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The article focuses on the cleanup of the polluted Gowanus Canal located in Brooklyn, New York City under the Superfund program and the residential development in the area. Topics include the plan of the city to reduce sewage discharge and street flooding in the canal, the challenges facing the city in preserving the neighborhood due to the construction of residential buildings, and the public hearings held by the Department of City Planning over the project.

The article reports on the call for hearings over the contaminated water supplied to residents of Hoosick Falls, New York in August 2016.

The article reports that residents of New York City told Congressman Charles Rangel during a public meeting held on February 18, 2007, that war in Iraq was taking too much a toll on their communities and it must be stopped. The meeting was sponsored by several community, religious and peace groups. Actress Vinnie Burrows said that the war in Iraq had transformed into a war on the poor of the U.S., and citizens of the U.S. were paying heavy price for it.

Reports on a public meeting on police harassment and community-police relations in Bronx, New York City. Attendance by community residents and public officials; Coordination of the meeting by Community Board Nine under the leadership of Elizabeth Rodriguez; Stories by community residents about their encounters with the police; Recommendations from the audience; Remarks by Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.

Highlights a town hall meeting in Amsterdam, New York City focusing on welfare, workfare and job creation. Attendees at the meeting; Inadequacies of the welfare system.

Highlights the meeting held by residents of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill community in New York City to allow incumbent legislators and their challengers to address key issues of concern to the community before the 1998 November elections. Notable attendees; Structure of program; Issues raised by incumbents and their challengers; Initiatives supported by the incumbents.

The article offers news briefs related to the community in New York as of October 2013 including a public meeting on charter colocation at M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center, the annual college fair held by Convent Avenue Baptist Church, and the eight annual Home Buyer Seminar Series.

The article focuses on a meeting in New York City aimed at addressing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, particularly with regards to housing. It states that senior staff lawyer Mimi Rosenberg of the Legal Aid Society arrived at the meeting to represent the tenants of the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn, New York City. It says that the meeting was supervised by Cecil R. House, general manager of the New York City Housing Authority.

More than 700 scholars, writers, publishers, artists and others sent a letter to the New York Public Library on Wednesday protesting the $300 million restructuring of the 42nd Street flagship building and calling for a public discussion of the plan. The signers include the writers Salman Rushdie and Jonathan Lethem, the cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the historian Natalie Zemon Davis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I WENT to find my aunt Ruth in Judson Church among the disgruntled at a public hearing last month about New York University's latest proposal to expand its Greenwich Village campus. It was a couple of weeks before the local community board denounced the proposal outright. A light mist was falling. I climbed the church steps. Beyond the long tables, where children drew with crayons, a bobbing sea of homemade placards demanded, ''Flowers Not Towers.'' I had been one of those children at the long tables years ago. This sort of meeting felt like home, in the neighborhood where I had grown up in a cheerful culture of endless protest at a time when N.Y.U. was not yet one of the biggest and most ambitious private universities in the country but still a modest school proudly catering to working New Yorkers like my mother and Ruth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Soon after he became chairman of New York City's public housing agency, John B. Rhea took his seat at a public meeting of its board and quickly began peppering one of his directors with questions. Tongue-tied, the director looked for help from a colleague, who blanched and conceded that he did not know the answers, either. The agency's board meetings had long been sluggish affairs, but Mr. Rhea was not going to tolerate the old ways, it seemed, even if that meant bruised feelings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The New York City Council will hold a public hearing next month to scrutinize the Education Department's system for collecting Medicaid reimbursements for services it provides to special-needs students, after a report in The New York Times last week about the city's failure to recover many millions of dollars in reimbursements in recent years. The department ''needs to make clear to the Council, and therefore to the city, how they've overcome the errors made in the past,'' Speaker Christine C. Quinn said in an interview. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was a moment long planned and carefully prepared for -- a moment that had twice been delayed by snow. But when the moment finally arrived, the main protagonist was missing. The City Council held a hearing on Thursday afternoon to examine the economic impact Wal-Mart would have should it succeed in opening its first stores in New York City. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Wednesday was Bastille Day, a fitting day for public hearings on the latest cuts planned for the subways. You just knew there was a guillotine around, poised to drop on a lot of people. The necks immediately on the line were those of more than 200 subway station agents destined for layoffs as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority swims against a rising tide of red ink. The authority had simply planned to hand these workers their walking papers and close dozens of station booths. But a judge intervened last month. You can't do this, she told the agency, until you've held public hearings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rents for New York City's one million rent-stabilized apartments will rise less than in the past several years under increases set Thursday evening at a typically raucous public meeting. The city's nine-person Rent Guidelines Board approved rent increases of 2.25 percent for one-year leases and 4.5 percent for two-year leases. The increases apply to leases renewed between Oct. 1, 2010, and Sept. 30, 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ALBANY -- State officials began preparing on Wednesday for what they said would be the first government shutdown in New York history as prospects for the passage of another emergency budget bill grew cloudy. Democratic and Republican legislative leaders engaged in an acrimonious public meeting in the Capitol with Gov. David A. Paterson. Republicans charged that they had been shut out of negotiations, and Democrats insisted that the Republicans shoulder some responsibility for averting a shutdown. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on a public hearing conducted by Senate Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committees at Pratt Institute in New York regarding the Atlantic Yards/FCR project. The members who were present included Senator Karl Kruger and State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. The project the state's Metropolitan Transit Authority and Empire State Development Corp. According to Jeffries, the project has received sufficient funds to construct luxury housing, an arena and commercial space.

The article focuses on the plan of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton to hold a public discussion in New York on September 11, 2008 in commemoration of the 2001 terrorist attacks. They are expected to tackle a wide range of policy and campaign issues, according to Clinton aides. Clinton said in his convention speech that Republican attacks would not work in 2008 because Obama is on the right side of history.

The article provides information on the 1,000 Man Rally in Amsterdam, New York. Accordingly, Henry Lyons, the event's main speaker, talked about the plight of black men and the challenges that they faced in the society and asserted that the whole activity was a success and was well-organized. In addition, it states that the gathering was a celebration of manhood and gives importance to their work in the community.

The article reports on the results of the City Council hearing about the education budget in New York City on May 27, 2008. It is revealed that schools chancellor Joel Klein felt that he was like on the hot seat during the meeting. The members have been outspoken about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's education budget $428 million which is less than on the expected value. Klein defended Bloomberg's budget and tried to explain the cuts to the council members.

The article offers news briefs related to New York. It states that Charles Barron, New York councilman, would be gathering activists and Black historians on November 5, 2007 to support Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate. It states that October 22nd Coalition would be holding its annual rally against police brutality at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park in Harlem, New York. Extension of working hours by Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center, New York has been mentioned.

The article reports on a public meeting of Republican candidate for presidential nomination Fred Thompson in New York City. It is noted that Thompson attacked his party's other contenders for presidential nomination Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney. It is informed that Thompson declared that he has always been a true conservative and he will remain so in future too. It is informed that he observed that Republicans should not try to become like Democrats.

A calendar of African American events in New York in 2007 is presented. A new play entitled "Fall Forward," by Daniel Reitz and directed by Daniel Talbott will be performed at John Street Methodist Church from June 27 to 30. The Harlem's SummerStage 2007 Kick-off Party on June 28 will feature Charles Carrington & Co. Jazz Band live at Pier 2110. A public forum entitled "Black Patriotism Is Resistance" will be held on July 7.

The article reports that the Ask Martine townhall meeting coordinated by Martine Guerrier, the Dept. of Education's (DOE) chief family engagement officer, drew around 131 parents in Brooklyn, New York. Despite the low turnout, parents asked several question to Guerrier and other DOE officials present. Among the top concerns parents had was New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to restructure the school system.

The article presents information on the trial faced by New York City administration over the issue whether the Great Lawn in Central Park is open to political protesters and opera. A federal judge has ruled that the city is constitutionally permitted to limit events on the Lawn to protect it from damage. Some groups have argued that the city is curtailing political protest that was once accepted on the Great Lawn. Judge William H. Pauley has denied the city's request for a decision before trial.

The artist reports on the march of a rally in Midtown Manhattan, New York City on December 16, 2006, held to protest against the fatal killing of Sean Bell, a black man in Queens, New York City in November, 2006. Sean was shot by the police who was unarmed on that day of his wedding. After three weeks of the incident, civil rights groups protestors, elected officials, community leaders, and clergymen, et al marched on the street with shrieks, speeches and other demonstrations.

The article presents information about a town hall meeting held at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Queens, New York City. The meeting was arranged to address everyday complaints of people. They addressed an array of concerns to Council member Leroy Comrie and representatives from places such as the Department of Sanitation, Department of Housing Preservation & Development and Department of Environmental Protection.

The article presents information related to a public hearing on the largest construction project in the history of Brooklyn, New York City, held on August 30, 2006. The discussion revealed the skepticism and optimism of the community towards the Atlantic Yard Project. This project includes seven acres of housing units and a Nets arena in downtown Brooklyn. It was the first of three public meetings on the issue.

This article reports that Columbia University of New York City, will participate in a series of five information sessions and seminars leading up to a public meeting on the scope of its proposed Manhattanville in West Harlem Rezoning and Academic Mixed-Use Development Project. The sessions are to inform community members and the public at large about the proposal and to respond to their questions. The sessions are being hosted by Community Board 9 and will take place, except where otherwise noted, at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, 263 West 125th Street. Some of the topics included in the seminars are: "How the Manhattanville Proposal fulfills Columbia's Mission As a Research University"; "The Rezoning Proposal and Columbia's Potential Development Under the Rezoning," etc.

This article presents news briefs related to socio-political issues in New York. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion held a public meeting to address concerns about the lack of pedestrian safety in the Bronx and its deadly effects on children. Over one-third of the pedestrians hit in the last three years, in the Bronx are children 14 and under. New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein joined New York Jets President L. Jay Cross and linebacker Victor Hobson to announce the Heads Up! Program, a new partnership between the U.S. Department of Education and the football team New York Jets.

Reports on the political pep rally organized to draw public support for re-election by New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.

Looks into the tendency of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to be late in several public events including a news conference before the Salute to Israel Parade.

Reports on the public hearing concerning the proposed expansion of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

The article comments on Harlem's growing population. Harlem may be growing too large for its streets, opine city planners and community organizers. At a recent public meeting, city officials with the Department of Economic Development, Transportation and Planning shared results from a transportation study done in Harlem and Morningside Heights that revealed congestion along the neighborhood's 125th Street spine. Looking at problems of slow public transit, clogged streets and a lack of public parking, the "River-to-River Study," is one element of a Department of City Planning project to rezone the 125th Street corridor between the Harlem and Hudson rivers, a stretch of Manhattan real estate rapidly gaining public notice as it shoots up in both height and price.

Announces the dismissal of eight demonstrators who removed their clothes during a protest made before the Republican National Convention in New York from charges filed against them.

Reports on the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by eight firefighters against the city of New York for violation of their constitutional rights when they were arrested at a protest in the year 2001.

Focuses on the protests during the Republican National Convention in New York in August 2004. Encounter between protesters and delegates of the convention; Move of anarchists and other radicals to strike at delegates at their hotels, breakfasts, parties and on the streets; Effort of the police to curb violent confrontations.

Comments on the flock of demonstrators wanting to have access in Central Park during the Republican National Convention in New York City. Liability of Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the situation; Determination of the protesters to march to Madison Square Garden should there protest be dismissed; Decision of the court on the protest.

Reports that groups planning to protest at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City have been given a site for protesting that is far from the convention site at Madison Square Garden. Comments made by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly; Permit for a rally requested by the group United for Peace and Justice; List of other groups who have been granted permits to demonstrate; Rally to be held by the antiwar group Not in Our Name; Issue of bag searches by police.

Highlights the preliminary findings of the independent federal commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Lack of coordination between the New York Police Department and the Fire Department; Lack of protocol for communicating updated evacuation guidance to the 911 operators who were receiving calls for help from the World Trade Center.

Highlights the public hearings of the independent federal commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Criticism over the lack of cooperation between firefighters and the police; Reaction of New Yorkers to the findings that emerge during the public hearings.

Reports on the public hearings of the independent federal commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Failure of New York City's emergency response system; Problems in the collection and distribution of information among rescue workers.