Aug 28 De Blasio Will Continue to March in Columbus Day Parade The mayor plans to march in the Columbus Day Parade as the controversy heats up over talks of removing the statue in Columbus Circle. By Madina Toure
Aug 24 Women Could Soon Hold Just 9 Seats on 51-Member City Council The City Council Women's Caucus unveiled a series of recommendations to get more women lawmakers in the City Council. By Madina Toure
Aug 9 Mark-Viverito to ‘Continue to Advocate’ for Dismissal of Staten Island’s Old Summons The speaker of the City Council will start lobbying Staten Island's district attorney to get him to support vacating old summons warrants. By Madina Toure
Aug 9 Ahead of Trump’s NYC Visit, Melissa Mark-Viverito Says His Values ‘Not Welcome Here’ By Madina Toure
Jun 28 City Council and Muslim Leaders Mark End of Ramadan with ‘Resistance Eid Celebration’ By Madina Toure
Jun 21 Pols and Advocates Rally Outside ICE’s NYC Office Against Arrest of Mexican Immigrant By Madina Toure
Jun 6 NYC Council Seeks to Force Mayor to Provide Subsidized Lawyers to All Undocumented Immigrants By Madina Toure
Jun 5 De Blasio Now Says Oscar López Rivera Should Not Have Gotten Puerto Rican Parade Honor By Madina Toure
May 22 NYPD Commissioner Won’t March in Puerto Rican Day Parade Because of Oscar López Rivera By Madina Toure
May 18 NYC Mayor Defends Puerto Rican Day Parade Honor for Nationalist Oscar López Rivera By Madina Toure
May 2 NYC Council Speaker Wants Publicly-Funded Attorneys for Violent Felons Fighting Deportation By Madina Toure
May 1 Fast Food Workers and Pols Rally for Higher Wages and Immigrant Rights in Manhattan on May Day By Madina Toure
Apr 12 Progressives Look to Shield Undocumented Tenants From Landlords’ Deportation Threats By Madina Toure
Apr 7 GOP Pols Vow to Push Ahead With Lawsuit to Stop NYC From Deleting Files of Undocumented Immigrants By Madina Toure
Apr 5 NYC Council Looks to Crack Down on Phony Immigration Attorneys Amid Trump-Induced Panic By Madina Toure
Apr 3 Pols and Creatives Rally in Manhattan to ‘Save the Arts’ from Trump’s Budget Cuts By Madina Toure
Mar 28 NYC Council Speaker in Talks With State’s Chief Judge to Boot ICE Agents From Court System By Madina Toure