Feb. 26, 2020 By Kristen Torres The state’s plastic bag ban goes into effect March 1 and New Yorkers will have to bring their own reusable bags to most stores or pay five cents for a paper one. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation outlawing the use of single-use plastic bags last year with the… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin Residents have the chance to weigh in on the City’s $2.7 billion plan to build a streetcar from Astoria to Red Hook at a public workshop tonight. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of the Moving Image, located at 36-01 35th Ave. It’s one of five… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin The world’s borough is not just diverse in its ethnic makeup — it has great diversity in politics as well, a new study shows. Out of the 3,155 Queens residents who contributed money to a presidential candidate’s campaign last year, nearly a third — 31 percent — gave money… Read more »
Feb. 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Community Board 1 overwhelmingly approved the city’s plan Tuesday to relocate its sanitation garage on 21st Street to an industrial area in Astoria. The board, by a vote of 31 in favor and one opposed, approved the plan to move the facility from 34-28 21st St. to 31-11 20th… Read more »
Feb. 19. 2020 By Kristen Torres The city is hiking the fine for alternate side parking violations starting tomorrow, according to the Department of Sanitation. Fines for violators–who fail to move their vehicle to make way for street cleaning–will increase to $65 starting on Feb. 20 in all five boroughs. Currently, drivers who receive tickets for… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres Citi Bike’s newest fleet of electric bicycles will be hitting the streets this week, officials announced Wednesday. Nearly 900 pedal-assisted bikes will be available for rent throughout the city, according to Lyft officials—the company that operates Citi Bike. It’s the second round of ebikes to be introduced to city… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres Lawmakers are split on whether or not to back the state’s six-week-old bail reform law, which has ignited fierce debate among elected officials, the police and criminal justice advocates since it went into effect on Jan. 1. The new law eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent offenses,… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres The MTA said on-time performance rates for city subways in January approached a record high. Weekday subway on-time performance was around 83 percent last month—the highest of any January since 2013, the agency reported. There were just 29 major weekday incidents that caused delays throughout the month—a 44 percent… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Kristen Torres A former sanitation employee who spent 20 years working for the city is putting his hat in the ring to challenge State Senator Michael Gianaris in this year’s Democratic primary. Ignazio “Iggy” Terranova retired from the city’s Department of Sanitation after a decades-long career in 2019. His inspiration to… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A public hearing is scheduled take place tomorrow to discuss the relocation of the DSNY garage and salt shed on 21st Street to an industrial area in Astoria. The city plans to move the current facility located at 34-28 21st St. to 30-11 20th Ave., by Luyster Creek, which… Read more »