Ramos Rallies For E-Vehicles, Immigrant Workers In The State Senate
E-bikes and e-scooters, environmentally friendly alternative forms of transportation and the lifeblood of delivery workers throughout New York City, has become ... Read More...
Legislation/Policy
New Rent Laws Could Increase Work for Small Contractors: Liu
As the clock ticks on New York's rent stabilization laws, temperatures are flaring between lawmakers of a bill package that will lead to reform in the market, b... Read More...
Malik outlines plans for Queens Conviction Review Unit
On the heels of the Central Park Five four-part Netflix series When They See Us (2019), Mina Malik, the former executive director the Civilian Complaint Review ... Read More...
PA Williams Advocates for Decriminalizing & Legalizing Marijuana in Jamaica
As lawmakers in the state Legislature contemplate whether or not marijuana should be legal in New York for recreational purposes, Public Advocate Jumaane Willia... Read More...
Queens Lawmakers Rally for Extension of 9/11 Health Bill
The James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act, also known as the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF), will expire on Dec. 31, 2020, but that has not stopped la... Read More...
Queens Politicians Call Out Verizon for Infrastructure Damage to Homeowners
For the past few years, homeowners throughout eastern Queens have been saddled with exorbitant repair costs due to the lack of oversight of copper pipes by util... Read More...
Buttigieg Becomes More Vocal About Trump Impeachment
Impeachment of President Donald Trump dominated discussion as 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg was the specia... Read More...
Judges, Lawyers, Activists Discuss Raise the Age
New York might often tout its progressive bonafides, but it is the 49th state to implement Raise the Age legislation that would divert youth under 18 from the c... Read More...
DA Candidates Katz, Lancman & Malik Weigh In On Handling Police Misconduct
July 17 is the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died after selling loose cigarettes when P.O. Daniel Pantaleo allegedly us... Read More...
Ramos, Gianaris fight for Universal Rent Control
June 15 is looming over the heads of many tenants and those in the real estate market.
Unless lawmakers step in with a resolution fast, over one million rent... Read More...
Councilman Rory Lancman: Non-Union Carting Industries Don’t Give A Damn about the safety of its workers!
Queens District Attorney candidate Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) and Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Ridgewood) were at the Teamsters Local 813 ... Read More...
Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders Introduce New Legislation To Protect Consumers
Last week U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Jackson Heights) streamed their plan for The Loan Shark Prevention Act ... Read More...
