Keith Powers at a press conference earlier this year, has secured the Democratic nomination for the Assembly seat vacated by Harvey Epstein when he ran and was elected to the City Council. Powers had the backing of 61 percent of the New York County Democratic club members who voted on Dec. 10. ( Photo: John McCartney/NYC Council Media Unit) Keith Powers Wins Dem Party Backing in Downtown Assembly Race City council member Keith Powers, whose term ends at the close of the year, will be the official Democratic party nominee... News 11 Dec 2025 | 07:19
Shop cats have been immortalized in a newly revised coffeetable book by Tamar Arslanian with photos by renowned cat photographer Andrew Marttila. But the so-called “Bodega Cat bill” by term-limited City Council Member Keith Powers will have to wait till the new Council session before it can be legalized. ( Photo: Andrew Marttila) Powers’s Bodega Cats Bill Will Fall to New City Council to Enact into Law It’s a pet’s world/cats—We speak here of cats, then dogs. Literally, not of the showers we’ve come to know idiomatically... Voices 08 Dec 2025 | 12:07
Harvey Epstein is sworn in to the City Council in a ceremony at City Hall on Dec. 4. Because the seat was vacant following the resignation of his predecessor, Carlina Rivera, in late August, Epstein takes office immediately. ( Photo: NYC Council Media Unit) Epstein Sworn into Council Seat, Endorses Powers in 4-Way Race for Assembly The race among four candidates seeking to land the Democratic party endorsement in a special election for the 74th Assembly... News 05 Dec 2025 | 03:57
Clockwise from top left: Assembly District 74 candidates Sarah Batchu, Kevin O’Keefe, Marquis Jenkins, Keith Powers. ( Photos: Candidates’ Instagram) Four Assembly Race Candidates To Learn Democratic Party Pick Soon The votes of fewer than 200 people on Dec. 10 may decide who the next downtown Assembly member will be. The Democratic nominee... News 01 Dec 2025 | 03:54
Kevin O’Keefe, the president of the St. Vartan Park Conservancy, was one of the first candidates to declare for the downtown Assembly seat that Harvey Epstein is vacating now that he has been elected to the City Council. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Special Election Assembly Race Downtown Draws Big Field of Candidates The dust has not settled on the 2025 election and already at least eight candidates have declared, or are on brink of declaring,... News 07 Nov 2025 | 04:20
JPMorganChase headquarters at 270 Park Ave. looking northwesterly. ( Photo: JPMorganChase) Finance Giant JPMorganChase Opens Stunning New Park Avenue HQ Shout it loud and proud, New Yorkers, JPMorganChase did it, officially opening their stunning new headquarters at 270 Park... News 26 Oct 2025 | 10:05
Christopher Marte announcing a new dog run to be built at Captain Jacob Joseph Park on Rutgers Street, June 5, 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Marte Launches Campaign for City Council Speaker Frustrated by what he sees as an unwieldy abuse of power by city council speakers in the past, Council Member Christopher... News 13 Sep 2025 | 08:28
Northwell Health’s $2-billion plan to overhaul Lenox Hill Hospital has been signed off on by the NYC Council. ( Photo: Northwell Health ) Lenox Hill Hospital Overhaul Gets City Council Sign-Off Northwell Health’s proposed $2 billion overhaul of Lenox Hill Hospital is on the brink of being realized, after the New York... News 18 Aug 2025 | 03:32
Artist rendering of the areas targeted by the sweeping new rezoning proposal passed unanimously by the City Council on Aug. 14. It aims to build 9,500 housing units in parts of the city that are largely zoned for commercial use currently and establish a 34th Street busway. ( Photo: NYC Planning Commission) Midtown South Rezoning Master Plan Clears City Council The Midtown South Rezoning bill unanimously passed the City Council on Aug. 14, clearing the way for the largest housing... News 15 Aug 2025 | 08:02
Brad Hoylman-Sigal at his watch party for the Manhattan borough president race on June 24, primary night. He is projected to win after racking up 49 percent of first-choice votes to Keith Powers’s 38 percent. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Hoylman-Sigal Overpowers Powers in Boro Prez Dem Primary West Side State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal is on track to win the Democratic primary for Manhattan borough president after... News 28 Jun 2025 | 07:46
Keith Powers says he is in the process of proposing a City Council bill that would effectively “legalize” bodega cats, which are technically barred from all food establishments under NYC’s health code. ( Photo: Keith Powers, TikTok) Keith Powers Prepares Bill to Legalize Bodega Cats You may not have known that bodegas keeping bodega cats around is against the law, but there’s a chance it might not be for... News 17 Jun 2025 | 02:24
Mayor Eric Adams visited the Staten Island Ferry on April 8 and even posed for pictures with some of the unlicensed ticket sellers. The only authorized ferry service for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island said illegal ticket scammers have grown worse, depriving the city of $2 million to $3 million in ticket revenue annually. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) After Stabbing of Ferry Ticket Seller, Mayor Says He Plans Crackdown on Illegal Vendors It has taken the stabbing of one of the illegal ferry ticket sellers to get Mayor Eric Adams to take another look at the... News 13 Jun 2025 | 12:02
Keith Powers ( Photo: Keith Powers ) Democratic Primary Race: Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal Why are you running for Manhattan Borough President? Manhattan needs an effective champion to fight Trump... News 09 Jun 2025 | 05:48
Left: BP Mark Levine, CB1 Chair Tammy Meltzer, Council Members Keith Powers and Christopher Marte; Right: ticket vendors “guarding” the entrance to Battery Park and Castle Clinton at the Bowling Green subway stop. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Council Members Marte & Powers Propose to Stop Tourist Ferry Ticket Scams Call it “the crackdown in Battery Park.” That’s the hope anyway, in the wake of legislation announced by Council Members... News 25 May 2025 | 08:45
A sign on the door tells the story: Beth Israel Hospital, which served the downtown community since 1889, was shut down by Mount Sinai on April 9. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Beth Israel Closes After Local Activists Lose Long Legal Fight Beth Israel Hospital has officially shuttered its doors, after Mount Sinai received a favorable appeals ruling in a protracted... Home 14 Apr 2025 | 10:51
