The mass shooting at a Buffalo, NY, supermarket on Saturday is highlighting long standing concerns among experts and authorities about the violent power of racist extremism in the US to destroy the sense of peace and safety in nonwhite communities, and inflict fear across a fragile American society. The shooting, carried out in a predominantly … Read more
Last summer, the city’s parks were flush with maintenance crews as New Yorkers streamed into green spaces after a long pandemic winter. The parks department was able to hire about 3,500 workers, their salaries paid with a one-time injection of federal COVID-19 relief funds, to pick up litter and protect greenery amid another spring awakening … Read more
City Council members pressed sanitation department officials in a budget hearing Tuesday on millions of dollars worth of programs they want to see added into its spending plan for the coming fiscal year, highlighting missing dollars for picking up corner wastebaskets, fighting rat infestations and recycling e- waste. The hearing came as the city has … Read more
