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
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In order to offer protection to the women and men who protect citizens on a daily basis through urgent medical services, the Municipal Council approved two new bills on the subject this Thursday. Joseph Borelli, leader of the Republican minority in the municipal entity, is the one who led the legislation that seeks for the … Read more
Do you remember Flaco, the Eurasian owl who escaped from the zoo and became the most famous escapee in the city? Well, he continues making noise from beyond. “The evidence showed that Flaco consumed a lot, a lot of rat poison,” said Councilman Shaun Abreu. Flaco died from exposure to rodenticides before crashing into a … Read more
A group of pro-immigrant activists expressed their rejection of the visit of the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, to our city. “We immigrants here in New York are united and we are saying ‘no more’ to the anti-immigrant hatred that he wants to spread, we have seen his actions are anti-immigrant and we are saying … Read more
There is good news for the millions of users of the subway, which has recently been the target of violent crimes, including a shooting inside a subway car in Brooklyn. And as the police reveal in their most recent report on crime, there has been a substantial reduction in crime in the main means of … Read more
Andrew Sokolof Díaz remembers how difficult it was for him to be displaced after a fire in Jackson Heights in 2021, which left more than 200 families homeless. “It was a great chaos, it took twelve hours to coordinate in hotels, we in Jamaica Queens with our newborn and many families in the Bronx, in … Read more
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Occupants of the Randall’s Island migrant shelter will be notified today about the curfew that will go into effect in two weeks. This will become the largest shelter to have a curfew imposed by the city and the most recent to have this measure. Another 186 shelters have a curfew. Currently, about three thousand people … Read more
In order to discuss the new shelter for asylum seekers that the Mayor’s Office has set up in a building located at 130 Third Street in Gowanus Brooklyn, residents of the area held a community meeting this Monday. The industrial building will be converted into a hostel to house up to 400 single men and … Read more
“They should take us out and put us in a new building, not for immigrants.” This is the reaction of a Harlem resident, who did not want to give her name, following a rumor that a building on the corner of 130th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd could be converted into a shelter … Read more
State lawmakers and transportation activists are announcing a new campaign to ensure the state provides adequate funding for public transportation before tolling for vehicles south of 60th Street in Manhattan takes effect. At a rally this Thursday at West 61st Street and Central Park West, supporters of the initiative called “Get Congestion Pricing Right” are … Read more