Ydanis Rodriguez Archives - Page 21 of 24

Public Funding For Citi Bike Expansion Supported By Harlem’s Ydanis Rodriguez And Others

Flanked by colleagues, Citi Bike riders and bike advocates, Ydanis Rodriguez, Chair of the City Council Transportation Committee, will announce the widespread NYC Council support for public funding to continue Citi Bike's expansion to all five boroughs in city budget on Wednesday.Continue reading

Uptown’s Council Member Rodriguez And Others Call To Hit And Run Driver At City Hall

Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez (above) and others will call for the driver of a black Ford Econoline van to turn himself in, following a hit and run crash that left a man in critical condition on Monday morning in Midtown Manhattan.Continue reading

Harlem Council Member Rodriguez, Tenants, Electeds, Advocates Rally For Safer Conditions In Inwood

Tenants at 3852 10th Ave and 3856 10th Ave in Inwood are fighting back against their landlord, Julian Rodriguez, the property manager Kitty Huang and its associated LLC, Confe Realty, after 17 were left hospitalized from a gas leak on Saturday, January 7th. Continue reading

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez Pens Letter to US Senator Jeff Sessions

As Senator Jeff Sessions begins his confirmation hearings at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today, many of his past comments about race, gender, LGBT rights and more are catching up to him. Continue reading

City Proposes Swallowing Inwood Library With Affordable Housing Development

Officials from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York Public Library (NYPL) proposed a drastic redevelopment of the Inwood Library into a public-private development featuring affordable housing units stacked on top of a renovated library.Continue reading

Joint Statement On Swastika In Inwood Subway Station

On Monday night, January 2nd, 2017, members of the local Inwood community discovered swastikas had been drawn on an advertisement in the Dyckman Street A train station for an art exhibit at the Jewish Museum. Continue reading

Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez To Announce Package Of “Hit And Run” Legislation

On Wednesday, January 4th, 2017, at 10:00 AM, uptown Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will announce legislation to eradicate Hit and Run Crashes on City Hall Steps in New York, NY.Continue reading

Uptowns Rodriguez, Mayor de Blasio And Others Announces Subway Outreach Against Discrimination

The NYC Commission on Human Rights announces today a series of actions to provide New Yorkers with tools to report incidents of discrimination and harassment, as well as information for immigrant communities.Continue reading

Uptown Council Member Rodriguez, Officials, DJs, Call On Driver Who Killed Harlem DJ To Give Up

Friends, family and elected and NYPD officials gathered outside the Harlem home of Jean Paul Guerrero, a beloved New York City-area DJ, killed early Monday morning in Brooklyn in a hit and run. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces New ParkNYC Mobile Pay System For On Street Parking

The de Blasio Administration today announced the introduction of ParkNYC, a new and convenient way to pay for on-street parking from Harlem to Hollis, Queens. Continue reading

Harlem And NYC Sites Get Landmark Status As Panel Clears Backlog

It has taken more than two years to resolve the bureaucratic quagmire of backlogged buildings at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Considering that some have been in limbo for four decades, it may have seemed like no time at all.Continue reading

Harlem’s Council Member Rodriguez Co-Names Street Ceremony for Freddy Beras Goico

At the foot of Uptown's own cathedral for cultural arts, the historic United Palace (this architectural landmark was once home to Rev. Ike, designed by the legendary Thomas Lamb, etc.,), one of the most recognizable figures in entertainment for the Washington Heights Dominican community will don a key thoroughfare. Continue reading

Uptown Council Transportation Chair Calls On Pres-Elect Donald Trump To Move HQ

On Monday, December 5th at 10:30am, uptown NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will call on President-Elect Donald Trump to move his transition headquarters out of New York City to ease traffic congestion in midtown Manhattan.Continue reading

Harlem’s Mark-Viverito, Rodriguez And Others On DDC Summer School Enrichment Program

Uptown electeds Melissa Mark-Viverito and Ydanis Rodriguez comment on a study of middle school students who participated in the New York City Department of Design and Construction’s (DDC) Middle School Summer Enrichment Program has found that, after the program, students overall were more interested in technical career fields.Continue reading

Uptown Elected Ydanis Rodriguez To Discuss Future Of Citi Bike From Harlem To Hollis

Uptown Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will host a committee hearing tomorrow, November 28th at 11 AM in the City Council chambers of City Hall, looking at what comes next for Citi Bike, following the completion of its planned expansion in 2017. Continue reading