By Livia Follet, published January 23, 2025

On Feb. 28, 2025, the lookback window under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) will expire, erasing an essential opportunity for survivors of gender-based offenses, sex trafficking, sexual assault, workplace harassment, reproductive coercion and other forms of violence to seek justice.

The GMVA applies to any incident that occurred at any time during the victim’s life in any one of New York City’s five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx or Staten Island.

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By Samantha Moldonado, published December 5, 2024

A divided City Council gave the go-ahead Thursday on an update of the city’s zoning codes projected to create new capacity to construct up to 80,000 new residences over the next 15 years.

The Council voted 31 to 20 to advance Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity agenda — with some members saying they were moved to approve the package after obtaining concessions from the mayor’s original plans.

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December 5, 2024

Council modifications address affordability and neighborhood differences; agreement will invest $5 billion in City for All housing plan

Council also voted on bills to establish basement apartments and ADUs in city codes, support building rehabilitation, track approved housing projects, and update flood maps and sewer plans

City Hall, NY – 

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By Jada Camille, published December 4, 2024

A beloved community garden in the East Village may not live to see the next spring.

The site at 198 East 7th St. went up for auction on Dec. 4 after the property owner, Paul Stallings, failed to pay property taxes on the land, which local residents maintain under a long-standing lease they hold. 

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By Tim McCann, published on November 27, 2024

The park, that had its opening delayed due to its use as a construction staging site for the massive East Side Resiliency Project, has finally reopened with new ballfields and playgrounds. The long promised bathrooms, which disappeared in a renovation in the 1940s, are still a year away from returning however.

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November 25, 2024

Investments will strengthen affordability, homeownership, neighborhood infrastructure, tenant protections, agency capacity, and planning efforts while advancing zoning reforms to produce over 80,000 new homes

City Hall, NY – The New York City Council highlighted the $5 billion in commitments the Council secured for its City for All housing plan, as part of 

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By Cassidy Strong November 11, 2024

On October 22, 2024, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (Landmarks) voted unanimously to designate the Jacob Day House, located at 50 West 13th Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, as an individual landmark. Jacob Day, a prominent Black businessman, abolitionist, and property owner, lived and operated his catering business out of the home from 1859 until his death in 1884.

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By Alex Dolansky, published on October 18, 2024

Council Member Carlina Rivera and Community School District 1 break ground on a new community science center in East Side Community School that educators hope will become a regional resource center.

The Lower East Side community on Oct. 15 broke ground on its $1.75 million community science center in the East Side Community School.

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By Max Parrott, published on October 30, 2024

City Council members rallied on Tuesday at City Hall behind a plan to give community members more say in the process leading up to a local hospital closure.

Council Hospital Committee Chair Mercedes Narcisse and Health Committee Chair Lynn Schulman, among others, gathered with advocates aiming to stop the pending closures of both Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan and SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn.

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October 13, 2024

This week, a group of City Council members rallied at City Hall about Local Law 1 – a law that was passed but is not being implemented.

Council Member Carlina Rivera joined Amanda Bossard to give an update on where the law stands and what are the next steps.

Watch here: https://bronx.news12.com/power-politics-local-law-1-council-members-rally-for-house-inspection-law-implementation