Loft law update gives tenants right to sue in housing court
Long-suffering loft tenants are finally set to get relief under a new bill, signed into law last week by Gov. Kathy Hochul, allowing them to sue neglectful landlords in housing court — just like any...
View ArticleNo Christmas spirit: MTA bars booze on commuter rails for SantaCon
'Nog it off! Booze will be banned from Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains and platforms for SantaCon this Saturday, Dec. 11 to stem the flow of alcohol that will inevitably accompany the...
View ArticleFDNY remembers Brooklyn native Vincent Malveaux
Hundreds of New York City Fire Department officers and officials paid their respects to probationary firefighter Vincent Malveaux in at the Christian Cultural Center in Starrett City on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleOp-ed | NYC should double down on after-school care investments
The past 20 months have demonstrated, more than ever before, that after-school programs for our children are not a luxury, but a necessity. And the time has come for our city to commit itself to...
View ArticleSix new cases of Omicron found in New York City
Six more cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in New York City. Governor Kathy Hochul's office released the latest COVID-19 cases that have been reported in New York. Throughout the state, a...
View Article‘Let’s Go To The Movies’: Lin-Manuel Miranda unveils revamped United Palace...
Award-winning playwright and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda joined forces with the United Palace to resurrect a Washington Heights icon. On Dec. 7, a small number of guests filed into the United...
View ArticleCuomo-era ‘special projects’ ballooned MTA PD overtime by 21 percent:...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority poured almost $32 million — including nearly $20 million in overtime pay — into three "special projects" at the behest of former Governor Andrew Cuomo and...
View ArticleNYC Area Congressional Delegation Votes Down National Defense Bill
The House this week may have passed the bipartisan $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), but it was soundly defeated among the New York City Congressional delegation. The house vote...
View ArticleHochul’s Penn Station real estate redevelopment draws heat at lengthy public...
Governor Kathy Hochul's massive redevelopment plan for the area around Penn Station came under fire from residents and government watchdogs at a lengthy virtual public hearing Wednesday night, Dec. 8....
View ArticlePoliticsNY with Skye: 3Q3M with Ashmi Sheth, candidate for US Congress (NY-10)
Subscribe to the PoliticsNY YouTube channel. [1] Meet Ashmi Sheth, candidate for US Congress in NY-10 [2], in this Schneps Media x PoliticsNY "Three Questions in Three Minutes" #3Q3M [3] interview...
View ArticleBrooklyn Bridge Park completed with opening of Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
The last section of Brooklyn Bridge Park officially opened on Thursday as officials cut the ribbon on Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, just beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. “This opening marks the completion...
View ArticleSheinkopf Speaks: Tragedy on NYC’s Quality of Life
The subway station platform edge dancer sings, laughs loudly. So-called normal civilians worriedly watch the dancer, wondering when a feather push will send him to Potter’s Field once his remains are...
View ArticleAG James is now running to keep her seat; Who she’s up against
Letitia James has led the state's highest legal office as the first Black woman to take the position. Now, a wide field of Democrats and Republicans were vying for her seat in the 2022 election for...
View ArticleQueens DA and NYPD promise to haunt ‘ghost gun dealers’ in latest bust
Ghost gun dealers across New York City keep getting busted. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and NYPD officials say they remain committed to preventing “ghost” guns from haunting the city’s...
View ArticleInstagram Parental Controls Features are Coming Soon: what parents need to know
[caption id="attachment_359629" align="alignnone" width="822"] Getty Images[/caption] Instagram Parental Controls Features are Coming Soon: what parents need to know Social media might be a thorny...
View ArticleSoHo Rezoning Plan cleared for full Council vote next week
The contested SoHo and NoHo rezoning took one step closer to becoming the law of land on Thursday after it received nearly unanimous City Council committee approval. The proposal, which would largely...
View ArticleIn historic vote, City Council grants noncitizen voting rights, activists and...
Despite impending challenges to its constitutionality, noncitizen voting legislation, known as the "Our City, Our Vote" bill, passed 33-14 (3 abstentions) at the stated meeting Dec. 9, granting around...
View Article‘Everybody thinks it can’t happen here until it does’: Protesters outside UN...
On the same day President Joe Biden held the "Summit for Democracy" in Washington, protesters gathered outside the United Nations on Thursday for a "faux funeral" for voting rights in America — which...
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