Jul. 26, 2023 By Christian Murray, Michael Dorgan and Sarah Belle Lin New York City condo owners and co-op managers may soon learn that there are other major costs to climate change beyond hotter summers, stronger storms, flash floods and apocalyptic smoke. Time is running out for the owners of large residential buildings throughout…
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New York lawmaker proposes hiking fines for alternate side parking violations
Jun. 28, 2023 By Christian Murray A New York City lawmaker has introduced a bill that would hike the fines for motorists who constantly violate alternate side parking across the five boroughs. The bill, introduced June 22 by Brooklyn Council Member Lincoln Restler, would increase the fines for repeat offenders, from $65 for a…
Homeless man who allegedly shoved woman’s head into moving NYC subway indicted for attempted murder: DA
Jun. 20, 2023 By Christian Murray A deranged homeless man who allegedly shoved a woman’s head into a moving subway train in Manhattan last month has been indicted for attempted murder, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Kamal Semrade, 39, who was living at a shelter near LaGuardia Airport in Queens, has been…
NYC ‘Summer Streets’ initiative will expand to all five boroughs this summer
Jun. 12, 2023 By Michael Dorgan New York City is making around 20 miles of its streets car-free on various Saturdays this summer as part of its “Summer Streets” initiative expansion, Mayor Eric Adams announced in Queens on Monday. The initiative, which was first launched in 2008, will see large sections of roadways in each…
THE BIG HAZE: Air quality alert for New York remains Thursday as Canadian wildfire smoke won’t go away just yet
Jun. 8, 2023 By Christian Murray, Dean Moses, Sarah Belle Lin, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki New Yorkers woke up Thursday morning to the ominous haze that has lingered over The Big Apple since Monday — the air still filled with unhealthy smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued…
School launches GoFundMe for migrant child hit by MTA bus in Queens
May. 22, 2023 By Dean Moses An online fundraiser has been launched to raise money to help pay for the medical bills of a migrant child who was struck by a bus in Queens last week while on his way home from school. Eleven-year-old Jorge was returning home from the Growing Up Green charter…
Outdoor dining program soon to become permanent as Mayor and Council Speaker reach agreement
May. 19, 2023 By Christian Murray Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council speaker reached an agreement Thursday that paves the way for a permanent outdoor dining program. The pair have agreed to a bill that would permit sidewalk dining all year round, with roadway dining permitted for eight months of the year. The…
Developmental disability advocates, caregivers ‘disappointed’ after New York budget deal shortchanges underpaid staff
May. 3, 2023 By Christian Murray New York state lawmakers have failed the thousands of caregivers for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) by not providing them with adequate raises when the new budget deal became official Tuesday, leaders in the largely nonprofit industry claim. The workers, known as direct support professionals (DSP),…
FIRST ON amNY | NYC Ferry sees highest-ever ridership with 1 million first quarter passengers
Apr. 28, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld NYC Ferry, the city’s marine transit system, saw its highest-ever ridership in the first quarter in 2023 — clocking just over a million passengers on its vessels in the year’s first 13 weeks. The reported ridership is more than 20% higher than the second-place winter quarter — the…
‘Open’ or shut case: NYC hit with federal ADA lawsuit seeking to end Open Streets
Apr. 25, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A dozen New Yorkers with disabilities have filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming that its Open Streets program violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, with the hope of scuttling the program. The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday, says everything about Open Streets is a…