January 25 2021
The new 5,200-square-foot library, which replaces the former one-room branch, opens for grab-and-go service on January 25
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Photographs and video of the new Roosevelt Island Library available here, along with photos of the 2018 project groundbreaking and the former Roosevelt Island Library. Credit to Jonathan Blanc / NYPL.
JANUARY 25, 2021 Roosevelt Island is ready for a new chapter.
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The New York Public Library is opening a beautiful, brand new Roosevelt Island branch at 504 Main Street on Monday, January 25. The new 5,200-square-foot location will open with grab-and-go service, and replace Roosevelt Island s former branch, a one-room library that, while beloved, could no longer serve the needs of the growing community.
Community leaders protest the construction of homeless shelter, call for the city to build permanent affordable housing Community leaders protest the construction of homeless shelter, call for the city to build permanent affordable housing Maya Mitrasinovic / Columbia Daily Spectator No more endless displacement, reads one poster at a Monday press conference at a vacant lot where West Harlem residents gathered to protest the city s plan of a transitional homeless shelter, instead calling for the city to invest in permanent affordable housing. By Maya Mitrasinovic | January 26, 2021, 12:46 AM
Community leaders and West Harlem residents huddled in front of an empty lot on Amsterdam Avenue for a press conference to protest the proposed construction of a homeless shelter at 1763-1771 Amsterdam Avenue. Knowing that the building is likely to be converted into market-rate apartments after the seven-year lease, they instead called on the city to build permanent, affordable h
New York City Pension Trustees Voted to Divest Estimated $4 Billion in Fossil Fuel Securities
Posted on 01/25/2021
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, along with trustees of two of the City’s pension funds, announced these funds have voted to divest their portfolios of an estimated US$ 4 billion from securities related to fossil fuel companies. The divestment, expected to be one of the largest in the world, will address the significant financial and environmental risks that these fossil fuel holdings pose to the funds. In 2018, New York City became the first major city in the nation to commit to divesting major public pension funds from fossil fuel reserve companies. Since the initial announcement hundreds of other institutions, governments, and entities have joined this commitment.
UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 3:06 pm ET
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Two candidates for the Upper West Side s City Council District 6 race announced a partnership on Monday that looks to use ranked-choice voting to their advantage. (Photo Credit for Sara Lind picture: Kristen Blush. Photo Credit for Jeffrey Omura: Michael Levy )
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY Two candidates for the Upper West Side s City Council District 6 race announced a partnership on Monday that looks to use ranked-choice voting to their advantage.
Sara Lind and Jeffrey Omura are both running as Democrats for the open seat vacated by the term-limited Council Member Helen Rosenthal.
The two candidates are holding an event on Friday to discuss their Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) partnership as part of their commitment to Common Cause to educate voters, according to a news release.
UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:19 pm ET
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The 5,200-square-foot, $7.8 million branch replaces Roosevelt Island s former branch a one-room library that while beloved, could no longer serve the needs of the growing community. (New York Public Library)
The new branch opened Monday morning for grab-and-go service. Located at 504 Main St., the library is on the first floor of a former school building. (New York Public Library)
Work began on the new branch in 2018, with city officials initially pledging to open the facility by the end of 2019. (New York Public Library)
Despite its small size, the old library received about 81,000 visits between 2017 and 2018, library officials said. (New York Public Library)