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Tag: city council

This week in anti-Trump activism: NYC primaries, hexes, and climate change

Resist Trump this week with elections, meetings, petitions, discussions, workshops, and more.

The City Council wants to cap Uber’s surge pricing

Uber, the cab company that wants you to think it's a lifestyle, an app, a brandstyle, a lifebrand, Christ anything…

City Council set to those banish shady donation bins forever

No one anywhere likes those stupid clothing donation bins, which usually are neglected, vandalized and otherwise turned into terrible eyesores,…

City councilman looks to ban smoking in new affordable housing

Finding yourself excited about Mayor Tall's plan to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing? It's only natural to…

City Council raises NYC smoking age to 21. Sorry, angsty teens

Mayor Bloomberg has never been one to shy away from a public health fight. At least as long as it…

Now Jumaane Williams needs your ideas on how to spend one million bucks

Participatory budgeting is sweeping Brooklyn! Following in Councilmember Levin and Councilmember Lander’s footsteps all over brownstone Brooklyn, resident badass City…

Will the city stop post-Sandy rats from taking over?

If you've noticed the friendly family of rats living in your recycling bin has added a few extra members lately,…