New York Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley today announced the completion of the $392,000 Cultural Welcome Center, Think!Chinatown Studio, as part of Chinatown’s $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award. LINK: Thanks to Governor Hochul, Chinatown continues to benefit from the $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant that I championed and helped secure.
By Gus Saltonstall, West Side Rag
On June 10th, the New York Philharmonic will host its popular, full-orchestra, outdoor performance on the Great Lawn in Central Park… Some Upper West Siders, including Councilmember Gale Brewer, are worried about unsuspecting dog owners, who might be walking their pooches in Central Park at the time.
LINK: UWS Residents and Politicians Ask for More Outreach About Fireworks at NY Philharmonic Central Park Show
By Gale Brewer and Laura Strausfeld
OPINION: Today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day and while New York was once the national leader on menstrual equity, today many students still cannot count on finding a pad or tampon in a public-school bathroom when they need one. LINK: NYC must deliver on menstrual equity (NY Daily News)
By Gus Saltonstall
The results are in for this year’s cycle of participatory budgeting on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights. LINK: Participatory Budgeting results are in!
By Phil O’Brien
As the sun finally broke through a gray afternoon sky on Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul stood in Damrosch Park and reached for a line not usually associated with a Democratic politician at a groundbreaking ceremony. “I don’t usually quote Ronald Reagan,” she told the crowd gathered outside Lincoln Center. “But tear down that wall.” LINK: Lincoln Center Breaks Ground on New West Initiative
By Judith Goldiner and Gale Brewer
Intro. 303 does not solve the inequities in home care; it destabilizes the entire system and puts both workers and the New Yorkers who rely on them at risk. LINK: A well-intentioned bill could collapse NYC’s home care system
By New York Daily News Editorial Board
This morning in the courtroom of Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice James Clynes, lawyers for the city will try to defend the indefensible stonewalling they been engaged in for years over records related to the health and environmental and legal risks posed by the 9/11 destruction of the World Trade Center by Al Qaeda’s terrorist attack, producing a toxic plume that covered downtown, sickening and ultimately killing thousands.
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By Charles Lane
The report, produced in collaboration with City Councilmember Gale Brewer’s office, the Times Square Alliance, the Central Park Conservancy and the New York Pedicab Alliance, lays out eight recommendations. LINK: Advocates push overhaul of NYC pedicab industry
By Julia Shipley
Upper West Side City Councilmember Gale Brewer stood on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 85th Street – where Penny the chihuahua nearly died – and told a crowd of concerned pet lovers about her new legislative package. LINK: New Legislation Announced To Help Pet Owners
By Sahalie Donaldson
Two icons came face to face at the Met Gala Monday night: longtime politico Gale Brewer, forged in the fires of New York City government, and Stanley Tucci, forged in the fires of Hollywood. LINK: Here’s what was said about Mamdani at the Met Gala
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