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amNewYork
1 year ago
East Bay real estate

Progressive pols press NYC Council to prioritize nonprofit housing ownership | amNewYork

Progressive City Council members have renewed their push for legislation aimed at reducing housing speculation by giving nonprofits and community land trusts priority on purchasing housing that come up for sale.The group of lawmakers, including Council Housing Chair Pierina Sanchez, Comptroller Brad Lander, and City Council Members Lincoln Restler and Gale Brewer, rallied on the steps of City Hall Thursday with New York City Community Land Initiative and other housing groups.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

WTF? New York City to Remove Free Broadband In Favor of Charter

In January 2020, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City's Internet Master Plan, setting a path to deliver broadband for low-income New Yorkers by investing in public fiber infrastructure.The plan was a clear response to the gap created from systemic digital redlining ( an industry practice EFF has called for governments to ban) that every American city deals with today.
Streetsblog New York City
1 year ago
Education

New Year, Same Dangers: Mayor Adams Has Made Only a Tiny Fraction of School Streets Safer

In eight months in office, the Adams administration has redesigned only a small fraction of roads near New York City schools to make them safer, leaving the city's 1.75 million children vulnerable to the high rates of car crashes and injuries endemic on the city's school streets.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Rent board recommends significant increases for stabilized apartments * Brooklyn Paper

The Rent Guidelines Board has recommended allowing significantly higher rent increases on rent-regulated apartments this year than have been allowed for more than a decade.
Streetsblog New York City
2 years ago
Cars

INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?

The city's fight against the fastest drivers is just too slow.
Brooklyn Paper
2 years ago
Brooklyn

Adams names former mayoral candidate Zach Iscol as head of emergency management * Brooklyn Paper

Mayor Eric Adams has named a new head of NYC Emergency Management - tapping former military veteran Zach Iscol to run the city agency responsible for devising and executing plans for responding to all manner of citywide emergencies, and coordinating between agencies to deliver an effective response.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

With Child Care Centers in Crisis, New York Pledges to Speed Payments

Following complaints from New York City child care providers that delays in city payments nearly forced some to close down, school officials will announce a plan Thursday to expedite payments.The city and nation were already facing an acute child care crisis, after the pandemic decimated the child care business and as a competitive labor market drew away workers.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

With Child Care Centers in Crisis, New York Pledges to Speed Payments

Following complaints from New York City child care providers that delays in city payments nearly forced some to close down, school officials will announce a plan Thursday to expedite payments.The city and nation were already facing an acute child care crisis, after the pandemic decimated the child care business and as a competitive labor market drew away workers.
Politics NY
1 year ago
Brooklyn

At Witt's End: De Blasio, Clarke and an Orthodox Jewish Challenge

It comes as no surprise that shortly after former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his candidacy for the newly drawn 10th Congressional District that would be candidates Assembly Member Robert Carroll and state Senator Brad Hoylman announced they won't be running.
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