NYC Parks helps New Yorkers relive the Battle of Fort Washington
New Yorkers were transported back in time on Sunday to the 18th century Battle of Fort Washington. This month marks the 245th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Washington, a momentous skirmish during...
View ArticleCity Hall protesters urge NYC prosecutors to do more to review possible...
Human rights activists publicly scolded New York City's district attorneys at a Tuesday rally in Lower Manhattan, blaming them for a slew of wrongful convictions made in the last half decade. Members...
View ArticleHochul urges booster shots for all living in areas with 4% COVID infection...
Governor Kathy Hochul urged all vaccinated New Yorkers who live in areas of high COVID-19 transmission rates to get a booster shot as the Thanksgiving holidays approach and infection rates climb,...
View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus says infrastructure bill will help Black community
Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) promoted the benefits of President Biden’s plans for Americans of color on a press call Nov. 16. Former CBC Chair and current White House...
View ArticleBrannan, Kagan victorious in southern Brooklyn Council races, opponents concede
Southern Brooklyn Democrats are rejoicing Tuesday as two Republican Council candidates — Brian Fox and Mark Szuszkiewicz — conceded within an hour of each other just two days into absentee ballot...
View ArticleOp-Ed | How the MTA plans to invest new federal funding
Christmas came early for the MTA this year when Congress passed the long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill on November 5. Thanks to the leadership of our hometown hero Senator Chuck Schumer, New...
View ArticleBrooklyn teacher arrested after allegedly kissing 13-year-old student
A Brooklyn special education teacher was arrested last week after he was seen kissing a 13-year-old student on the lips, police said. Michael D'Anna, 41, a teacher at P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington...
View ArticleState ethics panel pulls approval for $5.1 million Cuomo pandemic book
The state’s ethics oversight body revoked its previous approval for ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic book Tuesday, Nov. 16. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) overwhelmingly passed a...
View ArticleDay of action: Coalition of New York housing advocates push for reforms to...
Throughout four cities across New York State, a coalition of housing activists gathered for a day of action Tuesday, launching their #HouseNY 2022 NYS legislative campaign. Over the past 17 months, the...
View ArticlePoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain with NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera
Click here to subscribe to the PoliticsNY YouTube channel. [1] Carlina Rivera just won re-election for NYC Council District 2 in Manhattan. Hear how she met her husband, how she'll help integrate the...
View ArticleNYPD and former New York Knicks make a play against food insecurity
The NYPD and former New York Knicks players teamed up to rebound against hunger this Thanksgiving. Businessman John Catsimatidis and wife, Margo Catsimatidis, organized a Thanksgiving food giveaway on...
View Article‘Hard, ugly choices’: MTA still needs more funds after federal COVID aid runs...
Governor Kathy Hochul may have postponed a fare hike until mid-2022, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority still has to find new funding streams to make up billion-dollar deficits when federal...
View ArticleMayor: 75,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to five through 11...
City officials said Wednesday 75,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to children between the ages of five and 11 so far. Out of those doses, at least 26,300 have been given at a...
View ArticleTenants rally at City Hall Park urging more programs to protect renters from...
Like a house of cards, temporary tenant protections are rapidly folding for New Yorkers, leaving the most vulnerable exposed to greater landlord abuse and eviction. As they've done throughout the...
View ArticleSheinkopf Speaks: The Dangers of Saying No to Public Prosecutors
[caption id="attachment_59126" align="alignleft" width="192"] Hank Sheinkopf[/caption] When the locally elected prosecutor gets you on the phone and says, 'give me some dough,' you will of course say,...
View ArticleSheinkopf Speaks: The Dangers of Saying No to Public Prosecutors
[caption id="attachment_59126" align="alignleft" width="192"] Hank Sheinkopf[/caption] When the locally elected prosecutor gets you on the phone and says, 'give me some dough,' you will of course say,...
View ArticleMTA puts cops on buses to lure riders back, stop fare evasion
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has started deploying its own police force onto its buses and is tapping NYPD to add more of its Boys in Blue to patrol the people movers, officials said...
View ArticleIslanders lose Ryan Pulock for 4-6 weeks
The New York Islanders struggling defense suffered another blow on Wednesday when it was revealed that top-pairing defenseman Ryan Pulock will miss four-to-six weeks after suffering a lower-body injury...
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