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City Hall, NY – Today, Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council leadership, and Council Members filed the advice-and-consent ballot question with the New York City Board of Elections via the City Clerk, completing the final step for the proposal to appear on the November 2024 General Election ballot. The law (Int.
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By Herb Boyd and Bill Moore
Last Wednesday (July 10), Councilmember Shaun Abreu and the David Dinkins family invited dignitaries and community leaders to Riverside Church to celebrate what would have been the 97th birthday of the city’s first Black mayor. As the world knows, Dinkins joined the ancestors in 2020 after distinguishing himself in a variety of services to the nation.
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By Jesse Levine
Public health and legal experts at Columbia and Manhattan local officials have expressed concern over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s snap June 5 decision to direct the MTA to “indefinitely pause” New York City’s congestion pricing plan, previously scheduled to go into effect on June 30 and fund $15 billion in capital improvements to the MTA network.
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By Surina Vankat
Throughout New York City, libraries and senior centers play a crucial role during periods of extreme heat—they serve as some of the city’s cooling centers, providing air-conditioned facilities that residents can go to to cool off in when a heat advisory warning is issued.
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By Manuela Silva
Raising Cane’s is coming to Morningside Heights.
The popular fast food chain plans to open a new location in fall 2025 at 2850 Broadway, the previous site of the beloved Mel’s Burger Bar, a Raising Cane’s spokesperson confirmed to Spectator on Monday.
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By Mohamed Farghaly
In a significant reversal, New York City has allocated over $6 million to reinstate funding for its community composting program as part of the newly approved fiscal year 2025 budget. This move comes after Mayor Eric Adams initially slashed all funding for the initiative last fall, citing escalating costs and budgetary shortfalls amid increased service demands.
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By Eric A. Goldstein
New York City’s just-adopted final FY ’25 budget allocates $6.2 million to support a reenergized community composting program in the nation’s largest city.
The monies will fund non-profit organizations from all five boroughs who will spearhead neighborhood efforts to turn food scraps, yard waste and food soiled paper into useful finished compost and help teach residents, school children and businesses how to compost and why it’s important to do so.
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By Gus Saltonstall
Last week, the New York City Council voted to approve the $112 billion city budget for the 2025 fiscal year.
On Thursday, West Side Rag covered projects and organizations that are set to receive funding within the Upper West Side’s District 6.
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By Liam Quigley
The vast majority of New York City’s residential landlords will be banned from piling up trash in front of their buildings come November — and will face fines if they don’t put out their garbage in bins with secure lids.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the incoming rule on Monday, marking his administration’s latest step to fight the city’s rat population by containerizing the mountains of bags that both clog up the city’s sidewalks and serve as rodent restaurants.
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By Gus Saltonstall
The New York City Council on Sunday voted to approve the $112.4 billion budget that restored the majority of cuts originally proposed by Mayor Eric Adams.
There has been lots of reporting on the battle over funding for libraries, the arts, and early childhood programming, but what about the funds that will be specifically allocated to the Upper West Side and programs that serve the neighborhood?
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