City Council, reparations
New York City Councilmembers want more public swim instruction, pools
According to city records, there were seven drowning deaths this summer at New York City beaches. That's the highest number of drowning deaths since 2019. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
Democratic-controlled New York City Council passes slavery reparations plan
The New York City Council has approved a controversial plan to study the impact of slavery on the city and consider reparations for the descendants of enslaved people. The measure, approved by a majority of the Democratic-controlled Council,
New York City Council Passes Bill Package To Study Reparations, Establish ‘Freedom Trail’ Task Force
The New York City Council passed several pieces of legislation on Thursday, one of which would create a task force
New York City Lawmakers Approve Bill to Study Slavery and Reparations
New York City lawmakers have approved legislation to study the city’s significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people
New York City Council Expected To Greenlight Sweeping Reparations Study, Wall Street ‘Slave Market’ Sign
Nearly 200 years after slavery was outlawed in New York, proponents of a New York City reparations package tell The New York Sun they’re expecting the sweeping measures to pass in a City Council vote Thursday,
New York City Council votes to investigate current impact of slavery and need for reparations
Before the vote, Queens City Council member Nantasha Williams told supporters "we think 'Oh, we were in the North, this is a more liberal place,' but in fact, we know that New York City played a tremendous role in many aspects of the slave trade.
New York City sheriff under investigation as Adams’ inner circle faces federal probes
NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Investigation is probing the city Sheriff’s Office and the man who leads it, ...
Council considers shifting more city money to homeownership projects
The Committee on Land Use held a hearing to discuss a bill that would require more city subsidies be dedicated to ...
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Bill to shift broker fees to landlords advances in City Council
The bill that would shift broker fees in New York City from tenants toward landlords is advancing in the City ...
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Brownsville City Council member asks: Why haven’t the mayor or the NYPD visited victims of Sunday’s subway shooting?
For the first time Wednesday, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell provided new details about the police’s account of what ...
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Council Member Ung teams up with DSNY and NYPD to tackle unlicensed vending in Flushing
Council Member Sandra Ung met with representatives from the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the New York Police ...
Rally for new and improved public restrooms ahead of City Council hearing
City dwellers and council members gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday morning to call for more places to go when you ...
NYC Council considers public bathroom bill that would make it easier to find one
A coalition of city leaders and advocates want to make it easier to heed the call of nature in New York City. They want to improve access to public bathrooms across the Big Apple.
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Council speaker wants the city to build more homeownership projects
(The latest city budget directed $1.3 billion in new funding to HPD in hopes of tackling the backlog.) Rachel Fee, ...
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New York City Council holds hearing on options to control overcrowding in animal shelters
The city has seen a surge in people dropping of pets for adoption after seeing the opposite during the pandemic.
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New York City still has 2,600 unlicensed operational cannabis shops, only 79 legal ones
The operation – which launched in the spring after state law was amended to aid in the quest to close down thousands of ...