By Spectrum News Staff
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin joined forces yesterday, saying they didn’t think the city’s budget shortfall could be solved without state intervention. City Councilwoman Gale Brewer joined “Mornings On 1” Wednesday to discuss the delayed timeline. LINK: Gale Brewer talks budget deadline extension
By Gus Saltonstall
The New York City Department of Education has withdrawn multiple controversial proposals to close or relocate three schools on the Upper West Side for the start of the next school year, a spokesperson from the DOE confirmed to West Side Rag on Monday morning, The change was first reported by Chalkbeat. LINK: DOE Pulls Plan to Close and Relocate UWS Schools
By Lara Harmankaya
Environmental organizations united for the “Harlem Walk and Talk to Build a Strong Parks System” advocacy tour Saturday to draw attention to the challenges and opportunities within the neighborhood’s open green spaces. LINK: New Yorkers for Parks organizes Harlem ‘Walk and Talk’ campaign amid concerns over city’s parks allocations
By Gale A. Brewer
For someone who spends as much time as I do inside New York’s public schools, there may be nothing more uplifting than walking into a children’s arts class. There’s an energy in those rooms — messy, focused, and alive — as students mix paint colors, shape clay, and debate whether a line should be thicker or thinner.
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By Ainsley Martinez
New legislation would expand ballot access, require new reporting, and explore polling sites inside Rikers Island. LINK: Voting Access For Rikers Island Detainees Pushed By NYC Lawmakers
By Reuven Blau
New York City lawmakers are pushing to overhaul how people jailed on Rikers Island cast their votes after just 335 of roughly 6,000 eligible detainees cast absentee ballots in the last general election, officials said Tuesday. LINK: Ballots behind bars
By Sophia Lebowitz
Delivery workers can now take the required e-bike safety training course that was a key element in the Mamdani administration’s announcement last month that it would stop hitting cyclists with criminal summonses for minor traffic infractions. LINK: A mandated safety training for delivery workers in New York City is now live…
By Gus Saltonstall
A collection of bike racks was installed this month in front of Fairway Market on the Upper West Side.
Four racks are now stationed near the corner of West 74th and Broadway, in front of the popular grocer. When West Side Rag visited the store on Wednesday morning, all four of the racks had bikes attached to them, and additional bikes had also been placed in a straight line alongside the racks.
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By Lea Tomaswick
Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them. This edition of Inside Government with PoliticsNY, sponsored by AARP New York City, features New York City Council Member Gale Brewer. LINK: PoliticsNY – Inside Government
by Reuven Blau
Manhattan City Councilmember Gale Brewer is drafting legislation to force public tracking of complaints from Rikers Island made through the city’s 311 system, aiming to bring transparency and accountability to a largely opaque process. LINK: Closing the Rikers Island 311 ‘Black Hole’
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