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Queens casino touts union ties in ad push as bill snakes through legislative process

May 13, 2019

Resorts World NYC will be running ads on television and digital platforms in the coming days highlighting its strong relationship with...

NY Immigration Coalition Launches Ad Campaign For Green Light Bill

May 13, 2019

The New York Immigration Coalition on Monday will launch a new push for a bill that would extend access to driver’s licenses for...

Long Island bus camera shows drivers blowing past school buses as NYC weighs program

May 11, 2019

During the first week of a pilot program, conducted by BusPatrol, the company behind the technology, and the Logan Bus Company, cameras...

New York lawmakers reach deal for school bus cameras to catch drivers

May 7, 2019

Lawmakers say they have reached a deal to permit school districts to use cameras to catch drivers who fail to stop when students are...

Lawmakers' Deal Will Help Catch Cars That Pass School Buses

May 7, 2019

Lawmakers came to an agreement Tuesday that will enable the placement of cameras on buses, designed to track cars that pass stopped buses...

Local leaders call on NY to OK school bus stop arm cameras

May 3, 2019

The legislative proposal would allow school districts to mount cameras on the stop arms of buses, which extend when buses stop to pick up...

Driver’s licenses for all New Yorkers

April 29, 2019

Opinion by Assembly Member Catalina Cruz Being denied the right to apply for a driver’s license merely based on immigration status alone...

Advocates want lawmakers to move bill on cameras to prevent passing stopped school buses

April 25, 2019

Mounting cameras on school buses and making it easier to fine drivers who refuse to stop should be a priority for lawmakers when they...

Editorial Board- Let Undocumented Immigrants Drive

April 12, 2019

Almost 250,000 of them live in the suburbs and upstate, where people rely on cars to get to work and school. That’s why the governor and...

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Broke All the Rules of New York Politics

April 8, 2019

For now, the insular New York establishment is eyeing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warily. They want to emulate her—even Gov. Andrew Cuomo,...

Powerful New York hotel union calling on lawmakers to pass criminal justice reform

March 18, 2019

A powerful New York union is again flexing its political muscle and opening its purse strings to push the state Legislature to pass a...

NYC Councilman wants cameras on sides of school buses after incidents of sidewalk driving

February 26, 2019

A New York City Council member is calling for cameras on the sides of school buses that can record drivers so impatient they drive...

NYC Lawmaker Proposing ‘Stop Arm’ Law That Would Fine Drivers Who Pass School Buses Illegally

February 26, 2019

“Thousands of schools all over our city and vehicles passing them every single day at high speeds, putting our kids, teachers and...

2019 New York City Power 100

February 26, 2019

Few consultants have as much sway in New York as Neal Kwatra. He helped Corey Johnson secure the New York City Council speakership,...

New law proposes school bus cameras to catch unsafe motorists

February 25, 2019

Motorists are supposed to hit the brakes when confronted by a stopped school bus. But an estimated 50,000 a year statewide ignore the...

New York cannabis industry jonesing to get pot legalized before state gets left out out

February 25, 2019

A coalition of medical marijuana companies launched a campaign Monday warning that time is of the essence if Empire State lawmakers are...

Inside the Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme

February 23, 2019

The plot was geared toward getting around city regulations that are intended to keep blocks of apartments from being turned into...

Albany bureau chief heads to political consulting firm

February 4, 2019

Veteran Albany reporter Ken Lovett is joining a political consulting firm run by Neal Kwatra — an operative who has organized opposition...

Real estate faces a 'new world order' and it's less friendly than the old one

February 3, 2019

For the first time in modern memory, New York City's real estate developers are bearing up under a hailstorm of public vilification so...

Airbnb critics say blocked law would save housing NYC units

January 22, 2019

A new report from critics of Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms claims New York City could lose nearly 11,000 housing units if new...

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