Shaun Abreu ’14CC, chair of the New York City Council’s sanitation committee, aims to clean up Morningside Heights and beyond.
New York has drug-free zones, gun-free zones, car-free zones, and phone-free zones. But rat-free zones? The idea might seem impossible to anyone who has run the gauntlet of swollen plastic garbage bags on the city’s sidewalks and observed the well-fed creatures darting in all directions.
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There’s a killer on the loose in New York City. First it steals your nights. Then, it steals your days. Finally, it takes your life. It’s time we talked about sleep apnea.
Around 25% of adults suffer from this condition, which disrupts breathing during sleep, often hundreds of times a night. Sleep apnea doesn’t just leave people tired;
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Like millions of Americans, City Councilmember Shaun Abreu did not know there was a danger while he was sleeping.
After friends told him about his snoring, he went to the doctor.
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The New York City Council approved new legislation on Wednesday that will eliminate hefty upfront broker fees for most renters.
In New York City, unlike nearly every other place in the country, tenants are often forced to fork over a fee, on top of their rent, to a broker hired by the landlord before signing their new lease.
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Fluffy Feeling Ill? N.Y.C. Workers May Get Sick Leave to Care for Pets.
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By Shaun Abreu
The Bijan Royal Tenants’ Union rallied with City Council Member Shaun Abreu and the Goddard Riverside Law Project this week to call on the city to oversee repairs to dangerous and unacceptable conditions at their two buildings in West Harlem.
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By Liam Quigley
New sanitation department rules could mean big fines for nonprofit groups that clean up numerous New York City blocks, city councilmembers write in a new letter.
Every day, workers for business improvement districts and other nonprofits fan out across the city and collect refuse, leaving bagged trash near public trash cans for collection.
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