In Pix11: Manhattan BP calls for more bathroom accessibility in subway stations
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is calling on the MTA to make bathrooms in subway stations easier to find. There are currently 63 subway stations with bathroom accessibility, according to the MTA. “Access to public bathrooms is an issue of equity, public...In Gothamist: Announcements, maps and signs: Manhattan BP presses MTA to improve restroom accessibility
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is pushing to make public bathrooms throughout the subway system easier to find. In a letter to New York City Transit President Richard Davey on Tuesday, Levine made a series of recommendations — including simply erecting more...In the New York Post: NYC pols push state to fix decades-old law blamed for preventing much-needed housing as highlighted by Post probe
Top Manhattan pols are urging Albany to finally yank a decades-old state law that’s been blamed for exacerbating the Big Apple’s housing shortage — ripping it as “a relic of another era,” The Post has learned. The push set to be unveiled Wednesday — and backed by...In Gothamist: NYC needs to address ‘epidemic of scaffolding in Manhattan,’ borough president says
Scaffolding has wrapped the side of the city medical examiner’s office in Kips Bay for so long that many locals can’t even remember life without the eyesore. Read the full story HERE.In the NY Times: A New Push to Improve Mental Health Care for Homeless New Yorkers
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, is calling for more treatment teams and psychiatric beds to address a mental health crisis.