The Harlem River is one of several connected waterways covered by the pending DEP plan to control sewage overflows.
DEP’s plan will cover the Hudson, Harlem and East Rivers, Upper and Lower New York Bay, Arthur Kill and Kill van Kull, and western Long Island Sound.
When Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced a plan to end the use of hotels as homeless shelters by 2023, there were about 7,500 homeless people in hotel rooms paid for by the city. Today, there are 11,750.
‘Michael Weinstock, if elected, will become the first 9/11 firefighter elected to Congress and the first openly-gay person to represent New York City in Congress. ‘
As Congress weighs creating a legalization path for farm workers, New York farmers and laborers are adjusting to a state law that strengthens workers’ rights.
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