“A top city health official said Friday that Mayor Adams’ administration supports several new City Council bills designed to expand abortion services and protections — the legislative body’s response to a Supreme Court decision last week overturning Roe v. Wade.

The bills, which were announced Thursday, include measures to enable health clinics to provide abortion pills for free, prohibit city cash from paying for enforcement of abortion restrictions and allow for civil lawsuits against entities interfering with medical care, such as anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers…

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by Zoe Kava, June 30, 2022

While candidates ran to represent the Democratic and Republican parties in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, on Wednesday four goats began the race for the title of G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) as the annual “Running of the Goats” returned to Riverside Park.

This is the third year that the celebrity goats came to Riverside Park after the initiative began in 2019 (the goats were forced to work from home in 2020 due to the pandemic).

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by Abigail Gruskin, June 24, 2022

UWS District 6 Council Member Gale Brewer

“I am enraged that the Supreme Court today condemned women to suffering, hardship, and possible death. Generations have fought for autonomy over women’s bodies and this ruling pushes the United States backwards — and could threaten other privacy rights that were Court-established precedent.”

“States will now be divided into abortion deserts and abortion havens.

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by Milette Millington, June 16

“The City’s new budget and spending allocations are out, and funding for public education was cut by $215 million.

Many parents are protesting, including Tracy Jordan. Jordan has a daughter with learning disabilities in second grade, and she says the cuts mean her daughter will not get the necessary school support services she needs.

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by Alec Schemmel, June 17

NEW YORK (TND) — Drag-themed events for kids have become a topic of heated debate during Pride Month, particularly in New York City.

A number of NYC politicians, including Mayor Eric Adams, have publicly announced support for “drag queen story hour” activities for kids, after Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino threatened to strip funding from any school in her district “participating in ‘drag queen’ degeneracy…”

The drag-themed story time activities also garnered support from other NYC politicians following councilwoman Paladino’s sharp criticism.

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by Abigail Gruskin, June 16

“Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only a few days prior — the city’s FY 2023 budget negotiation process has come to a close. The final result: a record-high $101.1 billion budget, the first passed by Adams and the current City Council cohort.

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by Mary Frost, June 16

Read more: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2022/06/16/new-bill-would-ban-non-essential-helicopter-flights-over-new-york-city/

by Elizabeth Shwe, June 16

Advocates and City council members celebrated new bus lanes being rolled out by the city Thursday — but they said the corridors will do little good if they’re not better enforced

“Cars can’t be in the bus lanes,” Council member Gale Brewer said at a press conference near City Hall. “We need security cameras on the buses to take pictures of license plates if there’s some yo-yo driver who insists on parking in the bus lanes.”

Mayor Eric Adams has pledged to build 150 miles of new bus lanes and busways by the end of his current term in 2025.

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by Carol Tannenhauser, June 14

“Sarah Carroll, chair of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), didn’t keep attendees at Tuesday’s public hearing about the fate of West Park Presbyterian Church in suspense.

At the start of the four-hour meeting, where commissioners heard from nearly 50 people, Carroll said a decision won’t be made until later this summer about whether the 132-year-old landmarked church will remain standing or make way for a new high-rise project.

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by Mark Hallum, June 14

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has begun its review of a hardship application for an Upper West Side church to have its historic designation removed, something the church is pushing for but the local community board shot down.

LPC Commissioner Sarah Carroll told the public in a Tuesday hearing that the preservation commission would not make any sudden changes to the West-Park Presbyterian Church’s designation, with site visits planned and a decision expected in about a month…

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