From Bayside Patch:Neighborhood activists have become increasingly frustrated with the NYC Parks Dept., because though $1.3 million dollars was allocated to build to build permanent washrooms in 2005 by then Councilman Tony Avella, D-Bayside, that mone... »
Councilman James Vacca supported better traffic safety enforcement Your weekly guide to heroic and villainous actions in tri-state transportation and development. Winners New York State Senator Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn), New York State Assemblyman B... »
Gale Brewer (Photo: Facebook) Veteran Upper West Side Councilwoman Gale Brewer is jumping into the race for Manhattan Borough President. "I'm going to definitely do it I. haven't gotten myself organized, because I'm working on so many different issues,... »
Peter Vallone Jr. (Photo: New York City Council) Thanks to the ongoing contract dispute between Time Warner Cable and the ownership of the New York Knicks, Councilman and social media enthusiast Peter Vallone Jr. wasn't able to watch Jeremy Lin play a... »
Robert Jackson (Photo: Facebook) After a press conference on improving college readiness for black and Latino students this afternoon, The Politicker caught up to Councilman Robert Jackson to ask him how about the likelihood he'll fully enter the Manha... »
This past weekend marked the first of many a circular ride for Queens commuters as the 11-weekend 7-line shutdown commenced. Due to work in the Steinway Tubes and on the communications-based train control system, the MTA isn’t running 7 trains between ... »
From the NY Post:A fed-up councilman from Astoria dug through a city trash can yesterday to find out who illegally dumped personal garbage into a municipal receptacle — and vowed the “pig” would get fined.“What kind of pig does this? Stuffs up the smal... »
A Mitt Romney fundraiser brought Occupy Wall Street protestors back from the depths of winter for a protest outside the Waldorf-Astoria, where the presidential hopeful... »
