As a Council Member representing over 170,000 constituents in District 39, transparency is central to my role, and my constituents should be informed about the reasoning behind my decisions, even in cases where opinions may differ. On April 27, 2023, I voted against Resolution 487, a symbolic, non-substantive resolution to proclaim April 29th as an annual “End Jew Hatred Day” in our City, because I was deeply troubled by the national organization backing it and would rather focus on material interventions to combat antisemitism.

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November 13, 2024

Council also voted on bills authorizing Charter Revision Commission and establishing plant waste composting in city parks

City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to pass legislation that would reform broker fees to increase affordability for renters. New York City is in the midst of a housing and affordability crisis, with working- and middle-class residents struggling to keep up with high rents and other rising costs. 

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Tenants called for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and Community Opportunity to Purchase Act so they could buy the building.

BK Reader Staff | Nov 1, 2024 12:08 PM

Residents of 63 Tiffany Place, one of the few affordable housing buildings remaining in the Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens, say they face potential rent increases and eviction at the beginning of the new year.

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John Chell also went on other networks, but struck a nerve by appearing on a channel that has boosted conspiracy theories and misinformation.

By Maria Cramer | NYTimes

Oct. 28, 2024

“A high-ranking New York City police chief drew criticism after appearing on a conservative news channel in full uniform at Donald J.

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October 18, 2024 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CITYWIDE — NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER BRAD LANDER joined the New York Taxi Workers Alliance on Thursday to demand an end to Uber and Lyft’s practice of “locking out” drivers from their work apps in order to exploit a loophole in the city’s law, which requires the companies to pay drivers for their time between trips.

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Stubbs was a long-time advocate for social justice issues such as housing, addiction and criminal justice reform.

BK Reader Staff | Oct 18, 2024 10:39 AM

Gowanus community members on Wednesday honored the legacy of Carl Stubbs, a Brooklyn social justice advocate, with a street renaming ceremony at the corner of Douglass Street and 4th Avenue.

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By Chris Sommerfeldt | csommerfeldt@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News, Josephine Stratman | jstratman@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and Evan Simko-Bednarski | esimko-bednarski@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News

UPDATED: October 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM EST

Billionaire Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan, together with his relatives and business associates, pumped more than $60,000 into Mayor Adams’ legal and political coffers this summer — even as his company had key business interests before the city and lobbied top City Hall officials about them, according to a Daily News review of public records.

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BNN Bloomberg — By Natalie Lung | October 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM EDT

(Bloomberg) — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander called for changes to city regulations that would end app lockouts, a practice that Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have used to game the city’s minimum wage law, saving tens if not hundreds of millions in future driver pay.

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by Ariama C. Long, October 17, 2024

Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Americans are considered white in terms of racial classification under the U.S. Census, an identity that many haven’t necessarily agreed with for decades. Because of New York’s huge population of MENA immigrants and descendants, more advocates and business owners are pushing to be included in parity programs usually aimed at bolstering Black and Hispanic communities.

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