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Mothers’ Day in the Flower District, Greco pay raise
Dear New Yorkers, In the cool before the sun rose, the aromas of lilacs, peonies and hyacinths mingled with the air on West 28th Street. But for the workers between Sixth and Seventh Avenues responsible for those flowers, there was hardly time to stop and smell the lilies on Wednesday morning: Mother’s Day, one of…
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Adams aide back to work after FBI raid, Rozario family demands justice
Dear New Yorkers, Winnie Greco, the mayor’s Director of Asian Affairs, is back in a city government job after being put on leave following an FBI raid back in February. A City Hall source said Greco has been spotted since Friday at an office across from City Hall at 253 Broadway. “She’s back,” the source…
NY abortion amendment ordered off ballot, Weinstein back at Rikers
Dear New Yorkers, New York’s Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state, has been ordered off the November ballot. An upstate judge has ruled that lawmakers didn’t follow the appropriate procedure in passing it. Two years ago, the state’s Democratic Party moved fast to respond to the U.S.…
Harvey Weinstein’s Bellevue stay, Columbia cancels commencement
Dear New Yorkers, Harvey Weinstein is being jailed in a private room in Bellevue Hospital’s ICU, on a floor away from all other detainees, THE CITY has learned. Weinstein was moved to the hospital hours after he was brought back to Rikers Island on April 27, when an appeals court tossed his 2020 rape conviction. (He…
Win Rozario body-cam footage, new details on Columbia gun incident
Dear New Yorkers, The mother and brother of Win Rozario, a Queens teen in mental distress, begged police officers not to shoot before they fired multiple fatal rounds at him. That’s according to video released by state Attorney General Letitia James on Friday. The incident took place in late March in Ozone Park. The AG’s…
NYPD fired gun at Columbia, Rozario family demands body-cam footage
Dear New Yorkers, THE CITY has exclusively learned that an NYPD officer fired a gun upon entering Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall on Tuesday evening, during a massive crackdown on campus demonstrations protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. The incident is now under review by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, a spokesperson confirmed. Rumors of the…
CUNY faculty strike in solidarity, Council questions mayoral access form
Dear New Yorkers, Hundreds of City University of New York faculty and staff stayed home from work yesterday, internationally known as May Day, in solidarity with a student encampment at City College. The work stoppage came just one day after authorities arrested nearly 300 people at that campus and at Columbia University. The strike, which…
Campaign finance controversies, campus protest crackdowns
Dear New Yorkers, At his campaign headquarters in Flushing, Queens, Assemblymember Ron Kim has been collecting small amounts of cash: neighbors in his district give his campaign $5, $10, $20 at a time. Because the six-term incumbent is taking advantage of New York’s new public matching program for state elections, each of these small contributions…
Library late fees, Bronx Zoo legacy, ‘City of Yes’
Dear New Yorkers, Back in 2021, the city’s libraries eliminated late fees — and predicted it would return hundreds of thousands of library users who had their cards blocked. The result two-and-a-half years later has been a resounding success. That’s measured by a spike in materials taken out, library cards issued and program attendance, according…
Basement legalization, Hunter dorms, the Knicks
Dear New Yorkers, Gov. Kathy Hochul has a plan to bring New York City’s illegal basement and cellar apartments above board. For years, homeowners and tenants alike have pushed to make these flood- and fire-prone underground rentals safer by bringing them out of the regulatory shadows. And Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed the idea of…
New subway announcement voices, migrant rules change
Dear New Yorkers, Get ready to hear new famous voices during your commute. The MTA is testing new audio tracks in the subway — and new documents detail the agency’s plans for a pair of one-year pilot programs that will gauge rider reaction to announcements aboard trains and to some that will, at select stations,…
Mayor’s executive budget, co-op climate conversions, coyotes
Dear New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $111.6 billion proposed budget yesterday — more than $2.2 billion higher than the preliminary plan he introduced in January, boosted in part by better-than-predicted tax revenues. Adams said the balanced budget shows the resilience of the city amid the unexpected hits of the pandemic and migrant influx. …
Cannabis fund investigation, campus protests, Randy Mastro
Dear New Yorkers, Last June, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a much anticipated deal had finally been reached to fund a $200 million public-private fund that would finance cannabis dispensaries run by the people who have been the most impacted by the war on drugs. “Today’s announcement reinforces New York’s commitment to building partnerships that…
Wage theft at HotHead Grabba factory, Lander’s storm report
Dear New Yorkers, Just weeks after THE CITY exposed a Brooklyn sweatshop where women say they got sick from processing HotHead Grabba tobacco sold in local smoke shops, two former workers at a Queens factory have filed wage theft complaints. The former workers are two Ecuadorian migrants. In the complaints submitted to the state Department…
NYCHA mold, new “good cause” rules, cannabis crackdowns
Dear New Yorkers, Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the day a federal judge approved the unprecedented “Baez agreement.” For the first time, the New York City Housing Authority — the nation’s largest public housing provider, and the city’s biggest landlord — was committed in writing to fixing serious mold issues, which had already been plaguing…
Columbia arrests, Cadman Towers conversion, street vendor crackdown
Dear New Yorkers, Dozens of NYPD officers swarmed Columbia University’s campus Thursday, breaking up a encampment where pro-Palestinian demonstrators had slept overnight, demanding the university divest from companies and interests that support Israel. By Thursday evening over 100 people had been arrested, police said. . Two legal observers were among those arrested, according to an…
Pregnant bus drivers to sue, Gowanus shelter not up to fire code
Dear New Yorkers, Back in 2020, the MTA created new “restricted-duty announcer” positions for expectant mothers who work as train operators or conductors, but are unable to spend shifts on trains. But workers on MTA buses never got the same consideration. This week, six women will sue the MTA’s transit division in state court, accusing…
African migrants rally, state budget deal, city agency head resigns
Dear New Yorkers, Hundreds of African migrants descended on City Hall yesterday morning ahead of a City Council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants arriving in the five boroughs. Advocates have warned for months that new arrivals from African countries, many with specific dietary and language needs, need stronger support from the city’s response…
Trash nightmare’s end, PFAS, home-cooling assistance
Dear New Yorkers, Officials hope that the days are numbered for two ubiquitous features of New York’s sidewalks: towering piles of trash and scurrying rats. (We know. You just thought, “Yeah, right.”) But the city is making moves toward complete trash “containerization” — a long-held dream of garbage management experts and city planners. Instead of…
Albany housing deal, first e-bike shop arrest, Access-A-Ride
Dear New Yorkers, A deal in the state budget — expected to be announced as early as today — includes a compromise on housing that will allow Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams to claim they have a package that will jumpstart construction to solve the city’s housing crisis. Almost no one is happy…
Bronx vending fine blitz, Flaco’s Law, tax liens
Dear New Yorkers, For days, street vendor Miguel Varela slept in a storage unit where he keeps his merchandise because he could no longer afford a roof over his head after getting ticketed in Parkchester. On Fordham Road, about three miles away, longtime seller Keba Touré said he’s noticed officers from the Department of Sanitation…
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