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By Ramsey Khalifeh
A New York City lawmaker wants to avenge avian icon Flaco, who died with a dangerous amount of rodenticide in his system, by sterilizing rats.
Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill on Thursday to test out a program to distribute contraceptive rat pellets in his Upper Manhattan district.
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By Miranda Lu and Tsehai Alfred
Mayor Eric Adams hosted a community conversation at the Manhattanville Community Center on Monday, the latest in a series of public meetings offering residents and community stakeholders the opportunity to engage in direct dialogue with the administration.
Along with a panel of other officials, Adams spoke to a full room of community members on questions spanning a range of issues affecting West Harlem and New York City as a whole, including the citywide trash containerization rollout, influx of people seeking asylum, and safety concerns in New York City Housing Authority complexes.
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By Peter Senzamici
HARLEM, NY — Parks, trees, schools: take your pick.
It’s time for West Harlem to vote on how to spend $1 million in public dollars.
Participatory budgeting projects have been finalized from Harlem City Council Member Shaun Abreu.
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By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
For nearly 60 years, New York City leaders have understood that they could not kill their way out of the rat problem.
Rats are prodigious breeders, with one pair having the potential to produce 15,000 descendants in a year.
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By Jessica Formoso and edited by Amanda Geffner
NEW YORK CITY – NYC Councilman Shaun Abreu is proposing a bill that will make it easier to tip deliveristas on food delivery apps. It’s a two-measure bill:
It was supposed to be a big win for delivery workers in New York City, but a new law requires that they be paid a certain wage.
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By Karen Yi
Food delivery apps would be required to allow customers to tip when they’re ordering instead of after they get their food under new legislation from a New York City lawmaker.
City Councilmember Shaun Abreu told Gothamist he plans to introduce two relevant measures during the City Council’s scheduled meeting on Thursday.
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By Nia Prater
On Friday, as the city was shaken by the 4.8-magnitude earthquake in New Jersey, the response from state and city officials was less than inspiring.
An emergency alert from the city didn’t hit phones for a full half-hour after the shaking stopped.
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By Peter Senzamici
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — It’s time to vote on the Upper West Side for how to spend $1 million in public dollars.
Participatory budgeting projects have been finalized from both Upper West Side City Council Members, Gale Brewer and Shaun Abreu.
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By Gus Saltonstall
Over the weekend, West Side Rag reported on the finalist projects for the neighborhood as funded by Councilmember Gale Brewer’s participatory budgeting process. Brewer is not the only elected official allocating city funds to Upper West Side projects, though, Councilmember Shaun Abreu is also overseeing his own set of funding.
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By Ethan Stark-Miller
A City Council member wants to give New Yorkers a big discount whenever grocery stores charge them more for items than the lowest advertised price, amNewYork Metro has learned.
Under the proposed legislation, the text of which amNewYork Metro obtained, customers would have legal recourse to get products for free if what they are charged at the register is higher than the shelf price, sale price or advertised price, so long as the product is under $10.
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