Month: February 2021

By MAYA SCHUBERT City Council members voted on Thursday to pass two bills that would partner the Fire Department with film companies to ensure fire …[read more]

By JENNA  MORALES Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza on Thursday welcomed students to the reopening of the Leaders Of Tomorrow middle school in …[read more]

By MAYA SCHUBERT Marcella White Campbell’s 15-year-old son cried as he watched footage of protesters storm the Capitol on January 6th. “They’re attacking everything about …[read more]

By JENNA MORALES Tenants demonstrators on Thursday shouted over the speakers and sabotaged a virtual press conference by a group of local officials that was …[read more]

By ZION DECOTEAU Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday backed the Queens State Assemblyman who accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of making a threatening phone call …[read more]

By JUANA NORALES Queens DA Melinda Katz on Thursday announced the arrest of a warehouse worker for allegedly selling over 1 million counterfeit N95 masks …[read more]

By SUSAN NUNEZ The New York City Council passed laws on Thursday designed to turn Rikers Island from a jailhouse into a center of renewable …[read more]

By MAYA SCHUBERT New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, saying that proposed …[read more]

By JUANA NORALES Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a group of progressive Democrats on Thursday urged the Biden Administration to cancel $50,000 in student …[read more]