New Bus Lanes & Transit Signal Priority Along 149th Street Corridor

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) announced on Friday, Oct. 9 the completion of bus priority lanes and related infrastructure on 149th Street in the Bronx. The 2.7 miles of bus lanes along the highly-trafficked 149th Street corridor are now equipped with transit signal priority (TSP) technology.   […]

2020 Virtual Healthy New York Summit Assesses Lessons Learned from COVID-19

  On Sept. 17, the “2020 Virtual Healthy New York Summit,” took place. The aim of the summit was to examine the ways in which COVID-19 has and will affect New York State’s health care policies, innovation, and future.   During the three-hour summit, health care decision-makers, politicians, and policy experts examined obstacles encountered to […]

Elections 2021: Oswald Feliz on Education, Climate Action & Housing

  Bronx native, attorney, and board member of Northwest Bronx Democrats 4 Change, Oswald Feliz, is clear on what his top three issues are in running for City Council in the 15th District. “Number one, I will work to racially and economically desegregate our public-school system,” he said. “We actually have the most racially and […]

Tax Lien Sale Stopped for Homeowners, Emergency “PAUSE” Order Extended until October 4

On Friday, Sept. 4, the ongoing, apparent feud between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio was, once again, played out in public when the governor undercut plans by Mayor Bill de Blasio to re-schedule the City’s annual tax lien auction to Sept. 25.   According to the Coalition for Affordable Homes, every year, […]