Oct. 4, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Mandatory composting in NYC per the Zero Waste Act goes into effect this Sunday, Oct. 6, throughout all five boroughs. Pick-up is once a week on your designated recycling day. The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) said all compost must go into bins 55 gallons or less with a…
Tag: New York City
Op-Ed | Keeping New York City safe for everyone
Sep. 17, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams Making New York City a safer and more affordable city has always been the mission of our administration. Every day, we fight to ensure that New Yorkers can pursue their dreams without fear for their safety and with a better quality of life. I am proud to…
Op-Ed | ‘Operation Padlock to Protect’ — How New York City is taking action to shut down illegal smoke and cannabis shops
May. 14, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams When we came to office two years ago, we had a clear vision: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make this city more livable for hardworking New Yorkers. But the increase of unlicensed smoke and cannabis shops across the five boroughs is one of the biggest quality-of-life issues…
Property management platform Outpost Club leads the way in affordable urban living, merging co-living and co-working in NYC
Apr. 29, 2024 By Ethan Marshall As New York City tries to provide more affordable housing to its residents, the real estate and management platform Outpost Club has been hard at work creating affordable housing dwellings. The Outpost Club is redefining urban living in New York City by merging co-living and co-working under one roof….
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EARTHQUAKE FALLOUT: 27 aftershocks following Friday quake that shook up New York City
Apr. 6, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki New York City can’t seem to “Shake it Off” just yet following Friday’s New Jersey earthquake and related aftershocks that have kept everyone on edge. No fewer than 27 aftershocks have occurred nearly a day after the 4.8 tremor struck near Whitehouse Station, NJ — about 60 miles west…
Op-Ed | Giving a raise for New York City’s human services workers
Mar. 20, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams When I was a child, my family lived on the edge of homelessness. My five siblings and I would go to school with black trash bags full of our clothes in case we were evicted from our apartment. I am mayor of the City of New York…
Op-Ed | Making it easier for working-class New Yorkers to file their taxes and put money back into their pockets
Feb. 27, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams New York City was built on the backs of working-class New Yorkers; people like my mother, Dorothy Mae Adams, a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support my five siblings and myself. She sacrificed everything for us, and I know that there are thousands of New Yorkers doing…
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Nine New Yorkers charged with selling psychedelic mushrooms and cocaine in Washington Square Park
Feb. 21, 2024 By Emily Davenport
Nine people were cuffed for allegedly selling psychedelic psilocybin mushrooms and cocaine near Washington Square Park.
Op-Ed | The state of our city: You can make it here
Jan. 30, 2024 By amNewYork
Last week, in the Bronx, the borough where hip hop was born, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city.
New York City to be hit with another heavy overnight rain and wind storm
Jan. 12, 2024 By Emily Davenport
Grab your umbrellas, New York City is going to be hit by another heavy rain storm.