As part of the city’s commitment to keeping the streets clean, and rat free, the NYC Department of Sanitation is implementing a new rule to reduce the time that trash, recycling, and curbside composting will sit on sidewalks. The new rule goes into effect April 1, 2023.
We have new Assembly district lines that went into effect as of this year, and in two years, they will change again. There will be just ONE hearing scheduled in Brooklyn, and it will be February 15th at 4:00pm at Medgar Evers College.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that — with more than 96 percent of city workers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — the city will make vaccination optional for current and prospective city workers effective February 10, 2023.
A temporary water bill amnesty program has been launched in New York City to help New Yorkers save up to $150 million of interest when they pay their overdue water bills.
After more than 300 days without measurable snow, New York City could see 1 to 2 inches of accumulation in the middle of the workweek, forecasts show.
Con Edison is monitoring the winter storm that is expected to hit our region tonight, and Friday and mobilizing to respond to any service problems that may occur.
The World’s Largest Menorah will be lit on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in a “Salute to New York’s Finest,” honoring the brave men and women of the NYPD at a time when they have been increasingly active in confronting antisemitism and acts of hatred throughout the city.
The New York City Emergency Management Department today issued a travel advisory for Thursday afternoon through Friday, December 23. New York City is also urging New Yorkers in coastal communities to prepare ahead of the winter storm.
This year, on the first night, Mayor Eric Adams addressed the crowd at the World’s Largest Menorah, followed by Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Gilad Erdan who then recited the three blessings on the first light of the menorah and lit the first candle. They were hosted by Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, director of Lubavitch Youth Organization and joined by real estate developer Rotem Rosen.
On the streets of the “Greatest City on Earth,” and in countless cities across the globe, it is the public menorah which many have come to look to, to set the tone and the spirit of the holiday season. And this year’s “new light” will be a shining public art menorah installation commissioned by The Howard Hughes Corporation for the Seaport, a historic waterfront neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
The NYC DOT has alerted residents to an impending storm that may increase the dangers on the road.
A Manhattan judge let one of the two men accused of plotting to attack New York City synagogues continue to walk free Wednesday — after prosecutors asked for the second time in two weeks that he be held in jail without bail.
The NYPD’s report on hate crimes for the month of November noted 45 Anti-Jewish incidents reported to law enforcement. That made up 60% of all hate crimes across the city.
The National Weather Service has announced a Wind Advisory for parts of New York City as a cold front moves into the area Wednesday.
In accordance with state law and court precedent, Mayor Adams’ directive clarifies that outreach workers, city-operated hospitals, and first responders have the legal authority to provide care to New Yorkers when severe mental illness prevents them from meeting their own basic human needs to the extent that they are a danger to themselves.
Two armed people were arrested in Penn Station over Shabbos after the NYPD sent out a city wide alert for a credible threat to synagogues in Manhattan.
The busy Lincoln Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City is moving to cashless tolls in a few weeks, officials announced Wednesday.
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