Left: Christopher Marte in City Hall Park; Right: Helen Qiu flyers on East Broadway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Christopher Marte faces Helen Qiu in District 1 City Council Race Incumbent District 1 City Council Member Christoper Marte, having handily vanquished a slate of Democratic rivals in the... News 01 Nov 2025 | 08:48
City Council member Carmen De La Rosa at the podium, News Guild president Susan DeCarava in colorful scarf left. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Council Passes Resolution Backing Daily News Union For the third time in four months, the Daily News Union and their feisty allies held a public rally standing up for the value... News 31 Oct 2025 | 02:12
Councilwoman Gale Brewer, prime sponsor of Local Law 93, the water fountain bill, which will add 50 public water fountains in city parks, but it has a very long lead time. ( Photo: City Council Media Unit) 50 New Water Fountains in Public Parks will Have Spigots to Refill Water Bottles for 1st Time New water fountains to be installed near the entrance of 50 public parks across the city will be required to contain both... News 17 Jul 2025 | 01:18
City Council member Erik Bottcher, seen in a press conference last year, is urging the City Council to alert the public to the existence of test strips that can detect the presence of deadly fenatanyl in drugs. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Bottcher Urges Health Dept. to Publicize Fentanyl Test Strips In a city as dynamic and resilient as New York, the safety of our residents must always remain our top priority. The opioid... Voices 14 Feb 2025 | 01:43
Anthony Weiner, at a Gay Pride parade in 2009, before a sexting scandal derailed his career and sent him to prison. He now says he is mulling a run for City Council for the seat held by term limited Carlina Rivera. Anthony Weiner, aka “Carlos Danger,” Says He May Run for Rivera’s City Council Seat Anthony Weiner, who before his Congressional career cratered and he was sent to prison for sexting a minor, had served on... News 12 Nov 2024 | 08:46
St. Catherine’s Park will receive $3.6 million to improve infrastructure, particularly the construction of a multi-use pickleball court. ( Photo: NYC Parks Department) City Council Allots Over $25M to Improve 29 UES Projects from Parks to Museums Over $25 million worth of city funding will go to improvements and programming on the Upper East Side, announced Council... News 03 Jul 2024 | 04:01
Left to Right: Council Members Gale Brewer, Justin Brannan, Carlina Rivera, Crystal Hudson at podium. ( Brian Berger) Brewer, Rivera Renew Fight for Library Funding at Sweaty Brooklyn Protest Scores of pro-library advocates including nine New York City Council Members braved the scorching heat and humidity late... News 25 Jun 2024 | 09:20
Yayun Li, 68, worked 24-hour shifts as a home care aide for 18 years. “It was so hard, I don’t have the words to describe it. I didn’t eat well. I didn’t sleep well,” she said. ( By Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Home Care Aides Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Ban on 24-Hour Shifts On March 20, 24 home care aides and labor advocates camped out in front of City Hall and launched a six-day hunger strike... Home 03 Apr 2024 | 11:48
The re-elected leaders of the Manhattan delegation of the City Council are Erik Botcher whose district is mainly in Chelsea and Christopher Marte from downtown. Photo: Office of Erik Botcher Botcher and Marte Elected Co-Chairs of Manhattan Delegation, What’s Next for Powers? The ten-member Manhattan delegation of the City Council re-elected Erik Bothcher and Chris Marte to be the co-chairs of the... News 13 Jan 2024 | 11:04
Renewal of a permit to allow Madison Square Garden to sit atop Penn Station for only five more years–expected to be officially approved by the City Council Sept. 14–will set off a new scramble by all stakeholders to fit a new plan into the compressed time frame. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Loose Ends: When the Full Council Finally OKs 5-yr Permit for MSG, What’s Next? The City Council is resetting the clock on the interlinked futures of Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. But virtually... News 10 Sep 2023 | 05:31
Incumbent Carlina Rivera swept to victory in City Council District 2, although her rival Allie Ryan, a political novice, snagged nearly 40 percent of the vote. Photo: Carlina Rivera City Council Rivera in Her Final City Council Run Pulls Over 60% of Vote in Dem Primary Incumbent City Council member Carlina Rivera racked up nearly 60.5 percent on the strength of 4,646 votes according to the... News 30 Jun 2023 | 06:31
City Councilman Christopher Marte’s downtown district is among those with participatory budgeting this spring where local voters can determine how to spend the $1 million funding up for grabs. Photo: District 1. Voting Underway: Groups seeking $2.75M battle for $1M in Chris Marte’s Downtown Dist. Santa Claus is coming early to local local schools, non profits, and civic organizations as council members get ready to... News 23 Mar 2023 | 03:02
Tall, well-lit construction sheds may become the norm for the city’s 9,000 scaffolding installations if new regulations proposed by City Council majority leader Keith Powers and council member Erik Bottcher, Shaun Abreu, and Chris Marte become law. Manhattan, with 4,000 of the sheds, has more than any other borough. Photo: Ralph Spielman Reach for the Sky: New Scaffold Bills Call for 50% Boost in Height and New LED Lighting New bills to overhaul scaffolds that now cover 280 miles of sidewalks in New York City would force builders to make them... News 19 Mar 2023 | 10:51
Firefighters use a daring rope roof rescue to save two people from a 20th floor high rise on East 67th St. on November 5, 2022, after a four-alarm fire started by a lithium ion battery blocked rescuers from reaching trapped civilains from inside. Photo: FDNY. City Council Passes Bills Regulating E-Bike Batteries The City Council passed a bill regulating the lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and scooters, in an action aimed at stopping... News 06 Mar 2023 | 12:32
Council Member Keith Powers referenced his father’s own experience running a small business in an acknowledgement of “how hard mom-and-pop stores work to keep their doors open.” Photo by Stephen Yang / NYPost, courtesy of Keith Powers’ office Council Member Keith Powers Backs Small Biz Break Small businesses were hurting badly during the pandemic — and the way Council Member Keith Powers sees it, they ought to... News 27 Jan 2023 | 07:26
