Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com By Scott R. Axelrod, Staten Island Advance Sep. 19—STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Several dozen people from Staten Island and other boroughs gathered in Port Richmond Monday evening for a pro-migrant rally, standing in direct contrast to multiple anti-migrant housing protests held over the last several weeks outside the former […]
Migrants outside of a shelter in Brooklyn. Alex Krales/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | SEP 19, 2023 Adults who reapply for shelter will have just 30 days, and families with children may be given their own deadline for the first time. Adult migrants reentering city shelters will have just 30 days for that stay, an […]
District Attorney Urges Other Patients to Come Forward Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Yong De Lin was arraigned today, accused of administering acupuncture treatments he was not licensed to perform that caused a woman’s lungs to collapse. District Attorney Katz urges anyone who has received acupuncture treatments from Lin, who worked from a […]
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS HOST VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH NEW YORK – Today, DemocracyNYC, a program of the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC), announced its second annual partnership with HeadCount, the nonpartisan, nonprofit voter registration organization, and Tony’s Chocolonely in honor of National Voter Registration Day (NVRD). HeadCount harnesses the power of music, culture, and digital media to encourage people nationwide […]
Members of New York City’s congressional delegation (l-r): Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Adriano Espaillat, Dan Goldman, Ritchie Torres and Jerrold Nadler. Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY, Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith | SEP 18, 2023 The Biden administration has so far refused to budge on the public housing authority’s request for American Rescue Plan dollars […]
A MedRite operated an urgent care on Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Sept. 12, 2023. Alex Krales/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith and Gwynne Hogan | September 15, 2023 Medrite and Aron Security got $450 million to staff more than a dozen shelters under a shroud of secrecy. Even the city comptroller and Council are […]
Editorial credit: FashionStock.com / Shutterstock.com Leading Experts and Institutions Will Oversee Statewide Effort to Create Smarter, Greener Fashion Industry $9 Million State Investment Will Promote the Development of Sustainable, New York-Made Textiles Using Locally-Sourced Materials Complements Governor’s Agenda to Boost Innovation Across Industry Sectors and Support Green, 21st Century Jobs Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that […]
By Eden Villalovas New York City Comptroller Brad Lander pushed for federal aid to help fund work authorizations for asylum-seekers arriving rapidly in the city. “The best thing we could do to get these costs under control is help people get those work authorizations and move out of shelter,” Lander, a Democrat, said, speaking to PIX11 News on Wednesday. “That’s […]
By Yoav Gonen and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat | SEP 14, 2023 Students in 133 schools that serve about 63,000 students were given secondary screeners during the last school year that identify students who are at risk of dyslexia or other reading challenges. The effort, while relatively small, is set to be expanded. Mayor Eric Adams […]
Contract returned to Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) due to outstanding concerns about controversial vendor hired to provide shelter services to new arrivals in New York City and Upstate New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced he declined to approve a $432 million contract with DocGo, Inc (formally known […]