Plans Call for Permanent Detour of Cars in Central Park
As spring weather heats up, so does the ongoing battle for elbowroom between cyclists, pedestrians and cars along the Central Park loop. Hoping to open some space for park users, City Council Member Gale Brewer with Council Members Fernando Cabrera, Letitia James and Melissa Mark-Viverito, introduced a bill last week that would amend local laws to keep cars out of the park permanently.
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UWS GETS PORK DIET
By Dan Rivoli
The City Council released its list of pork—the money that Council members dole to nonprofits and organizations in their district—and the Upper West Side got a lean cut.
Gale Brewer, who represents the Upper West Side in the Council, received $377,339 in discretionary spending. Read more
Building a Healthier New York
A few years ago, a Manhattan borough president community initiative called “Go Green” was launched in East Harlem with the help of local Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito. The goal was to engage New York’s dynamic communities in the effort to bring farmers’ markets, greenspace and cleaner air back to our city neighborhoods, and to reduce the impact of environmentally driven diseases, like asthma and obesity.
Go Green was about the sustainability of our neighborhoods, but as the project continued, eventually spreading as far north as Washington Heights and Inwood, and south to the Lower East Side, we realized that the sustainability of New York goes hand-in-hand with the sustainability—i.e., the health—of New Yorkers. Read more
