By Taylor Romine on March 6, 2018
Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn, Vision Zero
Brooklyn, News, Politics & Policy
Concerned parents and community members gathered in front of the Park Slope YMCA on Tuesday to protest the city’s lack of street safety in response to a car collision that killed two children on Monday afternoon. On March 5 at 12:40 p.m., two children and three adults, who were walking across the street, were hit […]
By Alexandria Bordas on February 9, 2017
Alexis Wochowski, Bill de Blasio, Department of Veteran Services, Eric Ulrich, Freddie Goldstein, Loree Sutton, NYC budget, NYC Veterans Alliance, Veterans Advisory Board
News
NYC Veterans organizations celebrate a victory after opposing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed budget
By Alexandria Bordas on February 6, 2017
Bill de Blasio, bo dietl, Department of Veteran Services, Mayor Bill de Blasio, rolling thunder
Politics & Policy
Mayor De Blasio’s proposed cuts to his own new Veterans Services department draws a demonstration—and political rivals
By Noreyana Fernando on March 3, 2016
Bill Bratton, Bill de Blasio, New York slashing attacks, NYPD
Cops & Courts, News, Politics & Policy
Despite official assurances, there have been at least 14 such attacks in February alone, while slashings in 2016 are up 20 percent from a year ago
By admin on April 24, 2015
Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, OneNYC
Multimedia, News, Politics & Policy
On Wednesday Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled OneNYC, a 332-page manifesto detailing the administration’s vision for the city’s future. Just as with previous plans, OneNYC continues to focus on growth, sustainability, and resiliency, but de Blasio has chosen to include an emphasis on equity in the aim of decreasing New York’s growing income inequality. The […]
By Noele Anna Illien on April 24, 2015
Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, OneNYC
Multimedia, News, Politics & Policy
On Wednesday Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled OneNYC, a 332-page manifesto detailing the administration’s vision for the city’s future. Just as with previous plans, OneNYC continues to focus on growth, sustainability, and resiliency, but de Blasio has chosen to include an emphasis on equity in the aim of decreasing New York’s growing income inequality. The […]
By Cara Jane McGoogan on February 16, 2015
Bill de Blasio, housing, LGBT elders, LGBT Housing
Politics & Policy
An economically stressed group faces one of their toughest battles yet: to find a place to live.
By André Tassinari on October 18, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Featured, Queens, QueensWay, slider, Woodhaven
Queens
From outside, the QueensWay project—a 3.5-mile linear park over an abandoned railway track in Queens—seems a great idea. But some members of the Woodhaven community are not yet sold on it.
By Annie Wu on May 5, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn, Domestic Workers United, Featured, Hand in Hand--The Domestic Employers Network, nannies, Park Slope Parents, slider, universal pre-k, universal pre-kindergarten, WillyPoint Kids
Politics & Policy
Some worry that fewer children will need their care
By Lucia De Stefani on March 27, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Boathouse, Daniel Squadron, Featured, Food Vendors, Geoffrey Croft, Mitchell Silver, New Yorkers For Parks, NYC Park Advocates, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Alliance, Pushcarts, Tupper Thomas
Politics & Policy, Two New Yorks
Profits from a pair of cafés will go back into Prospect Park. The bigger question is: Who should support all the city’s parks?
By Sybile Penhirin on March 8, 2014
Bill de Blasio, community, cops & courts, jail, jail-alternative, Justice, New York City, prison, prisoners, probation, show, Theatre, young
Cops & Courts, NY City Scene, Two New Yorks
Young parolees and ex-cons step on stage to tell their stories to make reentry into their community smoother.
By Patrick McGovern on March 4, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Featured, Grace Meng, Letitia James, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Panty Bliss, parade, Queens, St. Pat's For All, St. Patrick's Day, Sunnyside, Woodside
Politics & Policy, The Global City, Uncategorized
Mayor won’t march in Fifth Avenue parade, but gives thumbs-up to Sunnyside’s all-inclusive one.
By Marion Halftermeyer on March 3, 2014
114th precinct, animal cruelty, ASPCA, Astoria, Astoria7, Bill de Blasio, cats, colonies, colony, community board 1, cruelty, Ditmars, feral, feral cats, Marion Halftermeyer, Mary Witty, missing, missing cats, mystery, neighbors, NYPD, poisoning, stray, stray cats, trap, trapping
News
A neighborhood discovers that some feral friends have gone missing.
By admin on March 2, 2014
Bill de Blasio, families for safe streets, Featured, New York, New York City, taxi, Traffic, Vision Zero
Politics & Policy, Video, What's New?
The mayor wants to eliminate traffic fatalities. Among the proposals: reduce the speed limit city-wide.
By Steven Rosenbaum on March 2, 2014
Bill de Blasio, families for safe streets, Featured, New York, New York City, taxi, Traffic, Vision Zero
Politics & Policy, Video, What's New?
The mayor wants to eliminate traffic fatalities. Among the proposals: reduce the speed limit city-wide.
