Julie Menin

City Council Speaker Julie Menin has announced a proposal for an expansion of the city’s “Fair Fares” program that would provide free train and bus rides for NYC’s poorest residents. Under the proposal, which is part of a broader (and pretty contentious) budget plan unveiled by Menin on Wednesday, the city program would cover the…

There are some big changes in outdoor dining afoot in New York City. That’s thanks to a new bill currently being deliberated by City Council that miraculously has the support of both Speaker Julie Menin and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The bill, sponsored by the borough’s own councilmember Lincoln Restler, would roll back the Eric Adams-era…