City Councilmember Margaret Chin greeted constituents this morning at the Rutgers/Madison Street subway station. She and her staff are campaigning pretty much non-stop through Tuesday for candidates running in the Democratic Primary, including Attorney General hopeful Eric Schneiderman and...
Last week, we posted the list of "member items" sponsored by District 1's Margaret Chin in the City Council's 2011 discretionary budget. Today we're returning to the budget beat -- detailing some other projects Chin helped to sponsor in...
The Friends of Gulick Park got some good news this week. For the past year, we've been reporting about their efforts to transform the ragged little section of the neighborhood at Delancey and Willett streets. The City Council had...
Last week the City Council approved Mayor Bloomberg's $63 billion "austerity" budget, cutting funds for schools, libraries and social programs. Included in the budget: about $165 million in discretionary spending controlled by the Council. Around a fifth of the...
On Thursday, we posted a photo from the ribbon cutting at the Hester Street Playground, which has just undergone a nearly $5 million transformation. But this weekend we wanted to return to the subject for a few reasons.
For starters,...
As the haggling continues in Albany over the state's budget, members of the City Council are gearing up for the big fights ahead once it becomes clear what programs will be cut and how deeply. It's been clear for...
Earlier this week, kids from the Lower East Side joined teens and education advocates from across the city at City Hall to protest cuts to 150 after school programs. The "Save After School Now Coalition" delivered petitions containing more...
City Councilmember Margaret Chin sent the following email out to supporters:
This coming Monday, the City Council will hold an important public hearing on the upcoming budget. With our city and state in fiscal crisis, many of our most essential...
Earlier today, NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein painted a bleak budget picture, in testimony before the City Council's Education Committee. A short time ago, District 1 City Councilmember Margaret Chin released a strongly worded statement criticizing the Bloomberg Administration's...
Months ago, Mayor Bloomberg telegraphed his intention to close up to 20 firehouses to help narrow the city's huge budget gap. He won't reveal exactly which fire companies are on the chopping block until May 6th. But this morning,...
