Mayor Bill de Blasio today released DOT’s new Borough Pedestrian Safety Plans, which target the next wave of streets and intersections the City will make safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. With transcript.
First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Gracie Mansion Conservancy today announced a ticket giveaway for She Persists: A Century of Women Artists in New York, an unprecedented art exhibition at Gracie Mansion that brings together more than 60 works by 44 women across 10 decades.
In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with NYC Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation on snow clearing protocol in accordance with each agency's written snow plan.
TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE LABOR LUNCHEON, "We believe that it should be a city of, and by, and for working people. And so, we announced just last month that we are guaranteeing health care for every single New Yorker."
DSNY announced that starting tomorrow, the Department will begin enforcement of a city law requiring some larger restaurants, chain restaurants and grocery stores to separate their food waste from their trash, and ensure it's beneficially reused, not sent to a landfill.
STATEMENT FROM MAYOR DE BLASIO ON AMAZON HQ2, "We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world. Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity."
In the matter of an application submitted by HPD, pursuant to Article 16 of the NYS General Municipal Law for the designation of property at 63 Stockholm Street as an Urban Development Action Area/Urban Development Action Area Project, disposition of such property to a developer selected by HPD.
In the matter of an application submitted by the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, pursuant to Section 197-c of the NYC Charter, for the site selection and acquisition of property located at 225 West 122nd Street for use as a community garden.
In the matter of communication dated December 20, 2018 from the Executive Director of the Landmarks Preservation Commission as designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on December 11, 2018 regarding Park Terrace West - West 217th Street Historic District, Designation List No.511/LP-2621
Local Law 40 (LL40) requires all contractors managing the City’s solid waste disposal program or recycling program for the Department of Sanitation to use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD). It also requires these vehicles to be equipped with emissions reduction technology to reduce the pollutants