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Today, Council Member Shaun Abreu celebrated $7.4 million in funding secured for Ten Mile River Playground in Riverside Park in the FY24 budget—a historic investment in green space made possible by Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Council Member Abreu and Speaker Adams were joined by NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, the Riverside Park Conservancy, and community members at the playground’s basketball courts to announce this first phase of a long-term plan to revitalize and winterize the recreational space at Ten Mile River Playground.

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By Gowry Konkesa

The New York City Council on Oct. 5 passed Intro 0703, which aims to prevent evictions for tenants receiving rental assistance through the CityFHEPS rental assistance program.

CityFHEPS is a New York City program under the Department of Social Services that provides rental aid to families who receive cash assistance and who have previously lost their housing due to reasons such as evictions, health issues, or domestic violence.

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Columbia President Minouche Shafik welcomed Barnard President Laura Rosenbury, Teachers College President Thomas Bailey, and New York City Council member Shaun Abreu to the Manhattanville Campus on September 20 to rally students, faculty, staff, Morningside Heights and West Harlem community partners, and neighbors to the third day of the Great Broadway Sweep. 

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By Isha Banerjee

Reduced rat sightings and cleaner streets may be in the near future for West Harlem residents. As a part of a pilot program by the New York City Council, large containers have replaced bags of trash on select streets and school districts in West Harlem.

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By Isha Banerjee

District 7 Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, introduced a City Council resolution Thursday afternoon calling on the New York City Department of Education to establish a curriculum on machine learning and the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students.

Abreu’s bill cites the widespread use of AI as necessitating new guidance within the city’s public schools.

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By Gus Saltonstall

With the New York Mets and Yankees struggling all season, and Aaron Rodgers hurt in his Jets debut, local sports fans haven’t had much to cheer about in recent months.

But New York City Councilmember Shaun Abreu, who represents the majority of the Upper West Side above 96th Street, is looking to create an alternative kind of sporting excitement.

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By Jessi Mitchell

NEW YORK – New rat mitigation efforts on the west side of Harlem are about to face their first big test when students return to school next week. A few big new waste bins aim to reduce rats’ access to trash.

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By Sarah Belle Lin

Just over a dozen schools in Harlem have received trash containers to prevent rodents from diving into loose trash piles.

The effort to install rat-proof trash containers was led by Council Member Shaun Abreu (D-7), who announced his efforts to “start containerizing our trash” on the X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.

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HARLEM, New York — A street in Harlem has been co-named after the late DJ Jinx Paul.

As of Saturday, the intersection of W. 136th Street and Amsterdam Avenue bears the name of the popular La Mega 97.9 radio personality.

DJ Jinx Paul, whose real name was Jean Paul Guerrero, was killed in a 2016 hit-and-run in Brooklyn.

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By Gus Saltonstall

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The record-high $107 billion budget passed by the City Council on the last day of June includes millions of dollars coming to the Upper West Side.

The local funding includes improvements to schools, housing, and parks in the neighborhood.

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