From food stamps to immigration court to parks access, millions of people locally could soon feel the brunt of Washington’s dysfunction.
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Posted inEnvironment
Cool It! Eco-Friendly Ice Cream Trucks Are Here to Serve
Vendors warm to the idea of powering their freezers with electric or renewable energy, as the City Council considers a fossil fuel ban.
Posted inRestaurants
Se Acabó: Legendary Cuban Restaurant Rincón Criollo is Closing
‘This is the best restaurant in Queens,’ says one fan of the the Corona mainstay, founded in Cuba in 1950.
Posted inSeniors
Green Gambit: Plant-Based Meals Mandated at Senior Centers Once a Week
The city’s new menu requirements went into effect this summer and will affect millions of meals for older New Yorkers.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
Migrants Walk Out of Shelter After Spoiled Food Sickens Kids, Again
Shelter staff responded to the improvised protest by telling worried parents that they could leave if they didn’t like it.
Posted inHow to New York
How to Join a Community Garden in New York City
How does a New Yorker join a community green space, and what’s expected of members when they do? THE CITY gets the dirt on how they operate, in time for summer.
Posted inUnions
Workers Start Union Vote at Lower East Side Trader Joe’s
The Essex Crossing location is poised to be the grocery chain’s first in the city to organize, following failed campaigns at two other NYC locations.
Posted inDeliveristas
Adams Rolls Back $24-an-Hour Minimum Pay Rate for Delivery Workers
In a reversal, City Hall is advancing a new minimum hourly rate of $19.96, nearly $4 less than previously proposed.
Posted inFood
Lunar New Year is Prime Time for Flushing’s Live Poultry Markets
The city’s live bird markets and slaughterhouses are, well, playing chicken with animal rights organizations pushing to permanently ban new operations here.
Posted inManhattan
Delivery Worker Hubs En Route to West Side and The Bronx
The proposed new sites, at Verdi Square and in Fordham Heights, would join one already announced at City Hall Park in converting vacant newsstands into charging and rest stations.