The candidates: Brad Hoylman-Sigal with campaign card; Keith Powers with clipboard. ( Photo: Brad Hoylman-Sigal & Keith Powers NYC Instagram) Boro Prez Race Fundraising: Strong Month for Hoylman-Sigal, Powers Still Holds Lead The race for Manhattan Borough President is in full swing. The most recently released fundraising totals show East Side City... News 23 Mar 2025 | 06:30
Chelsea City Councilmember Tony Simone rallying for the implementation of a bill that would mandate psychiatric care for some defendants departing jail, which is based on a report he issued in January. ( Photo: Tony Simone) West Side Pols Push Varied Measures They Say Will Address Homelessness Two politicians representing Manhattan’s parts of the West Side are pushing measures that they believe will help homeless... News 02 Mar 2025 | 08:04
NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who is facing off against East Side Council member Keith Powers in the Manhattan borough president’s race, has picked up some key endorsements from West Side political leaders. ( Photo: Brad Hoylman-Sigal campaign) BP Race: Hoylman-Sigal Racks Up Endorsements, Powers Rakes in Fundraising $$s With only two declared candidates in the race for Manhattan borough president, it appears to be shaping up as a classic East... News 01 Feb 2025 | 01:10
There is no “wrong way” for e-bikes, apparently. 9th Avenue and W. 45th St, June 19, 2024. No the small red “Wrong Way” traffic sign, which seems to be of no concern to the two bikers heading north on the south bound bike lane. ( Brian Berger) Brewer Backs E-bike Registration–Prefers Hoylman-Sigal State Plan to City Council Proposal If it’s a day of the week ending in “-day,” there’s someone—usually many someones— angrily decrying about the dangers of... News 27 Dec 2024 | 12:31
A rally at Madison Square Garden planned by Donald Trump on Oct. 27 has stirred controversy from a local Democratic state senator, who said it was akin to a Nazi rally held in the old MSG in 1939. He called on MSG to cancel the event for security reasons. MSG has stayed silent on the matter. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Trump Rally Slated for MSG Stirs Controversy Say this for Donald Trump, he is no captive to conventional campaign thinking. The conventional approach for presidential... News 19 Oct 2024 | 11:41
Madison Square Garden Entertaintment, the company that owns the Knicks and Rangers wants to stay in the “world’s most famous arena” forever. Politicos and activists want the company gone to make way for a new Penn Stastions. Photo: ajay_suresh Flickr Commons Jim Dolan Wants Madison Square Garden to Get a Lifetime Deal to Stay Put Madison Square Garden dug in against demands that the company move the arena to make way for a better Penn Station, saying... Home 10 Feb 2023 | 11:42
Attorney Larry Hutcher, a Knicks season ticket holder since 1975, told ABC’s Nightline why he filed a lawsuit against MSG Entertainment for barring him from Knicks games. MSG blocked him after his firm became involved in representing ticket scalpers who are suing MSG Entertainment. Photo: ABC News/NIghtline. ABC Nightline on Case as Hoylman, Simone Intro Bills to Stop MSG from Banning Attorneys An attorney who blocked from entering Madison Square Garden Entertainment-owned venues is applauding new bills being introduced... News 26 Jan 2023 | 12:49
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