Brownstoner – By Anna Bradley-Smith | March 17, 2025
A revised rezoning plan for the Arrow Linen site on Prospect Avenue has been approved by the City Council, clearing the way for a new residential development after a contentious yearlong process.
While the deal, which reduces the building heights and increases the number of affordable apartments, comes with a legally binding Community Benefits Agreement, community members who
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Who’s up and who’s down this week?
City & State – By City & State Staff | March 14, 2025
“A” is for apple. Federal immigration czar Tom Homan came to Albany and ate an apple amid protests from Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and others. We’re sure New York City Council Member Gale Brewer, a
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PIX11 – By Dominique Jack | Mar 14, 2025 12:52 PM EDT
The New York City Council passed legislation on Wednesday that will allow for same-day and walk-in appointments at certain IDNYC service enrollment centers. It was one of many changes to the system to improve the application process.
The bill, sponsored by Councilmember Shahana K.
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Gothamist – By Karen Yi | Mar 13, 2025
Signing up for New York City’s popular municipal ID program will soon become easier for city residents due to a City Council bill passed on Wednesday.
The measure will resume some same-day walk-in appointments for people registering for the IDNYC photo ID card.
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More than 40 elected officials signed onto the missive.
City & State – By Peter Sterne | March 11, 2025
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more than three dozen other New York elected officials have signed on to a letter calling for the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in retaliation for his involvement in pro-Palestinian protests.
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Gothamist – By Giulia Heyward | March 10, 2025
New York lawmakers are moving quickly to protect access to gender-affirming care for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people in response to a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump.
The president’s directive, issued in his first weeks back in office, aims to block access to gender-affirming medical care for anyone under 19.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle – By Brooklyn Eagle Staff | March 10, 2025
CITYWIDE — CITY RESIDENTS CAN GET NEW NYC TRASH BINS FREE OF CHARGE, thanks to a bill that the City Council passed on Thursday, Feb. 27, and that state Assemblymember William Colton is applauding. The bill, Intro 1126-2024, which, as of press time on Monday, March 10, awaits Mayor Eric Adams’ signature, mandates free distribution of the new trash bins – dubbed the NYC bin – to owners of single-family and two-family homes that are enrolled in the STAR or Enhanced STAR property tax
relief programs.
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DailyNews – Opinion | By Shahana Hanif
PUBLISHED: February 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST
My husband and I are wrestling with a tension that is all-too-familiar for many New Yorkers. We’re thrilled about the prospect of bringing a baby into our lives but are scared to death about how much it costs to raise a child in the five boroughs.
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Gay City News — By Matt Tracy | Posted on February 27, 2025
City lawmakers are introducing a package of bills intended to shore up support for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (TGNCNBI) New Yorkers in a local effort to counteract the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on transgender individuals.
The legislative package, driven primarily by members of the City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus and some other city lawmakers, aims to strengthen access to gender-affirming care, bolster outreach and legal resources for TGNCNBI individuals, create a plan to support TGNCNBI migrants, and more.
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Across the country, privatized Medicare Advantage plans have raised costs and worsened care for seniors. It’s inconceivable that Mayor Adams is trying to strip our city’s municipal retirees of their current health insurance and force them onto bad plans. Today, I am proud to sponsor Intro. 1096 (Marte), which would put a stop to this shameful maneuver.
My personal experience with lupus has given me far too much familiarity with our broken healthcare system.
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