Posted This Week at City Hall: Bill Non-Signing, 40th Updates to Gothamist
After City Council recently passed a bill to regulate pedicabs, Mayor Bloomberg decided to wait a bit longer before signing it (however, he did sign three bills about nightlife safety). Angry pedicab owners seemed to influence the...
Posted This Week in City Hall: Calories, Words, and More to Gothamist
It was a good time to be a bill at City Hall this week as Council Members introduced stacks of legislation concerned with how we eat, speak, and party(bike) in the city. Council Member Rivera introduced his...
Posted This Week at City Hall: Special Election Edition to Gothamist
The special elections in Brooklyn and Staten Island were decided and then undecided in a matter of days. The newly elected Council members will have to wait until the final election results are tallied before they...
Posted "Haitian Sensation" Councilman Eugene Needs a Home! to Gothamist
Just after the victory of Mathieu Eugene’s 10-candidate run for Brooklyn’s 40th Council District on Tuesday, questions regarding his residency in the Flatbush district have now put his official claim to the seat on hold. Elected candidates...
Posted Robotic Parking Lots Coming Soon to Gothamist
Cities are scenes for epic sci-fi battles. The MTA’s Robo-train has now met its first galactic rival: Robo-lot. This month the city will spawn its first robotic parking garage at 123 Baxter St. in Chinatown, a...