Month: April 2020

By SAMANTHA CASTRO Several public transit advocacy  leaders rallied on Thursday to support the MTA’s $3.9 billion federal aid request, highlighting the need to transport …[read more]

By ALLISON RAPP Beginning May 6th, New York City’s public transportation system will be shut down each night from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m in …[read more]

By ALLISON RAPP At a daily press briefing on Thursday, President Trump suggested falsely that sunlight or the ingestion of disinfectants may serve as a …[read more]

By SAMANTHA CASTRO New York City meal hubs will serve half a million halal meals during the Muslim holiday month of Ramadan, said Mayor Bill …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his daily briefing Thursday branded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s idea that  state and local governments …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ MTA Chairman Patrick Foye on Thursday pleaded for an additional $3.9 billion in federal aid to keep the transit agency  afloat as …[read more]

By SAMANTHA CASTRO New York City housing activists on Thursday urged all local tenants to not pay their rent on May 1, even if they …[read more]

\ \ By SAMANTHA CASTRO Nurses in the Bronx division of Montefiore Medical Center on Thursday begged President Trump and other officials for life-saving personal …[read more]

By ELIJAH HAMILTON As COVID-19 continued to ravage the general public, Chipotle employees on Thursday demanded that the parent company provide sick leave pay and …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ The situation in New York  grew dire as Governor Cuomo predicted Thursday that the state would run out of ventilators to treat …[read more]