By Charles Lane, Gothamist
A coalition of business groups, community justice advocates and the licensed pedicab industry is backing new City Council legislation that would shift regulation of New York City’s pedicab industry to the Taxi and Limousine Commission, and require every pedicab to carry a city-approved meter, city-issued identification and a scannable registration code. LINK: NYC pedicab bill
By Jacqueline Gordon, The Spirit
Council member Gale Brewer and Small Business Services Commissioner Kenny Minaya visited small businesses along Amsterdam Ave. to try and pinpoint key problems for storeowners on the UWS. The main issue? Soaring rent costs. LINK: Amsterdam Avenue Shops Share Problems of Rent, Costs
By Chantal Mann, City & State
Over the course of Gale Brewer’s career, both as Manhattan Borough President and two tours as a New York City Council Member, she has amassed a small army of interns – after 24 years in public office, the number has been estimated to be over 1,000. LINK: Have you seen a college student counting trees on the Upper West Side?
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By Lucy Rice, The Spirit
When one Auxiliary police officer at the National Night Out Against Crime for the Central Park Precinct was asked what residents were concerned about, he had one answer: “the bikes, the bikes, the bikes.” LINK: At Central Park Precinct Night Out Against Crime, Police Hear Concerns About Bikes
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