More than 5,000 public housing apartments in buildings long ago deemed “lead free” contain lead paint, THE CITY has learned. And that number is likely to grow. Meet a resident of one of those complexes: Mikhaila Bonaparte, who was born in 2013, just days before NYCHA falsified its lead report to the feds.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The inspectors arrived at the Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn to check for lead paint when resident Shari Broomes was a young woman. They randomly tested a couple of apartments and later declared the entire public housing development — all 1,031 units — to be “lead free.” The Tompkins sampling […]
New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December.
By Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal, NY Times For decades, lawmakers and immigrant advocates in New York City have pushed for legislation that would allow legal residents who are not citizens to vote in municipal elections, a right they had in school board elections until the boards were abolished in the early 2000s. Now […]
By George Gresham, NY Daily News Every day of the last two years, nursing home heroes have put their personal fears about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside and gone to work to care for residents stricken by the deadly virus. Many of these dedicated workers lacked basic personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves and […]
Another damning report confirms a range of misbehavior by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie attends Governor Andrew Cuomo signing ‘Say Their Name’ police reform agenda package at office on 633 3rd Avenue – New York, NY – June 12, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Zach Williams, City and State NY Assembly impeachment investigators have confirmed that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in addition to […]
City Council Member Carlina Rivera and Mayoral candidate Eric Adams at rally for Adams with Latino leaders at Grand Slam Banquet Hall. – – October 13, 2021 (Shutterstock) By City and State NY Every year at the SOMOS conference, leaders from across New York come together to exchange ideas about the challenges Latinos face and […]
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released a report tracking New York’s local demographic changes based on 2020 Census data and an interactive online map that breaks down population statistics by age, race and ethnicity, along with housing trends, in New York’s cities, counties, towns and villages. DiNapoli’s report provides a snapshot of New York state’s population, […]
Governor Kathy Hochul marches at Veterans Day Parade along Fifth Avenue – New York, NY – November 11, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Denis Slattery, NY Daily News ALBANY — Gov. Hochul doesn’t want auld work acquaintances to be forgot. Commuters should resolve in 2022 to return to their Manhattan workspaces, Hochul told business leaders Thursday at […]
City Hall, NY: After a particularly devastating year for construction worker deaths in New York City, on Wednesday, November 10, the Council voted on a package of bills building on efforts to reduce construction-related injuries and fatalities. The first bill would require additional site safety supervision at major building construction sites, requiring a designated full-time […]
NEW YORK, NY –On Monday, November 15, The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) joined a coalition of attorneys general — as well as several local agencies across the country — in a letter in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) plan to change its worksite enforcement practices to support enforcement […]
The Empire State isn’t just a goldmine for potential businesses to set up shop. New York spends billions of dollars each year on a myriad of goods and services, from paper clips to construction work, to help our state run like a fine-tuned machine. During the last fiscal year alone the State Comptroller, Thomas P. […]
