City Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick speaking at NYU Law about the “City of Yes” housing amendment, shortly after the agency he runs approved it by a vote of 10-3. It now moves to the City Council for consideration. ( Photo: NY Planning Commission, X.com ) “City of Yes” Housing Overhaul Passes Zoning Commission The “City of Yes” housing amendment moved moderately closer to becoming a reality on September 25, when the City Planning... News 02 Oct 2024 | 08:25
Mayor Eric Adams at his press availability back on Sept. 17 as he faced increasing questions about the federal investigations that ultimately resulted in his indictment on Sept. 26. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Mayor Adams Faces Indictment in Widening Federal Probe Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted in a widening federal corruption probe, according to a bombshell report first disclosed... News 26 Sep 2024 | 10:19
Thousands of firefighters lined Fifth Ave. as the coffin bearing Supervising Fire Marshall George Snyder was brought to St. Patrick’s Cathedral for his Aug. 19 funeral. He died on Aug. 10, less than 25 hours after he completed his last tour of duty which meant it was considered a line of duty death, the first for the FDNY in 2024. ( Photo: FDNY) First FDNY Line of Duty Death in ‘24; Adams and Tucker Bid Farewell to Fallen Fire Marshall Mayor Eric Adams: To the Snyders, and to George’s sisters, to Jamora, and to his brothers and sisters of the FDNY. The awkwardness... Voices 27 Aug 2024 | 04:51
MTA Going Your Way: Times Square Station, 42nd Street and Broadway. Students will soon have green OMNY cards to replace the old MetroCards, which only allowed free travel between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. The new cards, starting in Septmember, can be swiped for up to four free rides per day, 24/7. ( Photo: Brian Berger) NYC School Kids Will Have Access to Free Subway Rides 24/7 Starting in September Going to school via mass transit is going to get a whole lot easier for students starting in September. Mayor Eric Adams,... News 29 Jul 2024 | 11:38
Sheriff Anthony Miranda leaves the New City Smoke Shop on May 7. The store was padlocked on day one of the city wide crackdown. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Sheriff Miranda Says 75 Illegal Weed Stores Were Padlocked in First 4 Days of Crackdown In the first four days of a citywide crackdown, 75 retail outlets selling illegal cannabis products were padlocked. “We visited... News 19 May 2024 | 06:16
Sheriff Anthony Miranda steps out of the New City Smoke Shop, an illegal cannabis store in downtown Manhattan which was padlocked on May 7 after a raid by a joint task that included the sheriff’s office, the NYPD and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Adams Says There Are Now 2,900 Illegal Weed Stores in NYC As Sheriff Begins Big Crackdown The city began a five-borough wide crackdown on illegal cannabis shops on May 7, with one underway at 110 Church St. only... News 13 May 2024 | 01:51
Fulton and Chelsea Elliot Houses on 413 W. 17th Street between Ninth and Tenth Ave. were the subject of a public forum on Feb. 1 on the city’s plan to tear the buildings down and replace them with new buildings for over $1 billion. Photo Credit: Flickr. Chelsea Residents Voice Concerns at Public Forum on $1.5B NYCHA Tear Down Some residents are not sold on the $1.5 billion plan unveiled by the city to tear down and rebuild the Fulton and Elliot... News 05 Feb 2024 | 05:45
Mayor Eric Adams said he will “do anything in my power” to help beleaguered newsstand dealer Sadik Topia The city evicted Topia from the newsstand that he operated for 23 years at the corner of W. 79th and Broadway in a dispute over fines and penalties that have reached $94,000. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Mayor Vows He Will Try to Help Newsstand Operator Being Hit with $94,000 in Fines Mayor Adams said Tuesday he would do anything “within my powers” to get Sadik Topia back to work at his shuttered West Side... News 24 Jan 2024 | 01:03
Mayor Eric Adams says the FDNY is stepping up enforcement of lithium-ion battery complaints while the NYPD is visiting homes where teens have been caught subway surfing. Photo: Keith J. Kelly City Taking Steps to Prevent Tragedies from Lithium Batteries and Subway Surfing Recently, our city witnessed two tragedies that could have been prevented: A deadly fire at an e-bike shop and a subway surfing... News 04 Dec 2023 | 12:36
Mayor Eric Adams says he wants to create 100,000 new units of affordable housing over next 15 years and complete overhaul current housing code to solve the housing crisis. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office Adams: We Need Sweeping Overhaul to Solve Housing Crisis Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City—changes... Voices 09 Oct 2023 | 01:54
Eric Adams speaking at an August 17 press conference on his tripartite plan to convert a wide swath of unused office space into affordable housing. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is to his left. ( Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayors Adams Proposes New Plans to Turn Vacant Midtown Offices Into Apartments As a grim housing shortage plaguing New York has shown no signs of abatement, Mayor Eric Adams held a Tuesday, August 17... News 20 Aug 2023 | 10:59
Mayor Eric Adams (at lectern) and UFT president Michael Mulgrew clasp hands after reaching a new tentative five year pact between the city and the teacher’s union. Photo: Mayors Photography Office City and UFT Reach Tentative Pact, but Many Teachers Want it Voted Down Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers reached a tentative contract agreement on June 13 that would begin... News 11 Jul 2023 | 11:23
The sun–as seen on West 75th St looking toward the Hudson River on the afternoon of June 7th–is nearly totally blocked by the smokey haze caused by over 100 raging forest fires that are still burning in Canada. Photo: Michael Oreskes Smokey Haze Blocks Sun on Wed, but Mayor Says Conditions Should Improve Thurs; Citizens Still Urged: Stay Indoors The Air Quality Index reached a reported 484 Wednesday June 7th which is deemed “hazardous” and an air quality warning remained... News 08 Jun 2023 | 11:14
There was one fatality when the parking garage on Ann Street in downtown Manhattan collapsed on April 18th but five other employees inside manage to escape as the building pancaked. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Victim in Garage Collapse in Downtown on 4/18 Pulled from Rubble Two Days Later The body of the general manager who was killed in a parking garage collapse in downtown Manhattan was removed on April 20th,... News 20 Apr 2023 | 08:04
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell (left) Mayor Eric Adams (at mic) and Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg speak at a press conference providing an update on a case in which members of the LBGTQ community and others were targeted by a theft ring, that also resulted in two murders. Photo: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Twitter. Five Defendants Now Charged In String of Robberies, Murders in Hell’s Kitchen A fifth defendant, believed to be the mastermind of last year’s string of robberies and murders in the Hell’s Kitchen area... News 19 Apr 2023 | 05:30
