one man’s quest for a golden ticket
I am an aspiring software engineer, and first met Bill de Blasio, who was then the Public Advocate, in 2010 at a General Welfare Committee hearing, at which I testified about the challenges of trying...
View ArticleThree of Five Statewide Ballot Proposals go Down in Defeat
Despite strong Democratic Party and New York City support for all five of the ballot proposals put before voters statewide in yesterday’s general election, three of the five including proposals dealing...
View ArticleNYC taxi workers celebrate after medallion debt relief agreement reached;...
Taxi workers have finally brokered a debt relief agreement with New York City and a private asset management company after more than a month of protests calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to do more to...
View ArticleNew York City teachers given four hours during school day to complete DESSA...
The city’s teacher union, the United Federation of Teachers, came to an agreement with the Department of Education on a few details regarding the City’s new $18 million Devereux Student Strengths...
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