Michael Gartland
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De Blasio blames state for failing to help with NYCHA repairs
Mayor de Blasio complains that the state hasn’t provided “a whole lot of help” to make desperately needed repairs at New York City Housing Authority buildings — but his administration...
Family left to fend for selves by NYCHA after ceiling collapse
The city’s public housing authority — already under fire for ignoring lead paint hazards and failing to get heat to freezing tenants — on Sunday left a Brooklyn family to...
Public advocate demands probe into 'hellhole' middle school
Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding the city "take real steps" to deal with a troubled Bronx middle school where one student accused the principal of shoving and harassing him....
Rikers Island closure a 'land grab' for developers: union head
The union head who represents Rikers Island corrections officers slammed plans to close the jail complex as nothing more than a "political con game" and a "land grab" that would...
New City Council speaker reveals committee leaders
Newly-minted City Council Speaker Corey Johnson rolled out his picks for the body’s leadership posts Thursday, awarding some of the most coveted jobs to those who backed him in his...
City Council members demand de Blasio address failing NYCHA heating
Forty fired-up City Council members have signed a letter demanding Mayor de Blasio “finally” address the New York City Housing Authority’s failing heating systems. Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, the letter’s...
State spent $100M for NYCHA security cameras — not boilers
Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers set aside $100 million in capital funding to the New York City Housing Authority in 2016, but none of the money was used to replace...
De Blasio signs bill requiring changing stations in new buildings
Number 2 finally got top billing at City Hall. Mayor de Blasio signed a law Tuesday requiring diaper changing stations be made available to men as well as women in...
New York prisons crack down on books
Reading the classics in the clink just got a lot harder. Books sent to prisoners in three state lock-ups will have to come from pre-approved internet vendors under a new...
Puerto Rican terrorist tells mainlander Americans to get off the island
Convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera is at it again, demanding that mainland Americans helping hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico return home. Lopez Rivera, who just celebrated his 75th birthday, leveled the Yankee-go-home...
Chances of getting killed by a car in NYC are getting slimmer
Pedestrian deaths in the city plummeted 32 percent last year compared to 2016 — but the number of cyclists killed continued to rise, according to statistics released Monday. The decrease...
Stringer: Mismanaged NYCHA made heat outages worse
The recent rash of heat and hot water outages in the city’s public housing projects might not have been such a debacle if the de Blasio administration’s Housing Authority weren’t...
City Council vows to investigate school after Post expose
The City Council vowed on Sunday to investigate a troubled Bronx middle school after The Post exposed alleged student violence, filthy conditions and even a coverup — while the de...
De Blasio reveals plans to travel 'all around' the country
Now that Mayor de Blasio has four more years in City Hall, New Yorkers can expect to see even less of him in the Big Apple. De Blasio doubled down...
De Blasio says millionaires love the Big Apple too much to leave
Mayor de Blasio's offered his most full-throated defense for a tax hike Sunday, contending millionaires wouldn't flee the Big Apple in droves because of all the city has to offer....
1,300 NYCHA apartments have no gas and heat during blizzard
Around 3,000 public-housing residents in Queens were forced to ride out Thursday’s blizzard in units with little or no heat — prompting some to risk carbon-monoxide poisoning by cranking up...
City put homeless kids in sleazy hotels with drugs and hookers
They wanted a warm bed, and instead got hot sheets. The city warehoused homeless families with children in the same hotels that pimps and prostitutes used to ply their trade...
Corey Johnson voted new NYC council speaker
The City Council anointed Councilman Corey Johnson its first HIV-positive Speaker by an overwhelmingly majority at its annual kick-off meeting Wednesday – ushering in a new and possibly more contentious...
Finance Board missed suspicious de Blasio donations
Contributions that disgraced donor Jona Rechnitz bundled for Mayor Bill de Blasio should have raised red flags with the Campaign Finance Board — long before he said he illegally used...
Bill de Blasio sworn in for second term as NYC mayor
Mayor Bill de Blasio touted his progressive record and slammed President Trump without naming him as he was sworn in for his second term Monday during a frigid outdoor ceremony...