Tag Archives: Poltics/Government

Edith Prentiss used a wheelchair for the last 25 years of her life.

It’s discrimination. A series of violent attacks in Inwood Hill Park has prompted calls for additional security – as well as criticism that Northern Manhattan parks have not received adequate park safety resources.

Last week, home health care workers paraded up Broadway to City Hall to cheers as part of the city’s Hometown Heroes celebration honoring healthcare and essential workers.

After nearly a year and a half enduring an unprecedented health and economic crisis, it has come to this.

Cash payments at booths have been banned since the start of the pandemic, and many riders were eager for the day when they could again replenish MetroCards with dollars in hand and the help of a station agent.

A new sculpture depicting Margaret Corbin has been unveiled on the upper plaza of David Rockefeller Linden Terrace in Fort Tryon Park.

New York City residents headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the primary election, but might have to wait well into July for some of the results.

The ink is barely dry. President Biden has just signed legislation establishing Juneteenth, short for June 19th, as a U.S. federal holiday.

Get it while it’s hot. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is serving up $28.6 billion in direct relief to restaurants and food establishments...

"El sistema está "amañado".Ese es el reclamo realizado en una nueva demanda presentada por un grupo de estudiantes de preparatoria de la ciudad de Nueva York contra la ciudad y el estado para detener los programas para estudiantes dotados y talentosos y las pruebas de admisión para las escuelas públicas."

Call it the interim iteration. In an email sent to Inwood patrons Friday March 8, Inwood Library Manager Danita Nichols said a temporary site has been designated for the uptown branch.

Las cosas no estarán bien. El alcalde Bill de Blasio emitió advertencias de que millones de neoyorquinos podrían perder el acceso...