Valeria Ricciulli
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New York, NY, United States
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For the First Time, New York City Has a Majority-Women City Council
For the first time in the city’s history, New Yorkers elected a City Council with a majority of seats (31 out of 51) occupied by women. The new Council is also a historically diverse group: “We’re going to do things that the city hasn’t seen before.” → Read More
OMNY Fare Cap Gives Everyone an Unlimited Pass
The MTA announced new fare discounts to encourage New Yorkers to go back to riding the subway and buses. Once you’ve spent $33 using the tap-to-pay system OMNY, you ride for free until the next week. → Read More
The Worst of SantaCon: A Miserable Holiday Roundup From Years Past
SantaCon, perhaps the most dreaded NYC event of the year, is happening again this Saturday. We rounded up the worst moments in its history. → Read More
‘I Do Miss the People, I Missed the Train’: MTA Retirees on Being Lured Back to Work
“I do miss the people, I missed the train.” MTA subway workers talk about what it’s like coming back to work from retirement, as the agency faces a shortage of employees. → Read More
A Bunch of Ivermectin Peddlers Put Up That Anti-Vaxx Bus Stop Ad
It appears that the Brooklyn bus shelter ad itself was a guerilla operation. → Read More
How Is Paperboy Love Prince Possibly Running for Congress in 11 Districts?
The former mayoral candidate can run, but getting on the ballot on all the districts may be a challenge. → Read More
Hey, That Bull Looks Familiar
Brazil’s stock exchange is the latest to install a “Charging Bull” knock-off. → Read More
It Takes How Long to Fill NYC Affordable Apartments Through the Lottery?
According to a new report, it takes over a year for affordable-housing units to be filled through New York City’s Housing Connect lottery. → Read More
New Yorkers Are Trying to Get Rid of Trump’s Name Anywhere They Can
Following an online petition from Upper West Side residents, a sign bearing the former president’s name was removed from Henry Hudson Parkway. → Read More
Uber Is Yet Again Being Sued for Discriminating Against Disabled Riders
Some passengers with wheelchairs are charged extra on every ride, according to a Justice Department lawsuit. → Read More
How the Young Lords Brought the Revolution to Drug Treatment
The Puerto Rican civil rights group opened a detox clinic in the Bronx during the heroin epidemic. The “People’s Clinic” became a pioneer in acupuncture detox and harm reduction. → Read More
The Medallion Crisis Is So Bad That Taxi Drivers Are on a Hunger Strike
Cabbies say the city’s relief plan doesn’t do enough. → Read More
A Bookstore in a Bus in the Bronx
Readers are now boarding at Bronx Bound Books, a mobile bookstore that recently debuted in the borough. Latanya Devaughn, its founder, talks about what went into transforming a used shuttle bus into a bookstore. → Read More
Is a Woman Randomly Punching People at the West 4th Street Subway Station?
TikTok and Twitter are ablaze with myths of the “West 4th Puncher,” a mysterious woman who has allegedly been on a punching spree at the subway station. → Read More
With Google Moving In, Hudson Square Is Trying to Spruce Up the Place
The neighborhood is now a major tech hub, so it should probably be connected to the rest of the city. → Read More
You Can No Longer Stay in an East Village Van for $97 a Night
The red Econoline and six others listed on Airbnb have been impounded. → Read More
‘That’s What Hurt the Most: The Things You Can’t Replace’
Five East Elmhurst residents talk about what they lost to Hurricane Ida. The Queens neighborhood, which President Biden visited on September 7, was one of the worst-hit by the storm. → Read More
Is Chinatown’s Largest Housing Nonprofit a Bad Landlord?
Protests over a recent lockout are just the latest problem for Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) a nonprofit that’s now Lower Manhattan’s largest affordable housing developer. → Read More
Scenes from Ida’s Chaotic, Tragic Night in New York
New Yorkers remember how Tropical Storm Ida affected their lives. From subway conductors to teens at home, the one common factor was, no one was prepared for how much water there would be. → Read More
Why Throgs Neck Homeowners Are Up in Arms About Two 8-Story Buildings
For some longtime residents of the Bronx’s Throgs Neck neighborhood, the opposition to a development on Bruckner Boulevard is not just about the height, or the number of units — it’s who might end up living there too. → Read More