Mayor Eric Adams signs executive order during announcement to create Office of Technology and Innovation at City Hall Rotunda. – New York, NY – January 19, 2022 (Shutterstock) Youth can take survey at nycspeaks.org/youth; Adults 18 and over can take the survey in 11 languages at nycspeaks.org; Due to increased demand, the survey deadline has been […]
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at Governor Kathy Hochul announcement of completion of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. – New York, NY – January 27, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Eileen Grench, THE CITY Mayor Eric Adams made a last-minute visit to Horizon Juvenile Center in The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, following reports of a hostage situation there […]
By Katie Balevic, Insider Two Long Island nurses were arrested this week after investigators uncovered a COVID-19 vaccine card fraud scheme in which they made millions selling bogus vaccine cards, and then entering false information into the state vaccine database. Julie DeVuono, a 49-year-old pediatric nurse practitioner, and Marissa Urraro, a 44-year-old licensed practical nurse, […]
Congressman Tom Suozzi speaks at City Council candidate Linda Lee’s general election kickoff rally on October 17, 2021 in Queens Borough of New York City. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams yesterday announced his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City, which lays out numerous policy proposals to curb the scourge […]
Mayor Eric Adams speaks during vigil for slain police officer Jason Rivera at 32nd Police Precinct. – New York, NY – January 22, 2022 (Shutterstock) Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Remarks on Gun Violence in Blue Room, City Hall Manhattan. (January 24, 2022) Watch video below:
By Gus Saltonstall, Patch The first-year police officer who was shot and killed while responding to a call in Harlem on Friday night was a son of Inwood. Jason Rivera, 22, wrote that seeing the strained relationships between police and residents while growing up in Inwood made him want to join the force so he […]
Protesters created Abolition Living Room demanding cancel rent in front of 633 3rd Avenue where NYC office of Governor is located. – New York, NY – September 29, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Will Parker, Wall Street Journal Apartment tenants are forming unions in an effort to gain leverage in landlord negotiations, a response to record-high rents […]
By Katie Honan, THE CITY Mayor Eric Adams’ anticipated pick to head the city’s economic development arm signed on to help an investor battling housing agencies for control of an ailing Astoria affordable housing development — a war officials contend has delayed desperately needed repairs. New York Building Congress CEO Carlo Scissura, as part of […]
By Eileen Grench and Jessica Washington, The Fuller Project, THE CITY When Marilyn Mendoza took over as the education justice organizer with Make the Road in Jackson Heights three years ago, she noticed that many of the Latina immigrant mothers in her parent group Comité de Padres en Acción craved a safe place to vent. […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced the arrest and indictment of a Staten Island man who allegedly falsified multiple COVID-19 test results over five consecutive months in 2020 to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Ajani Shaw, 23, of Staten Island was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Richmond County Supreme Court before Hon. Alexander B. Jeong […]