On the campaign trail, Zohran Mamdani vowed to roughly double the funding for the parks department. His first budget proposal as mayor would cut its funding.
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Parks advocates gearing up to yell at Mamdani over proposed budget cuts
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Construction to kick off on bike lane upgrades next to Prospect Park
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made moves to expedite the installation of new bike lanes across the city, many of which were sidelined under his predecessor Eric Adams.
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NYC’s ‘trash revolution’ gets new general as Mamdani names his sanitation chief
Anderson’s appointment comes at a critical time for the department. He’ll be responsible for completing the rollout of the city’s trash collection program, which will require the city to figure out how to eliminate its notorious mountains of garbage bags and replace them with bins.
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The social media influencers now run Washington Square Park
The park, which for decades was known as a hub of counterculture and an anchor for protests in the city, has now been overrun with social media influencers looking to go viral.
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Prospect Park’s secluded Vale of Cashmere getting long-awaited upgrade
The quiet corner of the park is well known to birdwatchers, but fell into disrepair after years of neglect.
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NYC Council pushes to ban stores from collecting biometric data
The City Council on Monday held a hearing on proposed legislation that seeks to rein in the type of “Big Brother” surveillance that has grown more common in apartment buildings and grocery stores like Macy’s and Wegmans, a Rochester-based chain with locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan that began storing biometric data of shoppers earlier this year.
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Mayor Mamdani resumes fines for failure to compost in NYC
Sanitation inspectors quietly began issuing tickets on Jan. 1, resuming enforcement that Mayor Adams paused last year only weeks after it took effect.
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Wegmans defends use of facial recognition at NYC stores, citing ‘elevated risk’
The new statement from Wegmans came after a Gothamist report on new signage at the entrance to the store at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Some customers, as well as local and state legislators, said they were alarmed by the practice.
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Development would bring public pool to West Village as historic rec center remains busted
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Restore or replace? Fight over historic West Village rec center and pool drags on.
