When Steve and Alexandra Cohen bought the New York Mets late in 2020 (a great day in Mets franchise history) they promised to change the culture and invest in the community. True to their word, the Cohen’s through their foundation helped fund a $17.5 million grant program for Queens small businesses that were hit hard […]
Essential Workers-The Fight for Respect
“If you got it, a truck brought it to you! If you got your food, your clothing, your medicine; if you got fuel for your homes, fuel for your industries, a truck brought it to you. The day our trucks stop, America stops!”- Al Pacino playing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in Martin Scorsese’s 2019 film […]
MTA to Debate Fare and Toll Hikes
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a notoriously mismanaged and wasteful agency is facing an apocalyptic fiscal crisis despite a $4 billion cash injection as part of the most recent Covid-19 relief package. The cash saves the MTA from making brutal service cuts, but the financial crises still loom. Under this backdrop, the MTA board must […]
New York City Sets Goal of 1 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses per Month
Despite the herculean work of scientists, doctors, front line workers, and logistics providers to get a Covid-19 vaccine developed, approved, scaled, and distributed in under a year, the vaccine rollout hasn’t been smooth. New York City is not doing better than the nation as a whole with only 88,000 people vaccinated from when the vaccine […]
Tax Increase Imminent in New York
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on municipal budgets creating shortfalls that are projected to extend for the next few years. Though there are creative funding options and cuts for lawmakers to consider, more painful ones seem imminent in 2021. Though New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is still holding out hope for aid from […]