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Licenses, Fines For Bikes In Parks Needed, Says UES Community Board - Upper East Side, NY - The board voted on a resolution banning e-bikes — including pedal assist Citi Bikes — from Central Park, plus licenses for enforcement.
Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown? Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully to replace him and Charles then replacing her in the Assembly. But some have g...
SHARE: Trying to keep track of all the City Council races? Check out our dedicated Campaign Countdown section. We've partnered with City Limits, Gotham Gazette, and the Queens Daily Eagle for top notch local election coverage, organized by borough. Don't waste any more time, get informed now. Less than two months out from the June 22 primary election, residents, lawmakers and influential clubs in New York City’s 5th City Council district are still split over who they want to represent them next in the Council. As is the case in two-thirds of the city’s other Council seats, the 5th distric...
Will Tusk be the next Capalino? Andrew Yang’s two campaign managers, his press secretary, his policy director and multiple senior advisers don’t actually work for his New York City mayoral campaign. They’re employed by Tusk Strategies, a lobbying firm that’s regularly hired by clients to advocate for or against bills that are being considered by the City Council and the mayor. And the arrangement raises concerns about what kind of access this lobbying firm – and the private clients that hire Tusk – would have to the mayor if Yang were to win the election. “We believe that it i...
70+ New York City Candidates Oppose Delay to RCV, Push Council on Education Candidates in the same district, and former EDs of the BLAC, unite NEW YORK, NY (12/16/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, over 70 candidates from across the city -- some running against each other -- released a statement in support of ranked choice voting (RCV) and opposing any delay. Instead they pushed the NYC Council to do its job and pass intro 1994, a bill that will fully fund voter education on RCV. The full statement with signers including mayoral candidates Dianne Morales and Carlos Menchaca, former BLA (Black, Latino...