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Franklin Avenue – Medgar Evers College and President Street – Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, New York – Assemblymember Richardson (D-Brooklyn) announced that a bill she authored to change the names of the MTA’s Franklin Avenue and President Street stops to Medgar Evers College subway stations has been signed into law (A.1512A/ Chp. 669). “I […]
By Marco Poggio, Trevor Boyer and Denis Slattery (New York Daily News)
Long lines at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office on Fort Greene Place in Brooklyn on Monday, the first day undocumented immigrants could apply for driver’s licenses. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News) The groan-inducing lines at city Department of Motor Vehicles offices were even longer than usual on Monday — […]
DSNY is responsible for snow removal from the City’s 19,000 lane miles of roadways. When weather predictions show a winter storm, DSNY personnel begin equipment readiness, including loading salt spreaders, attaching plows, preparing tire chains and notifying personnel. When do salt spreaders start working? Salt spreaders are the first line of defense. Many salt spreaders […]
Eliyanna Kaiser and her son have been through five hearing officer assignments since filing a complaint in July. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Alex Zimmerman and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY Thousands of unresolved special education complaints have been piled onto a small group of hearing officers charged with addressing them, adding delays to an already […]
A building in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where, a lawsuit says, black and white prospective tenants were treated differently. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY When the Trump administration told cities in early 2018 they no longer had to develop plans ordered by the Obama White House to combat housing segregation, New York City […]
Charles Schwarz walks into Brooklyn federal court in 2002. Photo: Robert Mecea/AP/Shutterstock By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY A disgraced ex-cop convicted for lying about his role in one of the most notorious acts of police brutality in NYPD history is back on the public payroll — hired by the New York City Housing Authority as […]
(New York, NY – December 4, 2019) NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that it has expanded the role of its clinical pharmacists to help patients manage hypertension. The public health system’s clinical pharmacists work closely with primary care teams and had previously just focused on diabetes care management. There are more than 98,000 New Yorkers […]
Council Member Mark Levine, the Lead Sponsor of Intro. 1362-A (Photo Credit: Emil Cohen) In a historic move aimed at protecting the health of our city’s young people, the New York City Council voted last month to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), becoming the largest municipality in the country to do so. […]
The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Sunday, December 1, 2019, at 3 a.m. In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with NYC Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation on snow clearing protocol in accordance with each agency’s written snow plan. All relevant city agencies have been notified of […]