City Pedicab Drivers Protest Over Proposed Carriage Horse Plan
Angry pedicab drivers rallied at City Hall Tuesday to protest the plan, announced over the weekend by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Angry pedicab drivers rallied at City Hall Tuesday to protest the plan, announced over the weekend by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that under the city's Vision Zero program, 2015 was officially the safest year ever on New York City streets since record keeping began in 1910.
A deal to reduce the number of horse-drawn carriages and permanently move stables to Central Park will now go to the City Council for approval.
The comments come as new polls show Cruz is neck and neck with Donald Trump in the Republican race for the White House.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined together late Friday to pen an op-ed taking Ted Cruz to task for his remarks on "New York values" – after Cruz denounced both of them in remarks earlier in the day.
Amid heat from both sides of the aisle following his comments about "New York values" during Thursday night's Republican presidential debate, Ted Cruz issued an apology – but not for his remarks.
A study has found Uber is not making traffic in the city worse, but that may not be the case if the ride hailing service continues to grow.
It's unclear whether or not a deal has in fact been reached that would save Central Park's horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has accepted recommendations by a panel that city elected officials should get raises in exchange for a ban on outside jobs.
Lawmakers will soon begin work on the state budget, which they hope to pass before the start of the fiscal year on April 1.
The possible deal would allow for carriage horses to be housed in a new stable in Central Park, so they wouldn't have to navigate through city traffic.
Those charged with firearm possession will be sent to one of two dedicated gun courtrooms in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
The buildings will accommodate up to 212 households making as little as $24,000 a year and provide placement for the formerly homeless, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Police are searching for a fifth suspect after four teenagers were taken into custody in connection with an alleged group rape of an 18-year-old woman in Brooklyn.
Stringer said that the city should use their economic influence to help shift the market into producing more smart guns, which is believed to a safer option for gun use.
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said 25-year-old Officer Sherrod Stuart was shot in the ankle early Saturday morning, the day of his fourth anniversary with the department.
Stewart and Pfeifer spent weeks in the halls of Congress challenging lawmakers to vote for the legislation that extends federal health monitoring and treatment for Sept. 11 first responders through 2090.
De Blasio said he found parallels to the plight of homeless youth in the conditions at Riker's Island, public housing developments and the public schools.
The mayor made the order official on Thursday during a news conference at the City Hall rotunda complete with cheering crowds and crying babies.
Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed a new plan to identify and fix problems with the city's sprawling, 500-shelter system.
Several city leaders are calling for the citywide ferry plan to include Hudson River ferry service.
Dr. Herminia Palacio was appointed Tuesday to be the city's new Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services.
As bitter winter weather arrived across the Tri-State area, so did New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate requiring the homeless to be forcibly removed from the streets in freezing temperatures.
The City Council voted 43 to 4 last month to reimburse non-public schools with at least 300 students for expenses to hire unarmed security guards.
Temperatures were dropping down to the teens and below late Monday, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order requiring homeless people to be removed from the streets in such conditions was set to go into effect.
