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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Brooklyn Paper – By Lauren Rapp | February 17, 2025

A new bill, introduced by Council Member Shahana Hanif, would protect food service workers from wage theft and union-busting tactics.

The Tip Theft Prevention Act, introduced in the City Council last week, aims to protect food service workers from stolen tips and union-busting tactics.

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Despite fewer speed camera violations, repeat offenders rack up hundreds of tickets.

BK Reader | By BK Reader Staff — Feb 2, 2025 10:00 AM

Traffic crashes killed 253 New Yorkers in 2024, averaging one fatality every 35 hours, according to a new analysis from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.

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January 30, 2025

Enhancement expands program and its income eligibility for more working-class New Yorkers to access affordable, first-time homeownership opportunities

City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council celebrated the release of expanded funding for the HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program that it secured as part of its 

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Gothamist | By Arya Sundaram — Published Jan 29, 2025

New York City is contracting with a nonprofit to provide free interpreter services at government offices, while employing immigrants in the process.

The Community Interpreter Bank, as it is called, will be run by the nonprofit New York Immigration Coalition, initially under a $1.4 million city grant from 2024.

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PIX 11 News | by: Grace Gomez — Posted: Jan 28, 2025 / 10:29 PM EST

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Several arrests were reported Tuesday as Starbucks baristas went on strike in Park Slope. The strike and sit-in happened just days before the unionized store was slated to close.

Striking workers claim the company will not bargain with them.

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January 27, 2025
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Eligible Applicants Will Receive a New UL-Certified E-Bike and Additional UL-Certified Battery

Trade-In Program Will Enhance Public Safety by Replacing Hazardous Batteries and Devices

NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced applications are now open for New York City’s e-bike trade-in program for food delivery workers, the first-ever municipal program of its kind.

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