Incumbent Carlina Rivera swept to victory in City Council District 2, although her rival Allie Ryan, a political novice, snagged nearly 40 percent of the vote. Photo: Carlina Rivera City Council Rivera in Her Final City Council Run Pulls Over 60% of Vote in Dem Primary Incumbent City Council member Carlina Rivera racked up nearly 60.5 percent on the strength of 4,646 votes according to the... News 30 Jun 2023 | 06:31
City councilwoman Carlina Rivera. Photo: NYC.gov. District 2 To Split $100G Funding Among Four Programs City councilwoman Carlina Rivera, of District 2, is allocating the $100,000 given for victim services funding among four... News 15 Mar 2023 | 02:06
Democratic NY-10 candidate Daniel Goldman (left) campaigned with Attorney General Letitia James (center) and Democratic NYS Assembly candidate Grace Lee (second from right) on the Lower East Side on Election Day. Photo via Dan Goldman’s Twitter A Blue Wave Sweeps Manhattan Early in the morning on Election Day, Governor Kathy Hochul addressed what was shaping up to be a competitive race between... News 10 Nov 2022 | 06:10
Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou (center) at the ribbon-cutting. Photo courtesy of Department for the Aging Ribbon-Cutting at Masaryk Towers On Thursday, September 22, the United Jewish Council of the East Side (UJCES) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the... News 29 Sep 2022 | 04:01
Daniel Goldman with his family on election day. Photo via Goldman’s Twitter What Started With A Dozen Democrats Ended With (Almost) One One of New York’s most highly-anticipated Democratic primary races — featuring a field of a dozen candidates vying for a... News 26 Aug 2022 | 03:04
NY-10 candidates from left to right: Yuh-Line Niou, Mondaire Jones, Jo Anne Simon, Carlina Rivera, Elizabeth Holtzman, Daniel Goldman. Photo: Abigail Gruskin An NY-10 Debate Bursting At The Seams A two-hour debate between six candidates in the newly-drawn 10th Congressional District on Wednesday evening felt as if it... News 12 Aug 2022 | 01:29
Mayor Eric Adams holds a hearing on a package of abortion rights bills at City Hall on Friday, July 29, 2022. Photo: Violet Mendelsund/Mayoral Photography Office NYC and Abortion Rights After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than two months ago, chaos ensued in the country. There has been a lot... News 12 Aug 2022 | 12:05
Carlina Rivera (center) campaigning. Photo courtesy of Carlina Rivera’s campaign Who’s Who in NY-10 As the city’s second summer primary on August 23 hurdles into focus, the field for Congress in Downtown’s NY-10 remains overwhelmingly... News 04 Aug 2022 | 12:24
Deux Amis restaurant in Midtown was forced to close for months because DOT refused to move bike racks blocking access to table-friendly street space. Photo courtesy of Deux Amis Rewriting the Rules on Bike Racks Love ‘em or loathe, bikes and bike racks are here to stay. The first may be great for the environment and your body. The... News 14 May 2021 | 02:42
Halal truck downtown. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Taking it to the Streets As the cap on food vendor permits has not changed since the 1980s and many vendors operate illegally, NYC is hoping to change... News 25 Jan 2021 | 11:08
Citibike station on West 76th Street. ( Photo: Alexis Gelber) The Push for Street Space On the heels of Community Board 7 passing a resolution aimed at implementing short-term measures for safety during the COVID-19... News 15 Apr 2020 | 11:23
After the Slaughter Manhattanites don’t shock easily. They’re well aware that big-city life is often punctuated with trauma and peril and pain.... News 08 Oct 2019 | 01:37
Council Member Carlina Rivera speaks at a City Hall rally in support of the Office of the Patient Advocate. ( Photo: Courtesy Office of Council Member Carlina Rivera) Rivera: NYC Needs a Patient Advocate Office Navigating New York City’s health care system can be a challenge. Council Member Carlina Rivera hopes to change that. Earlier... News 26 Aug 2019 | 12:35
