Fair Chance for Housing Act up for hearing
The bill would keep landlords from considering a potential tenant's criminal past when renting out apartments. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has more.
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The bill would keep landlords from considering a potential tenant's criminal past when renting out apartments. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has more.
A committee will hold a hearing on a plan that would bar landlords from considering a potential tenant's criminal past. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook explains.
It's a problem that Mayor Adams and a parade of mayors before him have been unable to solve.
The City Council passed a package of bills last month aimed at curbing the rat population.
New legislation is aimed at informing e-bike and e-scooter users about just how dangerous the devices can be.
New legislation is aimed at informing e-bike and e-scooter users about just how dangerous the devices can be, CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reports.
On Monday, a company that manages 26 buildings across the city announced a ban in every one of them.
The council speaker says currently only 8% of firefighters are Black, 2% are Asian and only 1% are women.
The New York City Council passed historic legislation to improve equity, inclusion and diversity in the FDNY.
The legislative package would establish new rat mitigation zones and require progress reports on those areas.
The legislative package would establish new rat mitigation zones.
The plan includes affordable housing, which elected officials are excited about, but many neighbors are opposed.
Council members are urging the mayor to consider indoor locations, including closed hotels in Manhattan.
Mayor Eric Adams is responding to opposition to his plan to move a migrant camp to Randall's Island.
Quinn said she just finished chemotherapy after having a tumor removed in May at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Opposing groups at odds over solitary confinement got heated at a rally on City Hall's steps Wednesday.
Under a new bill, the use of punitive segregation would be banned.
NYCHA was in the hot seat at a City Council hearing Friday afternoon over the recent arsenic scare at a Manhattan housing complex. CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
The New York City Council is holding a hearing today on the recent arsenic scare in the drinking water at the Jacob Riis Houses. CBS2's John Dias has the details.
They want to raise awareness and funds to help the island nation recover quicker than it did following Hurricane Marina five years ago. CBS2's Kevin Rincon reports.
Faulty lithium ion batteries have been blamed for fires across the city.
London is supposed to be the shining beacon of success, but City Councilman Joe Borelli says otherwise.
There were plenty of emotions from ex-firefighters, educators and police officers outside City Hall on Friday.
The resolution calls for the DOE to restore $469 million.
The New York City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on the mayor and schools chancellor to immediately reverse the Department of Education's cuts to school budgets.
