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By Emma Fitzsimmons
New York City, where sidewalks have long been overrun by foul-smelling heaps of garbage bags that force passers-by to yield to oncoming rat traffic, is about to try a not-so-novel idea to solve the problem.
The concept, known as trash containerization, seems simple enough: Get trash off the streets and into containers.
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By Brittany Kriegstein
The City Council will be hopping today with a series of bills touching on matters from traffic safety to policing and homelessness.The measures could have a significant impact on daily life for people across the five boroughs.
The bills are scheduled for a vote in their respective committees and could be voted through by the full Council as early as Thursday afternoon, when the city’s legislature is expected to meet.
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By Jessi Mitchell
NEW YORK — The Big Apple’s newly designated rat mitigation zones have the highest numbers of complaints and inspections, and they need the most help. Around one block of Hamilton Heights, the beasts find feasts of trash.
Videos showing rats flooding the trash on sidewalks have been flooding District 7 Council member Shaun Abreu’s inbox lately.
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By Stephon Johnson
The need for no-fee attorneys for people facing eviction in New York City is so great that nonprofit legal providers are asking the city to quadruple the budget for their services. But the City Council speaker says it’s the state that needs to step up.
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By News 12 Staff
A new resolution adopted Tuesday by the City Council is calling on the Department of Education to create a Jewish Heritage Day in city public schools.
The legislation was introduced by Council Member Shaun Abreu in an effort to combat antisemitism and celebrate diversity.
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HARLEM, New York (WABC) — Gas is back on for hundreds of residents at a NYCHA apartment complex in Harlem after three months without service.
NYCHA released a statement on Friday saying that gas had been restored to the Grant Houses located at West 125th Street in Harlem.
The gas was cut on January 9 after there was a discovery of a gas leak.
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By Sarah Belle Lin
Public hospital nurses rallied outside of Harlem Hospital on Tuesday demanding higher pay, on par with private-sector nurses, and better staffing levels across New York City’s municipal hospitals.
The nurses, who were joined by elected officials and community allies, shared their experiences at the annual Board of Directors meeting for New York City’s Health+Hospitals System, the country’s largest public healthcare system.
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By Shaun Abreu and Kevin Riley
Eugene Toussaint has been a public defender in Queens for over a decade. But with a caseload of more than 100 clients and scores of his colleagues leaving for better-paying jobs, he fears he may be reaching a breaking point.
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By Gus Saltonstall
HARLEM, NY — Mayor Eric Adams’ rat-busting crews are headed to a collection of New York City neighborhoods identified as popular rodent hangout spots, including Harlem.
Adams, along with the help of Harlem Council Member Shaun Abreu and other elected officials, ramped up the city’s war on rats with four pieces of legislation to reduce rat residency across the city, including a new push to identify targeted “rat mitigation zones”
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By Gus Saltonstall
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The Hispanic Society Museum & Library in Washington Heights has one of the world’s largest collections of Spanish art and literature — but it has been closed since 2017 due to renovations — and now its workers are on strike just a month before it is set to finally reopen.
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