Published September 11, 2024

NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cure, a premier healthcare innovation campus and hub for entrepreneurs, has announced the two winning teams of the fourth annual XSeed Award, each set to receive a $250,000 grant. The XSeed Award is dedicated to supporting women- and minority-led life science startups in New York City by providing critical funding to bridge the gap from promising preclinical drug development research to the marketplace and commercial success.

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Published September 6, 2024

There have been many great artistic collaborations over the years, from Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Marina Abramović and Ulay.

Now, in the latest fab collab, the Village Alliance and Greenwich House have teamed up on a new installation of public art by local senior artists at Astor Place’s South Plaza.

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Published August 29, 2024

NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, huupe Founder Paul Anton, Council Member Carlina Rivera, Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, Chair of Community Board 3 Andrea Gordillo, Chair of Community Board 3’s Parks, Recreation, Resiliency, and Waterfront Committee Trever Holland, and community members cut the ribbon today on the first-of-its-kind smart basketball hoop in Tompkins Square Park.

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By Annika Pergament, published August 20, 2024

It’s day two of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

About 307 delegates represent New York, however 216 of them are Democrats.

Councilmember Carlina Rivera, who represents the neighborhoods of East Village, Gramercy Park and the Lower East Side, joined “The Rush Hour” on Tuesday from the convention floor.

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By Anny Ruiz Huayamabe, published June 28, 2024

Usuarios de bibliotecas públicas de la ciudad pronto verán restablecidos sus servicios en todas sus sucursales, ya que 58 millones de dólares se destinaron para su restauración completa, como parte del presupuesto fiscal de 2025. 

“Y es muy importante recrear a los niños y fomentar los libros y la lectura. 

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Published June 28, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced Friday afternoon that a budget agreement has been reached for the 2025 fiscal year. 

According to a news release, the $112.4 billion budget is expected to close a $7.1 billion budget gap. 

It was struck two days before the legally mandated deadline of June 30.

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By Brian Berger, published June 25, 2024

Scores of pro-library advocates including nine New York City Council Members braved the scorching heat and humidity late Sunday morning June 23 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to implore Mayor Eric Adams to restore full funding for all city library systems.

The Manhattan delegation was represented by UWS council member Gale Brewer and LES council member Carlina Rivera.

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By Brigid Bergen and Christian Santana, published June 23, 2024

As budget negotiations between the New York City Council and the mayor’s office continue, councilmembers and library officials planned to rally on Sunday and call for the full reversal of $58.3 million in cuts to the city’s public libraries.

Twin rallies were set to be held at the Queens Public Library’s Flushing branch and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Walt Whitman branch near the Navy Yard on Sunday morning.

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By Jacob Kaye, published June 21, 2024

The City Council on Thursday introduced a bill that they say would stop the city’s Department of Correction from recording calls made by detainees inside Rikers Island without first getting a warrant.

Led by City Councilmember Gale Brewer, the legislative body this week introduced the bill that would ban the recording of phone calls and other digital communications made by detainees without permission from a judge.

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By Jacob Kaye, published June 21, 2024

Advocates, lawmakers and public defenders on Monday urged the city’s jail watchdog to ensure that the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement be fully implemented before the end of next month, despite ongoing efforts from the city and Department of Correction to delay the law’s enactment.

On Monday afternoon, the Board of Correction, which provides oversight for the Department of Correction and the the city’s jails on Rikers Island, heard testimony on its proposed rules for the implementation of Local Law 42, which was passed by the City Council at the very end of last year’s legislative session and aims to effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.

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