Bill de Blasio started in the New York City Mayor’s office eight years ago and promised a liberal makeover of the nation’s largest city that would level deep inequalities and reform police practices. It had some successes, delivering on a promise to offer universal pre-K and curbing stop-and-search police tactics. Yet de Blasio’s two-term legacy … Read more
Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he would announce a gubernatorial run “very, very, very soon” and that he could jump into a crowded primary despite substantial polls questioning his possibilities. For months, de Blasio said nothing to quell “will he or won’t he?” Speculation, submitted documents to lay the … Read more
NEW YORK – Almost exactly a month after Mayor Bill de Blasio triumphantly announced that tens of thousands of fully vaccinated people could return to Times Square to celebrate New Year’s Eve in person this year, the state recorded its highest number of single-day cases of new COVID infections. The previous record, set nearly a … Read more
What you should know A group of New York City teachers petitioned the United States Supreme Court for an emergency order preventing the city’s vaccination mandate from taking effect on Friday. Earlier this week, federal judges ruled in favor of the city and dissolved a temporary lockdown that kept the city’s vaccine mandate on hold. … Read more
What you should know Governors Island will be open year-round starting this fall, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Beginning November 1, Governors Island will be open from 7 am to 6:15 pm, seven days a week, year-round. Additionally, to accommodate the new schedule, the Mayor also announced that the ferry service to Governors Island … Read more
NEW YORK – A couple of weeks before the city launches its mega-concert in Central Park, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an addition to the performance roster – an already star-studded roster. Colombian star Maluma will also participate in the musical event that is expected to draw thousands upon thousands of people to mark New … Read more
What you should know “Summer Rising,” New York City’s first hybrid summer camp and school program open to any student in grades K-12 who wants to participate, officially began Tuesday. The New York City announced in April the innovative initiative that apparently combines summer school and summer camp, as a means to further help children … Read more
What you should know The Big Apple’s first major parade will take place next week and will be a tribute to the workers who brought the city forward during the pandemic. Much is still unknown about the specific participants of the July 7 parade, but Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed a key detail Friday during … Read more
What you should know It is expected that the mega concert in Central Park will have an audience of thousands and thousands of people to celebrate the recovery and reopening of the city after the pandemic. And now we are learning more about the stars who will headline the event. Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and … Read more
This Monday, June 14, marked another step forward in the return to the “new normal” in the New York City, after overcoming the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the resumption of activities in the interior spaces of the centers for the elderly in the Big Apple, which after more than 14 months of being … Read more