Public Advocate Bill de Blasio today urged the City Council to shorten Madison Square Garden’s special permit to 10 years, setting a timeframe to redevelop Penn Station as a world-class rail hub and s
As reported in the Daily News yesterday and today, numerous internal documents and interviews with employees confirm the Department of Consumer Affairs has a quota system for inspectors to assess at l
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced an investigation into reports raised in today’s Daily News that a City agency set quotas for issuing violations against small businesses and directed its admin
The Justice Department’s statement in support of a court-appointed monitor for the NYPD, were the Police Department’s use of stop-and-frisk found unconstitutional, urgently underscores the need for fu
At today’s hearing of the Rent Guidelines Board, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio renewed his call for a rent freeze and slammed the Board for forgoing public hearings in the outer boroughs this year.
With many neighborhoods across our city still reeling from the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, and with the negative impacts of climate change worsening every day, I commend Mayor Bloomberg for off
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Assembly Member Nily Rozic held a joint press conference with homeowners in Fresh Meadows today to call for sewer upgrades and more responsive policies to handle eve
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio continued his call for reform of school suspension policies today, as hearings get underway at the Office of Safety and Youth Development to examine the practice.
I commend Commissioner King for putting in place a new evaluation system that will overwhelmingly emphasize in-person classroom evaluation and close collaboration between principals and teachers at th
I voted for the five-borough solid waste plan in 2005 and 2006 because I believe that every part of our city should share responsibility for keeping New York clean.
