Mia Edelstein, Author at Gale Brewer

Mia Edelstein

B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 27 – April 2

By Mia Edelstein on April 2, 2021

Friday, April 2

The City by Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan as Critics Mobilize

Thursday, April 1

Manhattan Times News by Gregg McQueen, Covid oral history project focuses on communities of color
Streetsblog NYC by Gersh Kuntzman, Open Streets Coalition to Mayor: Give Us a Real Program (And Some Help)!

Wednesday, March 31

AMNY by Carsen Holaday, Questions swirl at

COVID weekly newsletter (4/1)

By Mia Edelstein on April 1, 2021

Friends, It’s Thursday, April 1, 2021. Welcome to my weekly COVID-19 newsletter. Here are the bullets for NYC according to nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker, the New York State COVID testing dashboard, and the NYC Dept. of Health: Manhattan:

123,363 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,377 since last week)
4,209 cumulative deaths (+63 since last week)
3% seven-day positivity average (up from 2.7% last week)
223,473 adults (16%)

Manhattan weekly newsletter (3/29)

By Mia Edelstein on March 29, 2021

Friends, Below is a round-up of events and announcements for Manhattan. Check your inbox Thursday for more COVID updates. (If you’re not yet subscribed, sign up here.)
COMMENT This afternoon (3/29) I celebrated Women’s History Month at the Central Park Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument alongside historians Pam Elam and Savona Bailey-McClain and monument sculptor Meredith Bergmann. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Meredith spoke about designing the first-ever … Read more

B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 20-26

By Mia Edelstein on March 26, 2021

Friday, March 26

Street Blogs NYC by Julianne Cuba, Electeds Call for Wider Bike Lanes on Second Avenue and Beyond
Streets Blogs NYC by Eve Kessler and Gersh Kuntzman, Mayor: ‘Permanent’ Open Streets Program is Basically an Application Form, Not a Program
The Broadsheet by Robert Simko, Brewer Pushes for FiDi Thoroughfare to Be Made Pedestrian-Friendly in Perpetuity
TapInto by Marc Bussanich, Effort Continues to Save 857 Riverside Drive

Tuesday, … Read more

COVID weekly newsletter (3/25)

By Mia Edelstein on March 25, 2021

Friends, It’s Thursday, March 25, 2021. Welcome to my weekly COVID-19 newsletter. Here are the bullets for NYC according to nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker and the New York State COVID testing dashboard. The NYC Dept. of Health’s COVID data portal is currently down, but the department tweeted out vaccination data; the citywide seven-day positivity average remains unavailable. Manhattan:

118,986 cumulative confirmed cases (+1,082 since Monday, 3/22)
4,146

ICYMI: 3/22 Inwood Task Force meeting.

By Mia Edelstein on March 24, 2021

My Inwood Task Force met for the first time on Monday, 3/22 to begin our regular discussions of ongoing and planned construction projects within the area of the Inwood Rezoning. The task force is composed of Inwood stakeholders like community members, elected officials, government agencies, and businesses.

COVID weekly newsletter (3/22)

By Mia Edelstein on March 22, 2021

Friends, As a reminder, after today’s edition our Monday events newsletter will start being posted online instead of being emailed; we’ll post to our social media accounts (Twitter.com, Facebook.com, and Instagram.com— follow us there under “@galeabrewer”!) when that events listing is published. On Thursdays, we’ll email a COVID-only edition so you can stay abreast of public health information. Once the City Charter-mandated pre-election blackout period is… Read more

B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 13-19

By Mia Edelstein on March 19, 2021

Thursday, March 18

The Manhattan Times by Gregg McQueen, “The burnout is real” Nurses rally for safe hospital staffing

Wednesday, March 17

The Manhattan Times by Gregg McQueen, Data Delivery: New report reveals specific senior needs
Patch by Nick Garber, Columbus Circle Barricades Come Down After 9 Months
The Village Sun, Croman’s ‘House of Mouse’: Stanton St. tenants say they’re overrun by rodents

COVID weekly newsletter (3/18)

By Mia Edelstein on March 18, 2021

Friends, It’s Thursday, March 18, 2021. Welcome to my weekly COVID-19 newsletter. This newsletter is narrowing its focus to public health news only after this week, as part of the City Charter-mandated pre-election blackout period. But our events listing will be posted on manhattanbp.nyc.gov on Mondays (instead of being emailed), and we will blast only COVID public health information to your inbox on Thursdays. We’ll also post to our Twitter… Read more