Mayor Eric Adams takes a sledgehammer to an abandoned dining shed. He is promoting legislation that will make the sheds widely available on a seasonal basis for people who like outdoor dining–while still trying to placate other community members who find them to be a source of blight. Photo: Mayor’s Office. ( Photo via Mayor’s Office ) Dining Sheds May Become A Summer Staple. Is This Right...Or A Blight? In a concession to the restaurant industry, a bill introduced in City Council seeks to formalize the introduction of dining... News 25 May 2023 | 09:36
Tall, well-lit construction sheds may become the norm for the city’s 9,000 scaffolding installations if new regulations proposed by City Council majority leader Keith Powers and council member Erik Bottcher, Shaun Abreu, and Chris Marte become law. Manhattan, with 4,000 of the sheds, has more than any other borough. Photo: Ralph Spielman Reach for the Sky: New Scaffold Bills Call for 50% Boost in Height and New LED Lighting New bills to overhaul scaffolds that now cover 280 miles of sidewalks in New York City would force builders to make them... News 19 Mar 2023 | 10:51
Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins may have sung that a “spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” but soon in this town a new bill introduced by Keith Powers may make chain stores carry warning labels that too much sugar is very bad for your health. Photo: Walt Disney Records Councilman Powers Takes on Sugar with Sweet Truth Act Pop Quiz: What do you and some fast-moving bacteria have in common? Surprise answer: A taste for sweets. Sugar isn’t just... News 10 Feb 2023 | 01:40
Council Member Keith Powers referenced his father’s own experience running a small business in an acknowledgement of “how hard mom-and-pop stores work to keep their doors open.” Photo by Stephen Yang / NYPost, courtesy of Keith Powers’ office Council Member Keith Powers Backs Small Biz Break Small businesses were hurting badly during the pandemic — and the way Council Member Keith Powers sees it, they ought to... News 27 Jan 2023 | 07:26
Todd J. Stein is campaigning as a community advocate. Photo courtesy of Todd J. Stein For Men Only, District Leader Race in the 76th AD Political potpourri – Welcome 2023 and all the politics that comes with it. The most hyperlocal of the political races this... Voices 30 Dec 2022 | 09:52
A rendering of what Fifth Avenue could look like, after new construction begins next year. Photo courtesy of the mayor’s office A New Vision For Fifth Avenue This winter, in a bid to encourage holiday shopping and festivities, the city transformed a stretch of Fifth Avenue from... News 21 Dec 2022 | 03:15
Dozens of protesters turned out at 250 Broadway, where City Council offices are located. Photo: Abigail Gruskin ‘The Yuck Mobile’ A mock dining shed on wheels stalled briefly in front of City Council members’ offices downtown, at 250 Broadway, in the... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:52
Traffic on the West Side Highway near Hudson Yards. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The Crackdown On Loud Cars Is On A Roll Noise in New York City, like the vibrating drilling of construction or the booming sound of music coming from the apartment... News 30 Sep 2022 | 12:18
Wynn Handman’s daughters, Laura Handman (left) and Liza Handman (second from left) were joined by City Council Member Keith Powers (second from right) and former Mayor Bill de Blasio (right) at the street naming ceremony. Photo: Elisabeth Ness ‘Wynn Handman Way’ Honors Late Theater Great For 50-some years, Wynn Handman taught actors on the Midtown block of West 56th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.... News 20 Sep 2022 | 03:58
Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages. Photo: Sofia Cipriano Debate Rages Over Central Park Horses Last month, Queens Council Member Robert Holden introduced a bill that would replace the 68 horse carriages in Central Park... Home 12 Aug 2022 | 04:03
A proposed map of newly drawn City Council districts was released on July 15. Map screenshot from the NYC Districting Commission ‘Preliminary’ City Council Redistricting Is Just That, Council Members Say City Council districts are the latest to get a major overhaul as part of a redistricting process on the heels of the latest... News 22 Jul 2022 | 02:20
Community members attended a town hall on the UES a week after the fatal shooting of Azsia Johnson. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What’s Being Done About Guns? An Upper East Side town hall grew rowdy on Wednesday night at P.S. 77 when locals implored a panel of elected officials and... Home 08 Jul 2022 | 04:36
Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Council Debates Use of Propane Heaters The outdoor dining scene to which New Yorkers became accustomed during the COVID-19 pandemic now hangs in the balance, as... News 11 Dec 2021 | 06:05
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
City Council Member Keith Powers at the food-scrap drop-off event. Photo: John McCarten Powers Promotes Composting for Earth Day Council Member Keith Powers kicked off Earth Day activities early on Wednesday with the opening of a food scrap drop-off... News 21 Apr 2021 | 05:59
