Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine returned to Pura Política to chat with host Julio César García about the recently approved state budget for fiscal year 2025. With the ink still fresh from Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature, criticism of the housing agreements was swift. Levine, one of the main promoters of the proposal to convert vacant … Read more
Pablo Alfonso Rodríguez got up early this Saturday to collect wooden bookcases to be delivered to families so they could have their own collection of books and access to reading. Like him, dozens of volunteers gave their time for a good cause. “Of course it makes me feel good, that it adds something positive and … Read more
The MTA announced Friday that drivers will begin paying a fare to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street starting June 30. The long awaited dense pricing model that will make history in the country will start in the city at 12:01 am on the last Sunday in June. The date is two weeks later than … Read more
The city on Thursday during Earth Week started a series of hotels and bunkers in public squares and streets for endangered native bees, where they have vegetation for food and other pollination. The commissioner of the city’s Department of Transportation, Ydanis Rodríguez, the group in charge of the Puerto Pollinator Project, indicated that in addition … Read more
Lawmakers in Albany will approve key parts of the new $237 billion state budget for the next fiscal year after nearly three weeks past the deadline for approval. Governor Hochul signed the agreement this past Saturday. The Gov. pointed out Kathy Hochul in what she calls the first of several wins in her $237 billion … Read more
“A mega million please!” It is the phrase that has been heard the most in the 5 Borough Market store located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in Sunset Park. From 5:30 in the morning, residents of the neighborhood began to arrive with the hope of buying the winning $ 1.1 billion … Read more
The intersection of 9th Street and 2nd Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn has become a death trap for bicyclists as the bike lane practically ends or becomes the path of cars and trucks. While details of how the crash occurred on Tuesday morning were not released, the truth is that a 37-year-old woman was killed … Read more
With banners and whistles, thousands of nurses continue to protest for better working conditions on the second day of the strike in front of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. While on strike they are not paid or have health insurance. “It’s good enough, it was too much,” said Patricia Henríquez, a striking nurse. Henríquez has … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced plans to add 1,000 inpatient psychiatric treatment beds and create 3,500 housing units to address deficiencies in the state’s mental health system. “We haven’t invested enough in mental health for so long and allowed the situation to get so bad that it has escalated into a public … Read more
Thousands of nurses who went on strike on Monday at two of the city’s major hospitals were still protesting on Tuesday after contract negotiations on staffing and wages stalled nearly three years after the coronavirus pandemic began. Private and non-profit hospitals have been postponing non-urgent surgeries, rerouting ambulances to other medical facilities, hiring temporary staff, … Read more