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NYC Left Behind: The Uneven Distribution of New York's $4.2 Billion Green Bond Act
In November 2022, New Yorker State voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposition to make $4.2 billion available for environmental and community projects to protect water quality, adapt to climate change, improve resiliency, and create green jobs in the state. The Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act was widely supported by those especially residing in New York City, who remember very clearly the destruction and havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Ida and other severe weather events the city has endured.
NYC Approves Plan for 109K New Homes, Faces City Council Showdown
The City Planning Commission approved a rezoning proposal that would make housing development easier. New York City — On Wednesday, Mayor Adams’s plan to ease New York City’s housing shortage by making way for more than 100,000 new homes cleared the City Planning Commission.
Extra Time: Tension about Adams' political future builds, patient defies odds after rare transplant
In this edition of Extra Time, we detail the tension building about Mayor Eric Adams' political future, Hurricane Helene strengthens as it takes aim at Florida anda cancer patient defies the odds after a rare transplant.As for weather, sunshine will be in short supply for the next few days with a couple of showers on Thursday and a stray shower south on Friday.Other headlines from Wednesday's show: A medical milestone.Surgeons perform a groundbreaking, double-lung transplant on a woman battling cancer.Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully performed a "first-of-its-kind" double-lung transplant on a cancer patient, giving her a chance at...
In Eric Adams’ Strongholds, Mixed Feelings About the Mayor and the Investigations Swirling Around Him
As federal investigations swirl and top aides walk away, Mayor Eric Adams has repeated a mantra, “I’m stepping up, not stepping down,” arguing that New Yorkers aren’t interested in that news but about what he’s delivering for them. Talking with New Yorkers over the last week in Harlem, Edenwald in the Northeast Bronx and St. […] The post In Eric Adams’ Strongholds, Mixed Feelings About the Mayor and the Investigations Swirling Around Him appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Hudson County Takes Strides for Gun Safety
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy hosted a successful 3rd Annual Strides for Safety 5K Against Gun Violence in Lincoln Park last week.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERBilled as an opportunity for the Hudson County community to run or walk and raise awareness to end gun violence in the county and country, this year’s event drew 435 registered attendees and 30 volunteers.“It was incredible to see so many Hudson County residents, families, and nonprofit organizations join together to raise awareness and end gun violence in our community. We all know how important...
Last chance tickets to All Things Go Festival NYC this weekend
Don’t miss your chance to experience the inaugural All Things Go Music Festival in New York City this weekend! Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, this festival is expanding from its roots in Columbia, Maryland, to the iconic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on September 28 and 29. The festival features...
Another candidate joins race to succeed Fulop as Jersey City mayor
Councilman James Solomon critical of Mayor Fulop and mayoral candidate Jim McGreevey. Jersey City Councilman James Solomon is the latest entrant into the race for mayor in the state’s second-largest city. Some have started to call Solomon Steve Fulop 2.0, a comparison to the current mayor that Solomon waves...
Even more Manhattan offices are slated for a residential conversion
Continuing the post-pandemic trend, yet more Manhattan office buildings have been marked for conversion into residential units. The newest address to join the pool is 77 Water St., a 26-story Financial District tower that Big Apple-based real estate firm Vanbarton reportedly plans to turn into some 600 rental apartments, people familiar with the matter told Crain’s. Vanbarton is reportedly under contract to pay approximately $95 million for the 1970s-built tower in a deal that is anticipated to close before the year is out. Amazon employees ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with CEO Andy Jassy’s 5-days-a-week office edict: report Over the years, commercial tenants at the building have...
Weehawken Ferry Maintenance Facility Receives $6M Grant for Modernization
NJ Transit has secured a $6.32 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With this funding, important upgrades will be made at the Weehawken Ferry Maintenance Facility. The funds, part of the 2024 Passenger Ferry Grant Program, will be used to install a wave attenuator—a barrier that helps protect...
Council, Civil Rights Commission Grapple with Comment Conflict
A public comment made by a Montclair religious leader at a council meeting is being reviewed by the Civil Rights Commission after some residents reported his remarks as antisemitic. The religious leader, Imam Kevin Dawud Amin of Masjid Ul Wadud, in an interview with Montclair Local, and in comments at...
A part of the Manhattan waterfront will be closed to pedestrians until 2025
We're all more than a little bit excited about the extensive work that's being done to beautify parts of the Manhattan river front, including the brand new Italian built and ADA accessible pedestrian bridge that just opened on the Lower East Side. But, let's be honest, all the improvements come...
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