- gothamist.com Gov. Hochul to relaunch congestion pricing with $9 base toll, sources say
The move comes five months after Hochul abruptly paused congestion pricing.
Wow good news! I sure hope this is real.
- apnews.com ‘I’m walking here!’: Jaywalking legalized in New York City
Jaywalking is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council officially became law over the weekend after Mayor Eric Adams declined to sign or veto it after 30 days.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/18356779
- gothamist.com How to vote — and score a spooky Halloween sticker — in New York
Early voting starts Saturday. Here's what you need to know about how to register and cast your ballot.
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Live Updates: Eric Adams Is Indicted in New York
www.nytimes.com Eric Adams Is Indicted: Live UpdatesThe indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges. The mayor vowed to fight the charges.
- itsgoingdown.org Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Resume at Columbia as Universities Across the US Attempt to Clamp-Down on Dissent
Pickets and protests continued today at Columbia university in New York, in solidarity with Palestine and to demand that the university divest from the state of Israel, as it continues its campaign of ethnic cleansing and military occupation of the Palestinians. According to a post from Unity of Fie...
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#TugLife
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/124373
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- www.nytimes.com The Absurd Problem of New York City Trash
Is this how one of the world's greatest cities still deals with garbage? Here’s what will be required to take New York’s trash bags off the street.
- www.thecity.nyc ABC No Rio, a Home for Anarchist Artists, Rises Again on the Lower East Side
Years after its demolition, ABC No Rio will get a new energy-efficient headquarters on the same site of its famous Rivington Street artists’ hub.
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- indypendent.org Marty Stolar, Presente!
Legendary movement lawyer remembered warmly by people whose lives he touched.
- apnews.com Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he isn't surprised to have lost his law license in his hometown, claiming in a post on the social media platform X that the case against him was “based on an activist complaint, replete with false arguments.”
- indypendent.org The Fall of Jamaal
Nine reasons Jamaal Bowman became the first member of the Squad to lose a congressional re-election race.
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The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us? The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape.
www.nytimes.com The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us?The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape. Here are a few takeaways.
- truthout.org Sanders: AIPAC’s Triumph Over Bowman Shows Need to Overturn “Citizens United”
“Big Money buys politicians who will do their bidding, and the results are clear,” the senator said.
- www.nytimes.com Canceling Congestion Pricing Could Kill 100,000 New York Jobs
Thousands of high-paying jobs in the state could be at risk if the funding that had been expected from congestion pricing is not restored, a new report says.
- www.silive.com Man, 86, decapitated by DOT truck identified as mafia crime boss, report says
The deceased was nicknamed for his work in the dessert industry.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An accidental “hit” by a City Department of Transportation (DOT) truck resulted in the gruesome decapitation of one-time Genovese family crime boss, Anthony Conigliaro, 86, known as “Tony Cakes,” “Tony the Dessert Man,” which was first reported by the NY Post.
- indypendent.org Ten Embarrassing Facts About George Latimer That Have Us Shaking Our Head
The scandals, the screwups and the racially insensitive comments from this career politician keep on coming
