Action Plan will Modernize NYC Industrial Policy: Mayor, Council Speaker
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio and the City Council this week unveiled a 10-point plan to grow industrial and manufacturing jobs across the five boroughs. Photo…
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Pols Continue Push for Route 878 Repairs
PHOTO: Assemblymen Phil Goldfeder (blue sweatshirt) and Todd Kaminsky (Goldfeder l.) have been calling on NYSDOT to repair rapidly deteriorating Route 878. Photo Courtesy of…
De Blasio Heralds ‘Roadmap’ to Reducing Punitive School Discipline
PHOTO: The roadmap is based on the recommendations contained in ‘Safety with Dignity,’ a report by the mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline. Photo Courtesy…
TSA Seeking People to Adopt Explosives Detection Dogs
PHOTO: The Transportation Safety Administration is looking for homes for its explosives detection dogs that either did not complete training or have retired from service. …
Editorial: Zero for Zero
Photo Courtesy of flickr.com/NY City Department of Transportation Kudos to the 106th precinct and the rest of New York’s finest this week. In partnership…
FEMA Must Properly Vet Cases in Which Sandy Vics were Overpaid: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Schumer, seen here greeting constituents in Breezy Point after Sandy, is urging FEMA to carefully review cases in which the agency believes…
Bill Calls for Electronic Monitoring of all Diversion Program Participants
PHOTO: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder has introduced legislation that would require electronic monitoring of all Judicial Diversion Program participants. Photo Courtesy of Wallin & Klarich Law…
Ridgewood Man Charged with Animal Cruelty
PHOTO: Brewster is on the road to recovery. Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Amy Swift A Ridgewood man who brought a starving boxer that he had…
Lights On Celebrated at Jamaica Middle School
PHOTO: The College and Career Preparedness Program, sponsored by The Child Center of NY, is one of the successful afterschool projects at Basie Beacon. Pictured…
Comptroller Releases Actuarial Audit of City’s Five Retirement Systems
PHOTO: City Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released an independent actuarial audit of the city’s five retirement systems. Photo Courtesy of NY Women’s Foundation/Patrick McMullan …
Each Citi Field Playoff Game Generates $11.6M in Economic Impact for NYC: Report
PHOTO: New York Mets 2015 postseason games generate an economic impact of $11.6 million per home game, the city Economic Development Corporation announced this week….
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
PHOTO: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. is co-sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
Addabbo Calls on Cuomo to Reactivate Toll-Free Tax Assistance Line
PHOTO: State Sen. Addabbo is urging the state to reactivate a toll-free tax helpline that was shutdown in 2011. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
Top Queens High Schools ‘Reward’ ed
The Scholars Academy in Rockaway Park was one of nine borough high schools recently designated as Reward Schools by the state Department of Education. The…
Halloween Makeup in Stores May Contain Hazardous Chemicals: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is warning parents to pay close attention to the Halloween makeup they purchase this year, as it may pose a…