Manhattan Archives – Page 2 of 55 – Politics NY

Dan Goldman speaks about bill allowing teens to pre-register-to-vote

Brooklyn

Goldman seeks to let teens pre-register to vote under new bill moving through Congress

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

con ed workers rallying outside wearing purple shirts and holding signs

‘Left behind’ contract workers at Con Ed demand family-sustaining jobs

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Kitano_Lobby from Mezzanine_Dog

Safe Hotels Act: A public safety measure or blow to NYC’s hospitality industry?

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at at a microphone campaigning

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly admits to dumping dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Woman mourns at Sonya Massey vigil in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village vigil for Sonya Massey brings tearful rebuke of police brutality

By Dean Moses

Erik Bottcher.

Council member Erik Bottcher calls for B-HEARD expansion in western Manhattan

By Max Parrott

Manhattan primary results

Manhattan primary results: Micah Lasher and Jordan Wright win nominations

By Robert Pozarycki and Ethan Stark-Miller

former calhoun school, which is positioned to become a homeless shelter on the upper west side, in the daytime with cars parked in front

Housing & Homelessness

Why Upper West Side residents say they were misled about upcoming homeless shelter

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Manhattan Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs

Three Manhattan Assembly races to watch in the June 25 Democratic primary

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about possible congestion pricing lawsuits

Congestion Pricing: Comptroller Lander assembling potential plaintiffs for suit to restart paused Manhattan toll

By Ben Brachfeld

red spray paint on homes of Brooklyn Museum worker

Brooklyn

Bigots smear antisemitic graffiti at homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum officials in latest hateful act to hit NYC

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Protester dressed as orca arrested in Lower Manhattan

Whale of a protest: 33 climate activists dressed as orcas cuffed at Lower Manhattan demonstration

By Dean Moses

Gov-Kathy-Hochul-Cannabis-Industry-Power-Players-list

Brooklyn

Cannabis Industry Power Players Reflect on the past, present and future in New York

By Isabel Parigi

men in suits at a podium discussing social workers at NYPD police stations in NYC

Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

people marching on a side walk in Manhattan holding signs to support child care funding

‘Day Without Child Care’ march in Manhattan sees advocates urge Hochul for greater program funding

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at New School encampment

‘People are not feeling heard’: Public Advocate Williams speaks in support of New School’s faculty-led encampment

By Dean Moses

Family members of Win Rozario grieve at rally following police shooting

‘Treated like criminals’: Family of Queens teen Win Rozario demand justice weeks after cops shot him to death

By Dean Moses

people on stage at a a podium, Kirsten Gillibrand in the middle discussing housing bill

Housing & Homelessness

Affordable housing: Gillibrand touts Congressional bill to change NYC resident qualifications

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

exterior of building in Manhattan

DA Bragg indicts ‘worst landlord’ for harassing rent-regulated tenants in Manhattan buildings

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Columbia University protests: New Yorkers say they’re fed up and fearful over chaos

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Con Ed crew deals with flooded street in Manhattan amid climate change

Brooklyn

What does NYC’s future look like? Extremely hot and wet, a city climate report finds

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30

By Robert Pozarycki

Columbia University protests see pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clash

Columbia University protests: Protesters clash over controversial campus encampment in chaotic scene

By Dean Moses

Columbia University student sits before hostage posters

Columbia University student from Israel recounts encountering hate before and during encampment: ‘I have had people spit at me’

By Dean Moses

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partys over at party city

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Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

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This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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