Manhattan Archives – Page 5 of 59 – Politics NY

People light candles for hostages killed by Hamas, during a vigil at Columbus Circle on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

‘Seal the deal’: Thousands at Columbus Circle vigil demand peaceful end to Israel-Hamas war, and release of remaining hostages after latest murders

By Paul Frangipane and Robert Pozarycki

Worker removing sidewalk shed from medical examiner's office

Goodbye, shed! NYC finally taking down rotting scaffold outside Medical Examiner’s office

By Dean Moses

Manhattan Housing Court headquarters

Manhattan Housing Court gets two new judges to work through higher caseload

By Max Parrott

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

The lobby of the newly reopened Prince Kitano New York, the Big Apple's first Japanese-owned hotel.

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Passing through the junk market along East 14th Street and Avenue A.

Violence-plagued East Village intersection with illegal market getting major boost in NYPD security

By Dean Moses

A rending of the + Pool on the East River.

Manhattan’s Pier 35 chosen as location for long-awaited plus-shaped East River swimming pool

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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

New Yorker standing outside Trump Tower day after assassination attempt

Outside Trump Tower, New Yorkers vent against hateful political rhetoric day after Trump assassination attempt in Pennsylvania

By Dean Moses

NY Dems slam Supreme Court ruling in former President Trump’s immunity case

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Harlem resident fumes over congestion pricing pause delaying Second Avenue Subway extension

Congestion pricing: Harlem residents fume after Second Avenue Subway extension shelved following Hochul’s toll pause

By Dean Moses

Climate activists protest outside Gov. Hochul's office over clean energy law

Climate activists slam Hochul over alleged inaction on clean energy mandates for New York

By Dean Moses

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

Congestion pricing: Hochul’s delay of Manhattan toll plan draws both cheers and jeers from New Yorkers

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Michael Zavatsky

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

The NYPD is going all-in on drone pilot program for shootings and life-threatening emergencies

By Dean Moses

Trump verdict reaction: Devotees pray, opponents cheer – and convicted ex-president calls the whole thing ‘rigged’

By Dean Moses

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The Ellen P. Tuttle Courthouse of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia.

Divided 11th Circuit rejects Title VII challenge to employer’s denial of coverage for gender-affirming surgery

Council Member Vickie Paladino secured the a grant worth $68,000 for a wheelchair-accessible van at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside.

CM Paladino secures $68K grant for wheelchair accessible van for St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children

gowanus car crash scene

Man arrested after three-car crash leaves one dead, four injured in Gowanus