‘The limited Open Streets we have are not distributed equitably. There are no active Open Streets in any of the six community boards that have the fewest residents living near parks. Of all the active Open Street miles in operation today, only 2.2 percent are in the Bronx.’
Opponents argued to councilmembers that the plan to add about 3,000 new units and change land use rules in a 56-block swath of Lower Manhattan would incentivize demolition to make way for luxury housing, usher in big box retail and forever alter the artistic character of the iconic SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods.
The lot where the project is being planned, just feet away from two elementary schools, once was the site of a thermometer factory.
Varios votantes se mostraron sorprendidos al llegar al centro de votación en Greater Ridgewood Youth Council en Ridgewood, Queens, y recibir la noticia de que debían votar en otro lugar cuando anteriormente habían votado allí.
New York City will choose its next mayor on Tuesday. Check here throughout the day for developments in the 2021 election.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills that aim to combat substance-use disorders, including one that will bring medication assisted treatment to prisons and jails across the state and another to decriminalizes the possession and sale of hypodermic needles.
What was the role of Latinos and immigrants during Occupy Wall Street? What role did immigration issues play as part of the demands of the occupiers? Participants, scholars, and journalists reconstruct the influence of Latinos and immigrants on Occupy.
More than 17,000 Hispanic residents left Washington Heights and Inwood between 2010 and 2020, while a total of 4,824 white residents moved into both neighborhoods during the same period, El Diario reports.
Con Edison cut the gas to the West 145th Street building—a former cluster site shelter housing dozens of formerly homeless families—on May 14, after inspectors found dangerous corrosion on the line leading to the street. Tenants are still waiting.
¿Cuál fue el rol de los latinos e inmigrantes durante el Ocupa Walls Street? ¿Cómo el tema de inmigración se sumó a las demandas de los ocupantes de Wall Street? Participantes, académicos y periodistas reconstruyen la influencia de los latinos y los inmigrantes en la ocupación.
The city’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) said it will stop contracting with Aguila to run the men’s shelter inside the Park View Hotel on West 110th St., across the street from Central Park, by the end of the year as it seeks to weed out inadequate providers.