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By Vianella Burns
HARLEM, NY — Last month, West Harlem residents got to vote on how to spend $1 million in public dollars, and now the results are in.
The four winning participatory budgeting projects have been announced by Harlem City Council Member Shaun Abreu.
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By Vianella Burns
HARLEM, NY — Due to city budget cuts, a nonprofit with locations in Harlem has ceased offering composting services, although local politicians are mobilizing to contest this change.
GrowNYC, overseeing a network of over 80 open-air greenmarkets, farmstands and fresh food boxes, announced the conclusion of compost programming at both locations last week due to the nonprofit’s depletion of funding.
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The video showing Diddy‘s hotel assault of Cassie isn’t only fueling public outrage — high-ranking NYC politicians want him to suffer one immediate consequence … TMZ has learned.
Leaders in Diddy’s hometown are turning on him, with several NYC council members encouraging Mayor Eric Adams to revoke the Bad Boy Records founder’s symbolic key to the city.
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By Gus Saltonstall
Composting will no longer be available at two popular Upper West Side farmer’s markets due to city budget cuts.
GrowNYC, which runs farmer’s markets across the city, including at West 79th Street and Columbus Avenue and West 97th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, announced that both had the final day of their compost programming last week as the nonprofit has run out of funding, according to the nonprofit and elected officials.
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By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Public litter basket service could be kicked to the curb if the Adams administration gets its way.
The NYC Council announced Monday it is calling for the restoration of funding to basic Department of Sanitation (DSNY) programs and services that keep the city clean ahead of an executive budget hearing.
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By Gus Saltonstall
The results are in for this year’s cycle of Participatory Budgeting on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights.
This week, both Councilmembers Gale Brewer and Shaun Abreu announced the winning neighborhood projects that they will each allocate $1 million in city funds to through this year’s budget.
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New York, NY—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), elected officials, member organizations, allies, and immigrant New Yorkers held an NYC For All Families rally on the City Hall Steps to call for a New York City FY25 budget and legislation that prioritizes the needs of immigrant New Yorkers.
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By Clio Chang
After Flaco was found dead earlier this year with rat poison in his system (and an apparent case of pigeon herpes), Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill named for the Eurasian owl that would pilot the use of contraceptives instead of rodenticides to help control the city’s rat problem.
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By Mike Mishkin
Council Member Julie Menin is sponsoring new legislation which aims to decrease the volume of dog poop on New York City’s sidewalks.
At a recent hearing on street cleanliness, Menin presented Intro 281, a bill which “would require the Department of Sanitation to install and regularly fill dog waste bag dispensers on or next to all public litter baskets on city streets.”
“Nothing ruins a morning commute like stepping in a dog’s business.
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By Joseph Zuloaga and Rebecca Massel
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jerry Nadler, CC ’69, (D-N.Y.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released individual statements on Sunday and Monday condemning recent reports of antisemitic incidents amid a rise in protest activity.
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