NYC Council
Councilmembers Rafael Espinal and Alan Maisel, seen embracing Mayor de Blasio, are among two former state legislators who left Brooklyn seats vacant when they won municipal office last fall. A fifth seat was made vacant by a corruption conviction.
With endorsements, petition filings and campaign finance disclosures, the 2014 campaign season gets into full swing this week. Rafael Espinal and Alan Maisel, seen with the mayor, are among four people who left state seats empty when they won municipal office.
Today, reused chains and recycled plastic lids sit in a warehouse in Queens. Next fall they’ll be used for school art projects in an improving—but still tight—funding environment.
A new focus on water safety in the wake of several fatal accidents raises questions about the large number of all races—but larger number of blacks and Latinos—who cannot swim.
The Manhattan borough president wants the DOE to do a better job tracking arts education in the schools—and a better job supporting it.
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