Organizaciones desarrollaron un plan para que la ciudad tome los préstamos de las deudas de los taxistas y luego, refinancie la deuda al precio actual de los medallones.
Make the Road New York inicia hoy una serie de reuniones comunitarias con funcionarios electos para hacer seguimiento al trabajo legislativo durante el 2020.
After many years of concerted efforts, including letters to members of congress, bilateral talks and rallies, Poland has joined the Visa Waiver Program, meaning Polish citizens are not required to obtain a visa before traveling to the United States.
State Senator Jessica Ramos is promoting a bill that seeks to solve the problem by lifting the limits on the number of street vending permits currently in place for sidewalk commercial activities — an effort supported by vendors.
‘I was clear that I would be voting for the Public Advocate and the Queens District Attorney, but I did not know that there would be all these strange questions and other things about the courts, so what I did was choose all the Democrats I saw who were women,’ one voter told El Diario.
‘There’s a whole movement nationwide to make transportation free. I will be leading that initiative,’ Rodriguez said Wednesday during a press conference about the planned expansion of Fair Fares, an existing city program that offers half-priced MetroCards to certain residents living at or below the poverty line.
The end of the 2019 elections means the 2020 election year has officially begun, although in reality it’s been underway for months, if not longer.
Voters will make important decisions on citywide offices, changes to the city’s governing structure and judicial posts. Some will decide a race for district attorney and others will settle the contest for a City Council seat.
Of the 25 cases closed in 2019, which included some that were opened in earlier years, five were deemed to qualify for whistleblower protection.
On Tuesday, New Yorkers will hit the polls to cast ballots in a number of races: for public advocate, for district attorneys in three boroughs, in one City Council race and for a number of judicial posts. There are also proposed charter changes.