Government
By MARC BUSSANICH
January 14, 2022New York, NY—New York City is preparing for a wintry storm starting on Sunday evening, and the Department of Sanitation said Friday whether it’s rain or snow, or both, the Department is ready.
During an unrelated press event where Grayson was joined by District 5 Council Member Julie Menin, Grayson said the Department is closely tracking the storm, which has the potential to dump ...
New York, NY—Community Board 8 residents will hopefully see less garbage piling up in litter baskets as new District 5 Council Member Julie Menin announced additional funding for increased pickups.
Menin led a press conference on East 79th Street and 1st Avenue this morning, joined by the Department of Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson, to say that she will be allocating ...
New York, NY—The 3,000-member bargaining unit of the Student Workers of Columbia reached a tentative agreement with Columbia University late Thursday evening to end a 10-week strike, securing a number of important gains.
Local leaders stood with the Student Workers during the more than two-month strike, such as the new Councilman for District 7, Shaun Abreu (D), who represents the ...
New York, NY—New Council Member for District 5, Julie Menin, announced today that she is allocating $1 million from her discretionary budget allocation for residents to decide how to spend the funds on certain projects important to the community.
The money can be distributed towards, according to the NYC Civic Engagement Commission, physical infrastructure projects such as local ...
New York, NY—Governor Hochul announced today that starting on Monday, December 27, COVID-19 PCR testing will be conducted at two subway stops—Times Square-42nd Street and Grand Central Terminal—and will expand to five across New York City beginning next week, part of an effort to combat a winter surge in COVID cases.
The walk-in times at Times Square will be from 8:00 AM to ...
New York, NY—For the second time in two months, the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association held a rally right outside the complex on East 16th Street and Avenue C to protest the Stuyvesant Town's property owner, Blackstone, plan to operate two fossil fuel-based power plants within the confines of the complex.
As we reported in June, the residents are opposed to the ...
New York, NY—During the last meeting for 2021, the City Council passed a rezoning of 175 Park Avenue, currently the Grand Hyatt Hotel right next to Grand Central Terminal, that will see the construction of a new 1,575-feet high tower that will be accompanied by hundreds of millions of dollars in private and public dollars to improve infrastructure and transportation at the site, as well as ...
New York, NY—The Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, the nation’s largest tenants association, will be holding a rally and press conference on Thursday to oppose the construction of a proposed natural gas Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village (STPCV).
The tenants will be joined by elected officials, including ...
New York, NY—After being closed for one year, Clara Coffey Park is now open to Sutton Place residents and the public after a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today, led by the Sutton Place Parks Conservancy and attended by elected officials.
The ramp at East 54th Street and Sutton Place is now complete and will next year connect to a flyover over the FDR Drive, which in turn will connect ...
New York, NY—Last week officials from the Parks Department unveiled their concept to completely renovate Ruppert Park to Community Board 8's Parks and Waterfront Committee. As was expressed by the community during the original scoping session in May, some community members advocated for and against a dog run. The concept plan unveiled on Thursday doesn’t include a dog run, which ...
