Category: New York City

• NYC launches ‘Fast Buses, Better Service’: 50 corridors to get 20% faster service, 2,500 new buses and automated enforcement by 2028

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  Jul 9

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul on July 8, 2026 launched the city-state “Fast Buses, Better Service” action plan to speed buses on 50 priority corridors, funded by joint… more ›

• NYC City Council Proposes Year‑Round Outdoor Dining to Help Struggling Restaurants — Curbside Cafes Slashed From 7,000 to Fewer Than 700

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  Jul 9

  We want outdoor dining to be YEAR‑ROUND. Here’s our plan. City Council members and small‑business representatives outlined a proposed bill at a July 9, 2026 meeting to make outdoor dining… more ›

• Gotham FC to Make Queens’ Etihad/Eddiad Park Home in 2028, Will Share Stadium with NYCFC — Public Financing Details Remain Unclear

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  Jul 8

  New York City announced July 7, 2026 that Gotham FC will make Etihad/Eddiad Park in Queens its permanent home beginning in 2028, to be a shared, soccer-specific stadium with New… more ›

• NYC Council Turns Out at Pride, Pledges Support but Announces No New LGBTQ+ Policies — Earlier Bills Target Foster‑Care Reporting, Trans Equity Funding and Housing

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  Jul 8

  City Council members took part in a Pride Parade event on July 2026 where they were quizzed on queer history and voiced support for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers, but the parade… more ›

• NYC Council Weighs 18.2% Across-the-Board Raise for Elected Officials — Retroactive to Jan. 2026; Funding and Automatic‑Inflation Backstop Draw Criticism

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  Jul 8

  The City Council held a public hearing on a bill to codify a quadrennial advisory commission’s recommendation to raise pay for New York City elected officials by 18.2%, make that… more ›

• Bronx Rezoning Stokes Relocation Fears — Commissioners Demand Legally Binding Return and Voucher Guarantees for 91 Mapes Court Tenants Ahead of July 1 Hearing

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  Jul 5

  The City Planning Commission’s June 29, 2026 review session examined the Sjourer Truth–Mapes rezoning in Bronx Community District 6 and featured repeated commissioner questions about what enforceable, legally binding protections… more ›

• Brooklyn Park Avenue Rezoning Draws Fire Over Open-Space, Sidewalk Mitigations — Applicant Offers 1-Foot Widening, No Playground Commitments; CPC Hearing July 1

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  Jul 5

  City Planning Commission review session on June 29, 2026 examined mitigation for open‑space and pedestrian impacts tied to a Park Avenue rezoning, including whether sidewalk widenings, Taffy Playground capital work,… more ›

• NYC Declares Code Red Heat Emergency, Deploys 200+ Outreach Teams and Cool Vans — Press Briefing Offers No Public Audit or Contact Targets

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  Jul 5

  New York City activated a Code Red heat emergency and expanded street outreach ahead of a July 3–5 heat surge, sending teams, cooling vans, LinkNYC kiosk directions and hundreds of… more ›

• Mayor Mamdani Signs Heat-Protection Executive Order to Boost Worker Guidance and Enforcement — Order Stops Short of Guaranteed Paid Breaks

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  Jul 5

  New York City activated its heat emergency plan ahead of the July 3–4 weekend and Mayor Zohran Mamdani pointed to a June executive order expanding worker heat protections — directing… more ›

• NYC Activates Heat Emergency: Javits Center and 200+ Cooling Sites Open July 3–5 — Find Day‑by‑Day Locations at nyc.gov/beattheheat or 311

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  Jul 5

  New York City activated its heat emergency plan ahead of an extreme-heat stretch over the July 3–5 weekend, opening hundreds of cooling centers (including the Javits Center July 3–5) and… more ›

• NYC Executive Order Bolsters Heat Protections — Delivery Workers Can Use Restaurant Bathrooms; Agencies Ordered to Publish Guidance and Enforce Rules

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  Jul 5

  A July 1, 2026 NYC heat-briefing reiterated that delivery and other outdoor workers have existing bathroom access rights and that the city’s recently signed executive order directs agencies to publish… more ›

• Historic Heat Wave Nears: NYC Activates Hundreds of Cooling Centers, Emergency Operations Center and Coordinates With Utilities

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  Jul 5

  New York City officials held a July 1, 2026 heat‑preparedness briefing as a historic heat wave approached, activated hundreds of cooling centers, urged New Yorkers to stay indoors with air… more ›

• City Deploys 15 H+H ‘Cool Vans’ and 200+ Outreach Teams to Reach Unsheltered New Yorkers During Extreme Heat

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  Jul 5

  A Mayor’s Office heat‑emergency briefing on June 30, 2026 announced 15 Health + Hospitals “cool vans” and expanded street outreach as New York City prepared for an extreme heat wave;… more ›

• Developers Pledge Same Rent and Paid Moves for 91 Mapes Court Households — HPD Regulatory Agreement to Lock in Relocation to Sojourner Truth by 2030

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  Jul 5

  Sojourner Truth/Mapes Court developers tell the City Planning Commission they will preserve current rents for the 91 Mapes Court households during relocation, memorialize the promise in a regulatory agreement with… more ›

• Mamdani’s City Hall Naturalization: Video Shows Newly Naturalized Americans but Omits Names, Count

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  Jul 5

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a 250th‑anniversary Fourth of July address at City Hall that included a naturalization ceremony; the official video and transcript show newly naturalized people standing with the… more ›