Photo Credit: MOIA By JR Holguin A Census National Interview Survey indicated that 30 million people in the United States of all ages were uninsured during the time the survey was conducted in 2021. In New York, nearly 5% of residents live without insurance. Though one could say those numbers are low, health care is […]
Legislation Co-Sponsored by Councilmembers Powers and Brannan Will Put Money Back Into Pockets of Small Business Owners and Fuel City's Recovery. Fulfills Commitment Made in Mayor's "Renew, Rebuild, Reinvent: A Blueprint for New York City's Economic Recovery"
New York City, NY USA January 6, 2022. A candlelight vigil was held on Manhattan’s Upper Eastside on the one year anniversary of the insurrection on the United States Capitol Building in Washington DC (Shutterstock) New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today hailed a new law he actively and strongly pushed for that […]
Sept 28, 2020 Outdoor dining after the lockdown from Covid-19, dining next to the bike lane can be dangerous at Columbus Avenue, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, USA. (Shutterstock) By Eric Feldman, NY1 COVID-19 cases are rising in New York City and city leaders are taking notice. The city’s Department of Health tweeted […]
By Insurance Journal FBI, Homeland Security and New York police officials have charged nine defendants including gang members with a violent racketeering and extortion conspiracy in attempting to take over an entire industry designed to help victims after a fire. The defendants, who officials said include members of the violent Bloods street gang, took control […]
New York City, NY USA October 28, 2021. Police investigate the scene where a person was shot in the leg on Manhattan’s Upper Westside. (Shutterstock) By News 12 Staff Newly appointed Gun Violence Prevention Czar A.T. Mitchell and community advocates rallied to call for changes to gun laws on Wednesday. The rally was held outside […]
This new fellowship will enhance patient care by training providers to identify signs of violence and gather evidence for legal proceedings.
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 03, 2021: New York City residents wait on line in freezing cold outside a COVID-19 testing site through NYC Health + Hospitals located at Northern Boulevard in Queens, NY. (Shutterstock) (Brooklyn, NY ― July 6, 2022) NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County today launched the Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship, a one-year training […]
Incumbents survived all but one challenge and progressive groups failed to make new gains — while outside spending failed to make a dent. More than $200,000 on one Bronx candidate yielded just 956 votes.
New York, NY – June 27, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul speaks to the press during campaign stop along with Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado in Washington Heights. (Shutterstock) By Claudia Irizarry Aponte and George Joseph, THE CITY All but one Democratic incumbent in 28 Assembly primaries across the five boroughs were able to stave off challengers […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today the arrest of Victor Garvin (aka James Gavin) a former property and site manager of the Harry Silver Houses (“HSH”), a state-regulated affordable middle-income housing development in East Flatbush on multiple felony charges, including Grand Larceny and Forgery. Between July […]
By Beridiana Calderon It’s no secret that rent prices are rising in NYC. But there is one secret you should know—some New Yorkers can freeze their rent. For more than twenty years, I’ve lived in my Washington Heights apartment. When I moved in, my daughter was just a baby, and now her babies are being […]
First Residential Building of New Mixed-Use Development Includes 183 Deeply Affordable Homes and Cultural Arts Center, With Studio Space for Emerging Artists. Project Will Ultimately Deliver 740 Affordable Homes, Childcare, Wellness Facility, and Supermarket, Replacing Notorious Detention Facility Closed in 2011.
Rendering of The Peninsula campus on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point. Credit: WXY Studios NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today continued efforts to provide New Yorkers with affordable housing options by opening 183 deeply affordable units, in addition to a cultural arts center, on the former site […]