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Opinion: Our laws must make clear that intoxication is not consent
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (439+ words) Surrounded by fellow lawmakers and advocates at the Capitol, state Sen. Nathalia Fernandez and Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz call for passage of legislation making clear that intoxication is not consent. Office of Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz By Jeffrey Dinowitz and…...
Hochul's non-compromise on climate rollbacks
1+ week, 1+ day ago (275+ words) Climate activists protest the governor's proposal to change the state's climate law as part of the budget. Rebecca C. Lewis Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her plans to roll back the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act as the…...
Progressive NYC Council Members call for a deed theft eviction moratorium
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (229+ words) Spurred to action after the arrest of one of their own outside a Bed-Stuy brownstone last week, members of the New York City Council's Progressive Caucus are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to work with the Legislature to prevent deed theft…...
Editor's note: Will Waymo go the way of the Segway?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (337+ words) Dude, where's my driver? Jeff Coltin The first time I rode in a Waymo, I was hooting and hollering like I was riding a roller coaster. The second time, I was back to chatting comfortably with friends. It was shocking…...
Editor's note: An MLK Day to remember with Rep. Yvette Clarke
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (362+ words) Rep. Yvette Clarke attends an Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association event at Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush on Jan. 20, 2020. Jeff Coltin One of my most enlightening days as a reporter was on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2020, trying to…...
Opinion: To help the outer boroughs, keep World Cup tourists in hotels
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (177+ words) This is why I strongly oppose multibillion-dollar Airbnb's proposal to roll back the city's historic regulations on short-term rentals, Local Law 18, for the duration of the World Cup. While hotel rates initially spiked after New York was announced as a…...
Upstate mayors want youth justice funds faster
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (457+ words) City & State New York - Mamdani-aligned political group Our Time loses almost all staff By Rebecca C. Lewis Three upstate executives are joining the call to get state Raise the Age money out the door to community organizations to keep young people…...
Opinion: Public power is the key to energy affordability - City & State New York
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (17+ words) To unleash the New York Power Authority's power, we need the right people at its helm....
Opinion: Our private energy system is failing. The public can save it.
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (273+ words) Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha speaks at a rally for public renewables outside the New York Power Authority headquarters in White Plains on Sept. 24, 2024. Michael Paulson The answer is clear: to deliver an affordability agenda, New York must move off fossil…...
Asad Dandia is Brooklyn's new borough historian
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (472+ words) Asad Dandia leads walking tours in New York City. Asad Dandia You'd be hard pressed to find another millennial who knows more about New York City than Asad Dandia, a 33-year-old historian and urbanist who runs a walking tour group…...