PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain with Felice Farber, Senior Director...
Click here to subscribe to the PoliticsNY YouTube channel. [1] Felice Farber is Senior Director of Policy & External Affairs for the General Contractors Association (GCA) of New York, a 300+ member...
View ArticleSpielberg brings life-long fandom to reimagined ‘West Side Story’
Steven Spielberg has been remaking classic musical "West Side Story" in his head for decades but says that finally taking it on was his riskiest challenge in a career that has spanned 50 years. Half a...
View ArticleOp-Ed | A full recovery requires continued support of NYC’s small businesses
For more than a decade, La Bomboniera Marylu in Astoria has been the place parents make a stop at to pick up accessories for their children’s Quinceanera, First Communion or just about any celebration....
View Article‘Call a vote!’: Protesters seeking solitary confinement ban demand City...
Advocates from #HALTsolitary continue to demand City Council Speaker Corey Johnson call a vote to permanently end the city's use of solitary confinement in its jail system. As first reported by...
View ArticleLong Island Man Arrested for Threatening NYC Pride, LGBTQ Organizations
A 74-year-old Long Island man was arrested by the feds on December 6 after he spent years targeting LGBTQ individuals, organizations, and events in New York City and Long Island — including New York...
View ArticleHomeless New Yorkers demand shelter improvements at City Council hearing
A panel of social services representatives defended themselves against advocates for homeless New Yorkers at a City Council hearing Monday. Several advocates for the homeless, and a few who have...
View ArticleOp Ed: Politics Took Over the Rezoning of the Blood Center
Since the City Council passed the rezoning of the New York Blood Center and the area around it, many stories have been coming out making false allegations that the local community is against the Blood...
View ArticleViolence down in NYC jails, Corrections Department says — but justice...
Data from the Department of Correction (DOC) shows signs of improvement in the use of force in NYC jails, but justice advocates say that the more things change, the more they're staying the same. The...
View ArticleHochul announces $539m homeowner support fund
Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday announced a new $539 million state fund to help homeowners who are behind on mortgage payments and property taxes. The so-called Homeowner Assistance Fund will open to...
View ArticleTwo arrests made in two deadly stabbings around Penn Station
Detectives have locked up a pair of suspects in two separate deadly stabbings at or near Penn Station last month, police announced on Monday afternoon. Jamoy Phillip, 26, of Newkirk Avenue in Brooklyn...
View ArticleHere’s a look at which New York City neighborhoods you should keep an eye on...
Slowly but firmly New York is getting back to its track and recovering from COVID-19. A new report from StreetEasy shows which neighborhoods are the ones to watch next year. Soho took first place in...
View ArticleTransit advocates release ‘Bus Rider Blues’ story collection of awful New...
Public transportation activists released “Bus Rider Blues” [1], a collection of stories detailing riders’ struggles with New York City’s notoriously slow and unreliable bus system, while rallying...
View ArticleH&H Bagels opens up brand new location at Moynihan Train Hall
The Big Apple is famous for various things and one of them is the classic breakfast choice, bagels! Established in 1972, H&H Bagels opened a new location in the Moynihan Train Hall of Penn...
View ArticleHoliday Market at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center returns for the...
In 2021 the Holiday Market returns to The Shops at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center and will be available for its guests up till Jan. 2. This year, the Holiday Market at the Oculus is...
View ArticleDe Blasio defends latest COVID-19 vaccine mandates as ‘preemptive strike’ on...
Making the rounds on local and national television Tuesday morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to defend his decision, and reject criticism, over a beefed up COVID-19 vaccine mandate in New York City...
View ArticleFanDuel promo code unlocks 125-1 odds on Brady or Allen to throw for 1+ yard
Of all the NFL Week 14 games, a meeting between the Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers might be the most intriguing and prospective bettors won't need a FanDuel promo code to get a no-brainer bet...
View ArticleCrook threatens victims and takes off with gold chain in Lower East Side robbery
Cops are looking for a crook who robbed a man on a Lower East Side train platform. According to police, at 10 p.m. on Dec. 3 a 20-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were at the Bowery subway station...
View ArticleHochul adds $2 million to help Afghan refugees resettle in New York State
Governor Kathy Hochul is dedicating $2 million additional state funds to help Afghan refugees resettle in New York State, she announced Tuesday, Dec. 7 Some 7,500 people from the war-torn Middle...
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