by Reuben Torres | May 23, 2023 | MSG, News
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is backing a plan to overhaul Pennsylvania Station that would leave Madison Square Garden on top of the transit hub but calls for the demolition of its adjacent amphitheater to create a grand new entrance to the complex on 8th...
by Anthony Hidalgo | May 11, 2023 | News, Stay Health to Stay Open
New York City was the COVID-19 pandemic’s first major epicenter in the U.S. The city confirmed its first case on March 1, 2020, sparking a path to tens of thousands of lives lost, lengthy lockdowns and a societal recovery that remains ongoing. Read the full...
by Anthony Hidalgo | May 11, 2023 | AINYC, News
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine assembled a group of New York legislators, academics, advocates and tech policymakers — including a representative from Google — a week ago to discuss how people use artificial intelligence, and whether government regulation is...
by Mia Edelstein | May 4, 2023 | News, Right to Counsel
The city should boost funding for a beleaguered initiative to give free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction, say four borough presidents. It’s the latest call to increase support for the overburdened program, known as Right to Counsel (RTC). BPs...
by Anthony Hidalgo | Apr 19, 2023 | Affordable Housing Plan, News
NICK GARBER April 16, 2023 12:00 PM UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO Image Credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine recalled that when he rolled out a list of 171 sites across the island where he thinks new housing should be built,...
by jacob | Jan 31, 2023 | Affordable Housing Plan, News
In between high-rise luxury apartment buildings in Midtown Manhattan, a public university building sits vacant and boarded up. Police vehicles idle on a parking lot in the middle of a residential block in the East Village. A vacant plot between Greenwich Village and...