Housing Activists File FIO Request Re City Vacant Lots
By KARI FORD Housing activists on Thursday filed a Freedom of Information request demanding that the de Blasio Administration reveal the identities of the developers …[read more]
Month: February 2016
Cardinal Dolan Soft-Pedals Pope Francis/Trump Controversy
By REZA MALEK Outside a gymnasium of a Bronx Catholic school hardly seems an apt place for a high-profile discussion of the recent dustup between …[read more]
Feds: keep the lid on Shkreli evidence
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA Federal prosecutors say that former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is trying to use a civil suit the government filed against him to …[read more]
Wind power urged for NYC
By SEAN EGAN Environmental groups met on Friday night at St. Peter’s Church in Midtown Manhattan to discuss details of possibly using offshore wind energy …[read more]
Council: Give Pell grants to inmates
By DAWN ELIGIO The City Council Committee on Higher Education voted Monday in favor of a measure to support President Barack Obama’s Second Chance Pell …[read more]
Free online photo course at MoMa
By LUIS GONZALEZ Photography has becoming an increasingly popular medium for young artists and the the Museum of Modern Art has taken notice: It is …[read more]
`Taste NY’ Bar on Tap for Barclays Center
By UMMEY KARIM Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Barclays Center announced Thursday that a Taste NY bar will be set up at the arena to …[read more]
For riders, transfers are key to new streetcar line
By REZA MALEK Mayor Bill de Blasio has given New Yorkers a bit more information regarding his proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar but has still not said …[read more]
Home Care Workers Need Living Wage, Pols Say
By INEZ SHARABY New York State senators Jeffrey Klein and Diane Savino on Thursday rallied with the labor union 1199 SEIU to “fight for $15” …[read more]
Bx Prez Targets Education in State of Borough Speech
By REZA MALEK Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz Jr. sharply criticized CUNY and the Department of Education in his 2016 State of the Borough Address …[read more]