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Brad Lander

Councilwoman Margaret Chin, left, rallies with Councilman Mark Levine, Councilman Brad Lander, Councilman Corey Johnson and environmental activists.

NYC Council Members Trash Cuomo for Strangling Their Five-Cent Plastic Bag Fee

By Will Bredderman
Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Ritchie Torres spoke to reporters after endorsing Mayor Bill de Blasio for reelection at a church in the Bronx.

Council Members Endorse Bill de Blasio’s Re-Election ‘Based on the Performance’

By Madina Toure
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito speaks during the monthly pre-stated meeting.

Council Votes to Keep NYC a Sanctuary City

By Madina Toure
Councilman Brad Lander and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

City Council Sounds Defiant While Bending to Pressure From Albany on Bag Fees

By Will Bredderman
State lawmakers against the bag fees.

State Pols Vow to Block de Blasio-Backed ‘Limousine Liberal’ Bag Fees

By Will Bredderman
Plastic bags.

Council Passes ‘Stupid Bill’ Imposing Five Cent Fee on Bags

By Will Bredderman
The Times Square pedestrian plaza.

Council Aims to Regulate Pedestrian Plazas Overrun by Elmos and Desnudas

By Jillian Jorgensen
In social buildings, who you know and where you went to school still holds sway. (Veronica Grech/the Observer)

Still Snooty: Gaining Acceptance to Some Co-ops Is as Hard as Ever

By Kim Velsey
Rev. Sam Cruz, center, with attorney Norman Siegel, left (Photo: Will Bredderman for Observer).

Homeless Advocates Rail Against ‘Gangster’ Bratton and ‘Gang of Thugs’ NYPD

By Will Bredderman
Protesters at a rally at a Brooklyn car wash (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

Union-Backed Car Wash Licensing and Regulation Bill Passes Council

By Will Bredderman
Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

City Education Department Will Be Required to Report on Diversity

By Ross Barkan
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