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By Jacob Wallace

Budget cuts to New York City’s community composting program are “unacceptable,” Council Member Shaun Abreu, the new chair of the city’s Sanitation and Solid Waste Management committee, said during his first hearing of the session Tuesday. Restoration of the program’s funding, along with other organics issues, containerization and oversight of the city’s commercial waste zones are priorities for his committee and the council, said Abreu, who serves a district in Northern Manhattan.

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By Manuela Silva

Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that all of Community Board 9 will receive on-street containers and new automated side-loading trucks starting in spring 2025 as an expansion of District 7’s trash containerization program, becoming the first fully-containerized district. While CB9 leaders say that they have not yet seen a plan for the program, they are excited about the announcement and hope to soon be able to provide feedback based on the pilot.

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By Michael Gartland

New York City middle school and high school students could soon be required to receive warnings about the negative impacts of social media under new legislation City Councilman Shaun Abreu plans to introduce next month.

Abreu’s bill would compel the city Department of Education to distribute facts at the beginning of each school year about social media addiction, its potential health impacts and the dangers posed by engaging with strangers online.

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By Claire Cleary

One of University President Minouche Shafik’s first priorities in her inaugural address was to improve “engagement with the communities on our doorstep – across New York City and in Upper Manhattan.”

About a week after her inauguration, Shafik held a breakfast event where she met with local leaders like Community Board 9 Chair Victor Edwards and New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, who represents District 7, leaving many hopeful for a change in Columbia’s relationship with West Harlem.

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By Isha Banerjee

New York State Assembly District 69 candidates have condemned the alleged chemical spraying of Columbia student protesters. Gov. Kathy Hochul, District 7 Council Member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine also condemned the attacks.

During a pro-Palestinian rally last Friday, protestors were allegedly sprayed with a hazardous chemical, according to nearly two dozen protestors.

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By Eduardo Cuevas

MANHATTAN – The New York City Police Department is investigating reports that students were attacked with a chemical spray last week during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, causing several people to seek medical treatment.

The spraying student described occurred during a student-led divestment protest at the 

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By Isha Banerjee and Manuela Silva

City Council confirmed District 7 Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, as chair of the committee on sanitation and solid waste management and District 9 Council member Yusef Salaam as chair of the committee on public safety in a rules, privileges, and elections meeting on Thursday.

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By Annie McDonough

An active game of musical chairs in the City Council ended on Thursday, with changes in store for nearly a dozen committee chair positions for the 2024-2025 session.

The full list of committee membership, which was approved by the rules committee on Thursday morning, is expected to later be approved by the full council in the afternoon. 

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By Eric A. Goldstein

In a move that will reduce waste in the nation’s largest city, the New York City Council has enacted legislation requiring operators of sports stadiums and arenas to allow attendees to bring refillable beverage containers into events in those venues. 

The legislation—introduced by Council Member Shaun Abreu of Manhattan’s 7th District—directs that stadium and arena managers, “shall not prohibit an individual attending any professional or collegiate sporting competition.

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