Voting for NYC Council District 3’s Participatory Budgeting Projects Through Saturday, April 14, Online & In-Person | New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher has once again allocated $1 million from this year’s capital discretionary budget to be spent on capital improvement projects (schools, parks, libraries, streets, etc.) throughout the District 3 coverage area. The […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Not a week goes by where we don’t feature a public meeting accessible via Zoom, a local brick and mortar location, or both. Many of them are recorded for posterity and posted online for perpetual (usually free) access at your convenience. And so we come to this—an occasional roundup column that […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER| From an unqualified “Yes” on more affordable housing to thumbs way down on the notion of a West Side casino, the progressive stances embraced by a panel of elected officials aligned well with the expectations of constituents who spent the first warm, sunny Saturday in recent memory in the ground floor meeting […]
On Tuesday, November 7, New York City will vote in a primary election for City Council, judges, and ballot proposals. “In addition to City Council,” notes nycvotes.org, “there may be additional non-city offices [District Attorney, Civil Court Judges] on your ballot depending on your political party and where you live.” After November 7, it’s all […]
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“First and foremost, he really cares,” said New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, when asked why he chose Carl Wilson to become his new Chief of Staff. “He cares deeply about the community and the people who live in it—and that always needs to be a person’s North Star when they’re in public service. […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It was another trip to the West Chelsea icon well for public betterment projects whose wish for funding will only come true if you get out—or get online—and vote. After launching last October as a brainstorming session held under the High Line’s scenic 14th Street Passage, The Whitney Museum of American […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Proving the mettle of its membership with a walk down the block, Save Chelsea president Pamela Wolff’s call to excavate and preserve elements of an active demolition site were validated “When I peeked in and spotted it,” she said, of the 17-foot circular cast iron column that was found right where […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Conceived and achieved as a way in which non-violent offenders can avoid incarceration by accessing social services and performing community service, Midtown Community Court (MCC; 314 W. 54th St.) operated continuously from 1993 until in-person proceedings were suspended during the peak COVID period. It reopened in March of last year, but […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Facial recognition deployed at MSG Entertainment venues to eject patrons deemed hostile to corporate interests calls to mind its potential abuse by authoritarian regimes—but for now, MSG CEO James L. Dolan seems content to keep the creepy, deeply flawed technology trapped in the sticky resin of his own pettiness and paranoia. […]