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Huffington Post: Code Word for Age Discrimination January 17, 2013 New Yorkers over 55 quickly learn the open secret that "overqualified" means "too old." The Great Recession has impacted workers of all ages, but seniors and near-seniors have been hit especially hard. New Yorkers age 55 and older who lose their jobs are out of work for an average of one year, compared to 41 weeks for younger employees. To highlight the value of older employees, last week the City Council passed a resolution I wrote encouraging New York City employers to hire older workers. Daily Politics: Liz Krueger Goes With Jessica Lappin For Manhattan Borough President December 20, 2012 In her quest to become Manhattan borough president, City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin now has the backing of state Sen. Liz Krueger, a fellow East Sider. Daily Politics: Jessica Lappin Kicks Off Manhattan BP Bid With Backing Of Maloney, Kellner And Quart December 14, 2012 City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin is slated for her formal Manhattan Borough President campaign kickoff just moments from now, and here's a sneak peek for you. Lappin, who represents the upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, is supported by Rep. Carolyn Maloney and state Assemblyman Micah Kellner (pictured via flickr), as well as Assemblyman Dan Quart. Epoch Times: This Is New York: City Council Member Jessica Lappin October 23, 2012 Councilmember Jessica Lappin used to wake up at 4 o’clock every weekday morning for figure skating practice. After two hours of gliding, twirling, and leaping, she would head straight to her homeroom at Stuyvesant High School. City Room Blog: Doubts Raised to Counterintuitive Approach to Subway Trash October 12, 2012 According to a non-scientific survey conducted by the office of Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, about two-thirds of 218 respondents said they noticed more trash over the past month at the 57th Street F train station, which has gone without trash bins as part of a pilot program devised by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Wall Street Journal: Curbing Cyclist Abuses October 12, 2012 Commercial cyclists often face tremendous pressure to make deliveries on time, creating incentives for them to ignore traffic and safety laws, said Council Member Jessica Lappin, a Manhattan Democrat. "This is a way to get the businesses to pay more attention and to do the right thing," she said. Metro NY: Officials plead for harsher sex-crime penalties October 9, 2012 “These attacks have women on edge,” Upper East Side Councilwoman Jessica Lappin added. NY Times: Voters Annoyed by Hard-to-Read Ballots September 18, 2012 City Council members said they had received numerous complaints, particularly from the elderly and those with visual impairments. “It disenfranchises people needlessly,” said Jessica Lappin, chairwoman of the Council’s Committee on Aging who plans on questioning the Board of Elections about the problem at a hearing next month. NY Times: Traffic Safety Campaigner Finally Achieves His Goal September 9, 2012 Ms. Lappin said the signal was a welcome addition to an area that often sees heavy pedestrian traffic because of the park, which includes Gracie Mansion. Of Mr. Bookstaver, she said, “I have found New Yorkers to be a very persistent bunch.” New York Times: Mom, Dad, This Playground’s for You July 1, 2012 This fall, the city will build a second adult playground with upgraded amenities — river view, exercise mats, chess tables, a sign that says, “Adult Space” — at John Jay Park on the Upper East Side. Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who represents the neighborhood, said she had secured $250,000 in city money for the project after some of her older constituents pointed out, “There are tot lots, but there’s no place for us.” “A lot of these people live alone,” she said. “So going outside to the park, and being part of the activity of the park, is important to them.” DNAinfo: MTA Unveils Second Avenue Subway Air Monitoring Site June 8, 2012 "People who live and work near the Second Avenue construction site have been enduring dust and debris for months," Lappin said. "Now, we'll be able to breathe and sleep a little bit easier." Wall Street Journal: Trash Plan Price Tag Frustrates Opponents May 22, 2012 "We've been opposing this for a long time because it's not the right place for a garbage dump," said City Council Member Jessica Lappin, who represents the area and requested the IBO analysis. "But now we can prove that not only is it the wrong thing to do in terms of the community, but it's the wrong thing to do in terms of our budget." NY Times: City Unveils Locations of Bike-Share Stations May 11, 2012 Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, whose district includes the Upper East Side, said she did not think most residents were aware of the upheaval to come. “Look, there’s going to be a major change to our streetscape,” she said. “Any kind of change elicits strong responses.” DNAinfo: Councilwomen Warn Women in Chinatown About 'Well-Dressed' Groper April 25, 2012 CHINATOWN — A pair of city councilwomen warned women in Chinatown Thursday morning about a well-dressed groper on the loose Downtown and on the Upper East Side. NY1: Supreme Court To Not Hear NYC Rent Laws Appeal April 24, 2012 "This is a great victory. And it will keep New york affordable to those who wouldn't be able to afford to live here otherwise," said Manhattan Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. New York Times: Work Is Halted at Subway Site After Fatal Crane Collapse April 4, 2012 Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who appeared with Ms. Quinn at a news conference, said in an interview that the authority was not required to let city officials review its cranes except when they were first installed. DNAinfo: 2nd Ave. Subway Construction Needs More Air Monitoring, Pol Says March 29, 2012 Jessica Lappin introduced a measure on Wednesday that would require the city's Department of Environmental Protection to monitor the air near the construction site and publish monthly results online. NY Times Schoolbook: City Will Add Seats to Schools, but Still Fall Short of Demand March 26, 2012 “We have had two re-zonings in two years in my part of District 2,” said Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who represents the Upper East Side. She said Public School 59 Beekman Hill International, a kindergarten through fifth grade school that opened in 2010, had a kindergarten waiting list of 41 families. “When a family who literally watched this building go up from their living room, because they live across the street, is told they can’t go there, that’s not acceptable,” Ms. Lappin said. NY Post: UES commuters finally warming up to Select Bus Service March 21, 2012 Upper East Siders have finally warmed up to Select Bus Service — but they still have problems with the enforcement methods used to collect fares for the speedy service, according to a new survey out today. A whopping 81 percent of respondents said they used the nearly two year-old service, in which express buses zip through special lanes to beat traffic, according to the poll of over 1300 people by City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. WPIX: Angry Residents Protest New Waste Transfer Station February 28, 2012 An overflow crowd packed into an auditorium at Asphalt Green Community Center on the Upper East Side all trying desperately to change the course of a Marine transfer station to ship trash planned for their backyard. "This dump does not belong in this neighborhood. This dump does not belong in any residential neighborhood." said councilwoman Jessica Lappin a Democrat from the Upper East Side. Lappin went on to say, "We don't need garbage trucks ruining our air, ruining our community." CBS2: Councilwoman Takes Aim At Electric Bikes February 28, 2012 A city council member is vowing to crack down on illegal electric bikes in New York City. Councilwoman Jessica Lappin says that she has received a number of complaints from residents. NY Times: Albany Is Urged to Let Churches Keep Using Schools February 3, 2012 “The state is sponsoring and subsidizing that religious worship,” Councilwoman Jessica Lappin said during the Council hearing. “We are not talking about a Bible study class or an after-school French club. We are talking about regular, weekly worship that is the quintessential moment for many different faiths.” Fox 5: Councilwoman Laments Broken Subway Escalators January 19, 2012 City Council Member Jessica Lappin has been fighting to get subway escalators and elevators fixed in her Upper East Side district for three years. Fox 5 met her at the 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station, where we found a broken MTA escalator. NY1: Owner Of UES Landmarks Seeks Permission To Tear Them Down January 7, 2012 Two very different looking buildings are actually part of the same complex at the First Avenue Estate, which is a city landmark. Its owner is now trying to get that designation overturned in order to demolish the structures and develop new ones. "When it was built, it was the first of its kind—affordable, clean, sanitary housing for the working people of this city—and it has remained affordable housing, and we want to keep it that way," says City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. NY Daily News: Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, state Sen. Daniel Squadron push to build genius school on their turf November 16, 2011 State Sen. Daniel Squadron says his downtown Brooklyn district is perfect fit for building genius school. But Councilwoman Jessica Lappin says Roosevelt Island, in her district, is an ideal spot. Fox 5: Concerns Over FreshDirect Trucks on Upper East Side November 9, 2011 MYFOXNY.COM - FreshDirect is moving into the Upper East Side but some residents say the company is not a very good neighbor. The company's trucks can be found parked for up to 14 hours a day on some city streets. FreshDirect calls it a depot system, where instead of driving around to deliver groceries each truck operates as a mini-warehouse. The workers unload the groceries onto carts and make local deliveries. Residents are fed up and have called Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who represents the area. "I've heard dozens of complaints mainly about the noise pollution and the air pollution," Lappin said. "The trucks are running so they are putting fumes in the air." Wall Street Journal: Co-op Gives Up Land for Park November 2, 2011 A contentious 10-year dispute between the city and a high-powered Sutton Place co-op quietly resolved itself yesterday in a seemingly obvious way: New York has regained a piece of prime waterfront that it technically already owned. NY Daily News: Drivers who text and talk on phone are major danger, NYPD's crash stats show October 17, 2011 The numbers show that tailgating motorists caused 812 smashups in August, while drivers who failed to yield the right of way caused 629 car crashes. Only 197 accidents were due to speeding and a mere 19 were linked to a rowdy passenger. In total, six motorists, three passengers, three bicyclists and three pedestrians were killed in August. It is unclear how many of those fatal crashes were caused by drivers who were texting or chatting. "New Yorkers don't want to waste a second," said Councilwoman Jessica Lappin (D-Manhattan), who sponsored the bill requiring the crash data to be made public. "I still see people still talking on their phone and texting while driving when they are stopped at a red light." NY Daily News: Cabbies at E. Side stand break rules, rile riders by refusing lifts unless Wall St. is destination October 14, 2011 94-year-old Angar Hanberngor tried in vain to get a ride at the East Side taxi stand. These cabs will only occupy Wall Street - and they're shunning passengers heading anywhere else. Scores of yellow cab drivers at an upper East Side taxi stand are violating city regulations by only taking riders to the Financial District, officials charge. If would-be commuters ask to go elsewhere in the city, they are often met with locked doors and icy stares from drivers who are only looking to score a big fare to Wall Street - even if means turning down an elderly woman. DNAinfo: Roosevelt Island's South Point Park Opens August 2, 2011 The picturesque remains of the James Renwick Smallpox Hospital may be off limits to the public, but the city's only landmarked ruins are now the centerpiece of a new park built around it at Roosevelt Island's Southpoint. WNYC: Park Reopens on Roosevelt Island August 2, 2011 Southpoint Park reopened on Roosevelt Island Tuesday. The park surrounds the abandoned smallpox hospital on the island. NY Post: Gimme Animal Shelter July 28, 2011 The Bronx and Queens will no longer be getting the short end of the stick when it comes to caring for Fido. The city announced yesterday that it's allocating $10 million over the next three years to beef up its animal-care services, primarily in those two boroughs, the only ones without shelters. DNAinfo: Pols Sing Merits of Roosevelt Island for City's New Engineering Campus July 27, 2011 Will Roosevelt Island become the next Silicon Valley? New York Times: Why Won’t They Say? July 25, 2011 In a setback for women facing a particularly vulnerable moment in their lives, a federal judge has temporarily barred New York City from enforcing a new law that would require so-called crisis pregnancy centers masquerading as licensed medical facilities to disclose basic facts about their services. Wall Street Journal: Free Speech Cited in Clinics Ruling July 14, 2011 Citing free-speech rights, a federal judge blocked a city law requiring emergency-pregnancy centers to disclose that they don't offer abortion services. The law scheduled to take effect Thursday poses a significant threat to abortion opponents' First Amendment rights, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III said in a sweeping 22-page ruling Wednesday that imposed a preliminary injunction. The city plans to appeal. New York Post: “No Abort” Law Nixed July 14, 2011 A New York City law that would force crisis-pregnancy centers to disclose that they don't actually provide abortions or birth control was blocked yesterday by a Manhattan federal court judge. New York Times: Judge Blocks City’s Crisis Pregnancy Center Law July 14, 2011 Scolding city officials for supporting a law he called “offensive to free speech principles,” a federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred New York City from enforcing a new law that would require crisis pregnancy centers to disclose more information about their services. The law, which had the strong backing of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, was scheduled to go into effect on Thursday. It would have required such centers to detail whether they provided abortions or emergency contraception, and whether they had a licensed medical provider on-site. New York Daily News: Judge blocks enforcement of law making pregnancy centers from having to disclose services July 14, 2011 A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a city law aimed at unmasking anti-abortion centers that pose as full-service health clinics for pregnant women. DNAinfo: East River Esplanade Gets $900K for Fixing Potholes July 11, 2011 Huge potholes and crumbling bulkheads along the East River esplanade stretching from East 60th to East 125th streets may soon get fixed. WPIX: Upper East Side Residents Furious Over Trash Plant June 28, 2011 Residents from the Upper East Side in Manhattan gathered at the Stanley Issac Holmes houses on 93rd street to rally against a project that would bring more than 5000 tons of trash, 6 days per week, down streets where children play and just feet from the Asphalt Green recreation area. NY1: Wal-Mart Opponents Riled Over Supreme Court Ruling June 22, 2011 After suffering a defeat in the nation's highest court this week, opponents of Wal-Mart are regrouping and hoping to keep the megastore from coming to New York City. Our Town: Elder Abuse Is All-Too-Common Crime June 16, 2011 This week we observe Elder Abuse Awareness Day—a time for us to recognize the toll that elder abuse takes on hundreds of thousands of older New Yorkers. We cannot let our seniors suffer in silence. Our Town: Trashy Plan or Just Plain NIMBY? June 16, 2011 As the city budget deadline looms closer, the fight over the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station has intensified. Opponents are waging battles to stop it through the courts, the state Legislature and on the ground with petitions and rallies, even as they recognize that the mayor will likely succeed in allocating the capital funds to move forward. CBS: Upper East Side Residents Put Up A Stink Against Planned Garbage Transfer Station June 15, 2011 Hundreds came out on the Upper East Side and put up a stink about a planned garbage transfer station near Asphalt Green Park, where kids and their parents come every day. DNAinfo: Rally Planned Against East 91st Street Garbage Dump June 14, 2011 Hundreds of Upper East Siders are expected to fill the Asphalt Green's basketball court Wednesday evening to make a stink about a proposed waste transfer station for East 91st Street. Wall Street Journal: Bloomberg’s Senior Centers Plan Resisted June 4, 2011 The City Council may block Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to open 10 new mega-senior centers, with Speaker Christine Quinn and others declaring Friday it makes little sense when the mayor is seeking more than $40 million in cuts to existing centers and senior services. New York Times: Letter to the Editor: Quieting the Cab Honking May 22, 2011 It’s about time! Noise, and specifically horn-honking, is the top quality-of-life complaint I hear from my constituents. Loud car horns have been a problem forever. DNAinfo: Upper East Siders Hold on to Hope Local Garbage Site Plan Will Be Trashed April 22, 2011 After a long fight against plans for a waterfront trash collection site at East 91st Street, Upper East Siders thought they had finally won a reprieve because budget constraints appeared to have postponed the project indefinitely. But now residents are re-suiting for battle. The City Council and the Bloomberg Administration negotiated to restore the funding for the waste transfer sites, announcing Thursday that the project would be fast-tracked. New York Times: Councilwoman’s Newest Constituent April 1, 2011 On Monday and Tuesday, Jessica Lappin, a member of the City Council, was making last-minute calls urging that the Albany budget deal would, indeed, provide the money to keep 105 senior centers in New York open. New York Daily News: 3,100 Kindergarteners Waitlisted at Local Schools; Up By 1,000 From Last Year March 31, 2011 More than 3,100 kindergartners have been waitlisted at their local schools - almost 1,000 more than last year, new data released by the city Wednesday shows. NBC: Thousands of Tots Vie for Kindergarten Seats March 30, 2011 More and more New York City kids are getting wait-listed at their neighborhood schools before they even begin kindergarten. Mother Jones: The GOP’s Plan to Fund Anti-Abortion Activists March 28, 2011 Congressional Republicans have made a big deal about slashing funds for Planned Parenthood and other family planning programs, claiming that these cuts are necessary to address the federal deficit. But one of those lawmakers has been pushing his own measure to provide additional federal funds to so-called crisis pregnancy centers—unregulated and uncertified clinics that try to deter women from seeking abortions. Wall Street Journal: Suit Challenges Abortion Law March 26, 2011 Abortion opponents are challenging a new city law that requires centers catering to pregnant women to disclose whether they provide abortions. NY1: City Pregnancy Center Rules Signed Into Law March 16, 2011 Putting pen to paper Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg enacted legislation to regulate so-called pregnancy centers that encourage women to carry a pregnancy to term and do not provide access to abortions. Wall Street Journal: Mayor Signs Pregnancy Center Law, Setting Stage for Abortion Battle March 16, 2011 Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law a bill that will require crisis pregnancy centers to disclose whether or not they offer abortions, a move that abortion-rights opponents vowed to challenge in court. Jewish Week: Battle is On to Save Senior Centers March 15, 2011 For 250 or so Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn, Club Nissim and the Boro Park Y Senior Center provide a daily sanctuary to their members. The closely connected programs provide the opportunity for people like Sara Sussman to exercise, socialize and break kosher bread with friends whose pasts link them in special ways. Gotham Gazette: Threat to Close 105 Centers Worries City Seniors March 14, 2011 Earlier this month, the city released a list of 105 senior centers across the city, including the BRC Senior Center, it says it will have to close because of cuts in state funding. If implemented, the cuts will affect between 8,000 and 10,000 city residents. Our Town: Abortion Foes Fail to Kill Lappin Bill March 10, 2011 The City Council voted March 2 in favor of a bill that would require so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers to be more transparent about the services that it provides. Our Town: Budget Ax May Close Lenox Hill Senior Center March 10, 2011 Last week, the Department for the Aging released a “doomsday list” of 105 senior centers that will close this year if $25 million in state funding is not restored to the budget before it’s approved. While every borough will be affected, Manhattan will be hit hardest, losing 29 percent—a total of 31—of its centers. DNAinfo: Nomadic PS 151 Hopes to Have a Home By Fall March 8, 2011 Parents will be carefully inspecting the hallways, classrooms and bathrooms of P.S. 151 when the two-year old school moves into its new space come September. Ms. Magazine: Big Apple Takes Big Step Against CPCs March 7, 2011 The battle against crisis pregnancy centers’ (CPCs’) deceptive tactics rages on, and this time New York City has joined the fight. The City Council passed a truth-in-advertising bill on Wednesday in order to combat about a dozen CPCs that are currently operating in the city. New York Daily News: City unveils senior-center hit list - budget cuts force 105 centers to close at month's end March 4, 2011 The city revealed on Thursday the names of 105 senior citizen centers that will close at month's end because of proposed state budget cuts - a list that left many New Yorkers angry. Wall Street Journal: Senior Centers May Face Ax March 4, 2011 Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration identified on Thursday the 105 senior centers the city plans to shutter if the state Legislature approves Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, a move that would mark the steepest cut to the facilities in New York City history. New York Times: City Council Favors Pregnancy Center Disclosures March 3, 2011 The City Council passed a bill on Wednesday seeking more transparency from crisis pregnancy centers that present themselves as medical clinics but that critics say offer little more than pregnancy tests and counseling intended to steer women away from abortions. Reuters: New York City Requires More Disclosure on Abortion March 3, 2011 New York City has approved a measure requiring "truth in advertising" from crisis pregnancy centers that critics said are deceiving women into thinking that they are medical facilities offering abortion. Wall Street Journal: Abortion Disclosure Bill Passes March 3, 2011 The City Council approved legislation on Wednesday requiring crisis pregnancy centers to disclose whether they perform abortions, setting the stage for a legal battle with abortion-rights opponents who denounced the bill as a violation of their First Amendment rights. New York Daily News: New law requires crisis pregnancy centers to clearly list services offered and absence of doctors March 3, 2011 A fierce debate about abortion and free speech raged at City Hall Wednesday as the City Council voted to crack down on pro-life counseling offices masquerading as health centers. NBC: Crisis Pregnancy Center Bill May Face Court Challenge March 2, 2011 The City Council approved legislation Wednesday that would require so-called crisis pregnancy centers to post information about their services, and opponents indicated they would challenge it in court. WNYC: Council Targets Anti-Abortion Centers March 2, 2011 A controversial bill supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers passed the City Council on Wednesday. Critics of the bill claim it is unconstitutional. Emily’s List Blog: Crisis Pregnancy Centers: An Unforgivable Deception and Righting a Wrong March 2, 2011 Today, Council Member Jessica Lappin rights a wrong. Later this afternoon the New York City Council will vote on an important measure that addresses the problem of crisis pregnancy centers - places masquerading as health care providers but are instead efforts to derail women from making their own choices, by providing them with biased and inaccurate information. New York Times: Truth in Pregnancy Counseling March 2, 2011 The New York City Council is about to vote on, and should pass, an important measure that addresses the problem of crisis pregnancy centers that masquerade as licensed medical facilities but are, in fact, fronts for anti-abortion groups that interfere with the ability of women to make timely, well-informed decisions about their reproductive health. NY1: Council Bill Takes Aim at Crisis Pregnancy Centers March 1, 2011 The City Council is taking aim at what are known as crisis pregnancy centers, places which help women carry a baby to term. But critics charge that some centers are misleading women to convince them not to get an abortion. New York Daily News: Abortion Clinics, Crisis Pregnancy Centers Face Off Over Women in Bronx as New Legislation Looms March 1, 2011 Young women heading to a South Bronx abortion center run an obstacle course of pro-lifers trying to steer them around the corner to a prenatal clinic in a converted school bus. Metro: City Accused of Bias in Abortion Battle March 1, 2011 The owner of a dozen “crisis pregnancy centers” in New York said he thinks he is being unfairly targeted by a City Council that he says is clearly pro-choice. Wall Street Journal: Council to Target Pregnancy Centers February 25, 2011 The New York City Council plans to pass legislation next week requiring centers that cater to pregnant women to say whether they offer abortions even though a similar law was recently found to be unconstitutional. Fox 5: Memo Surfaces About Broken Subway Escalator February 22, 2011 Two escalators at the 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station have been down for too long. New York Post: Crane-Dead East Side Neighborhood Struggling February 20, 2011 The crane collapsed many livelihoods, too. WNYC: Advocates Hope Crash Data Will Bolster Traffic Safety February 17, 2011 Police will be required to provide monthly reports of traffic accidents and summonses under a package of bills passed unanimously by the City Council Wednesday. The legislation requires the information to be searchable by precincts and even intersections. NY1: City Council Unanimously Passes Bill To Improve Crash Data February 16, 2011 The City Council unanimously approved a slate of legislation Wednesday that requires the police to disclose more data about traffic and bicycle accidents. Council members and advocates say it will help New Yorkers. New York Daily News: City Council Expected to Approve Bill Requiring NYPD to Make Traffic Statistics Public February 16, 2011 The City Council is expected to approve legislation Wednesday that would force the NYPD to report traffic statistics to the public just like it does for major crimes, the bill's author said. NY1: Composer Expresses His Love for Manhattan in Song February 14, 2011 Australian-born composer Michael Ress likes lots of places, but he loves his adoptive home the best. Yes, he loves Manhattan. And he wrote a song to prove it. Our Town: Lappin Issues SBS Report Card February 10, 2011 If the Select Bus Service were a high school student it might be told to go back to its room and study some more. amNew York: Councilwoman Lappin gives B- to Select Bus Service February 8, 2011 The M15 Select Bus Service on First and Second avenues is speedy, but it falls far short on being accessible, according to Upper East Side Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, whose office Monday released a report grading the line. Wall Street Journal: Mayor Warns of Major Cuts to Senior Centers February 8, 2011 Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday raised the specter of shuttering more than a third of the city's senior centers, warning during testimony before the state Legislature that the governor's budget proposal would force the city to slash its budget by an estimated $2.1 billion, "virtually all in personnel." New York Post: Fast-Lane Bus Woes February 8, 2011 The MTA's new express buses may be faster, but good luck trying to figure out how to board them. Metro: Select Bus Service Lagging February 8, 2011 The Select Bus Service received a B-minus grade on Council member Jessica Lappin’s report card yesterday. NBC: Bronx Planned Parenthood Aiding Sex Workers, Group Claims February 8, 2011 In politics timing is everything and the timing of the most recent video released by the group Liveaction.org has only intensified the abortion debate in Washington. The clip, posted on youtube.com shows Planned Parenthood workers in the Bronx seemingly giving help and advice to sex workers. CBS: New Yorkers Fed Up With "Motorized Bicycles" February 8, 2011 They dart in and out of traffic and occasionally jump up on the sidewalks. A new breed of motorized bicycles delivering take-out food zipping around town and scaring pedestrians. NY1: Select Bus Service Needs Improvement, Riders Say February 7, 2011 Four months into its run, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Select Bus Service is getting average marks. DNAinfo: $60 Million Select Bus Service Gets 'B-' From East Side City Council Member February 7, 2011 The new bus service received a B- grade from City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, based on constituent complaints and staff visits to a stop in her district where feedback included such descriptors as "miserable," "disgrace" and "appalling." Fox 5: Progress With Broken Subway Escalator? February 4, 2011 The subway station at 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue is a madhouse during rush hour. The overcrowding is partly because the escalator in the middle of the platform has been broken for two years. DNAinfo: Sutton Place's Exclusive Gated Garden Will Finally Open to the Public February 3, 2011 After a long and drawn-out fight, a private waterfront patch of green space is getting closer to becoming a new public park. Our Town: Bike Wars February 2, 2011 East Siders may have grown used to delivery guys on bicycles hopping sidewalks and dangerously whizzing in and out of pedestrians as they rush to drop off Chinese food or pizza. But they seem to have finally reached a breaking point. Our Town: Help for 2nd Avenue Merchants Stuck in Station January 26, 2011 Second Avenue businesses are continuing to struggle under the impact of construction in the new year as the end date for the Second Avenue Subway line now stretches into 2018. DNAinfo: Upper East Side Parents Victorious in Fight to Find Permanent Home for PS 151 January 24, 2011 Parents of kindergartners and first graders at the two-year-old P.S. 151 are breathing a collective sigh of relief. New York Post: Aging Esplanade’s East River Dive January 23, 2011 The East River Esplanade is more whack-way than walkway, with the seawall crumbling and massive holes threatening to swallow up pedestrians. Wall Street Journal: Pet Legislation Passes January 19, 2011 The New York City Council approved two bills Tuesday aimed at protecting animals, winning praise from some animal advocates. Metro: Pet-Tethering Ban Passes Council January 19, 2011 Pets in New York will soon no longer need to fear being tied up for hours. A City Council bill that passed yesterday by a 47-1 vote bans pet owners from restraining animals for longer than three hours over a 12-hour period. Fox 5: New York City Could Triple Some Dog Licensing Fees January 18, 2011 New York City Council was expected to vote Tuesday to approve a bill to raise the licensing fee for unspayed and unneutered dogs from $11.50 to $34. New York Daily News: $3.3M Restored by City Council Members and Health Advocates to Keep Workers Serving City's Seniors January 12, 2011 Thousands of elderly New Yorkers and the people who care for them were breathing a collective sigh of relief Tuesday since city funding for case managers and social workers was restored. New York Daily News: City Council Members Call for Ax of Subway Inspection Cheaters January 7, 2011 City Council members Thursday demanded NYC Transit staffers be fired - if not jailed - for falsifying subway inspection and maintenance reports. Fox 5: MTA Inspector General: Subway Signal Inspections Falsified January 6, 2011 New York City subway signals -- 15,000 of them -- are traffic lights for trains below ground. In November the, the MTA inspector general discovered that for 10 years, 90 percent of subway maintenance crews lied about inspecting the critical signals. DNAinfo: Millions of Straphangers Put in Danger Because of MTA Inspection Fraud, Council Says January 6, 2011 MTA signal inspectors routinely falsified inspection reports, the city's transit head said Thursday, putting millions of straphangers at risk of collision. 1010 WINS: Council Members Upset Over MTA Testimony on False Reports January 6, 2011 In the wake of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s revelation that reports on signal inspections were falsified over the past decade, Transit officials are now testifying about the workflow and council members are still angry. New York Daily News: Dog Tether Bill Gets ASPCA Wag December 18, 2010 The ASPCA voiced support Friday for a City Council proposal that would require dog owners to free Fido from overly long periods of being tethered outdoors. NY 1: Legislation Looks to Raise Fees for Some Dog Licenses December 17, 2010 Controlling the pet population and keeping animals safe are the goals to two new proposals before the City Council. ABC: NYC School Security Meeting December 16, 2010 Some NYC student and parents have been asking questions about police practices in city schools. Now there’s a drive to make it all public and open up discussion about NYPD activity on campus. ABC: Taco Truck Forced to Move from UES December 16, 2010 Paty's Taco Truck has moved from the Upper East Side to a new spot on Broadway in Morningside Heights. New York Times: City Council Hears Sides of Bike Lane Battle December 10, 2010 The battle of the bike lanes, a civic discussion that has turned increasingly contentious and common at community boards and dinner tables throughout New York, made its way to the City Council on Thursday. New York Post: Pol 'Escalates' MTA Fight December 9, 2010 Subway elevators and escalators are going nowhere fast -- and the City Council is trying to fix the mechanical mess. DNAinfo: Subway Elevator and Escalator Outages Prompt New Legislation December 8, 2010 An escalator at the 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway stop has been out of service for more than two years. A second escalator at the same station, as well as one at the Seventh Avenue station, were both broken on Wednesday and earlier this week, the elevator at the Roosevelt Island subway station broke down, trapping a crowd of families inside for more than an hour. City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin says "no more." Wall Street Journal: Council Aims to Reverse Budget Cuts December 2, 2010 A new analysis of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget cuts by advocates for the elderly shows the plan will cause 8,000 senior citizens to lose in-home counseling services and result in 110 layoffs. Metro: City Targets Bikers November 30, 2010 Don’t zip through red lights. Watch out for walkers. These messages and more need to be drilled into Manhattan’s more reckless cyclists, officials say in the Department of Transportation’s upcoming “Don’t Be a Jerk” campaign. Wall Street Journal: Deal Is Reached for Schools Chancellor November 27, 2010 The mayor and the state education commissioner reached an agreement that paves the way for Cathie Black to become chancellor of the nation's largest school system, people familiar with the situation said. Ms. Magazine: Will New York Make Crisis Pregnancy Centers Stop Deceiving? November 26, 2010 The debate during last week’s New York City Council hearing on a recently introduced bill aimed at regulating the city’s crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) was heated, to say the least. WNYC: Elder Abuse is on the Rise November 23, 2010 The Jewish Association for Services for the Aged has noticed more than a twenty percent jump in financial abuse cases of elders over the past two years. City lawmakers and advocates say it's a growing problem. New York Daily News: 1 in 5 New Yorkers killed crossing street had right of way, but traffic fatalities less than ever November 23, 2010 They had the light - but that didn't protect nearly one out of five pedestrians killed in traffic accidents, a new city report shows. Our Town: York Avenue Taxi Stand Rules Enforced November 23, 2010 Taxi drivers who pick up riders at the 79th Street and York Avenue stand are being reminded that they must take riders where they want to go, and they can face a fine or lose their license if they refuse. NBC: Off-Hours Work on Subway Keeps Residents Up at Night November 22, 2010 Residents of East 72nd Street awoke in the early hours on Saturday morning to the sounds of jackhammers and cement mixers removing bus shelters to make way for the Second Avenue Subway. New York Post: No More Free Ride for Misbehaving Cabbies November 19, 2010 A loophole that lets bad cabbies draw out disciplinary hearings for years was hacked apart by taxi officials yesterday. NY1: Senior Services Among Items Outlined in Budget Cuts November 18, 2010 Sunnyside Community Services is one of the agencies contracted by the city's Department for the Aging to provide case management for homebound seniors. That is, to help them with services like Meals on Wheels, public assistance and Medicaid, and get them help with rent and heating bills. Wall Street Journal: Bill Brings Out Foes on Abortion November 17, 2010 A contentious bill that would require about two-dozen so-called crisis pregnancy centers to disclose that they don't offer abortions drew more than 50 abortion supporters and opponents to a City Council committee meeting Tuesday. Our Town: Bills Target Lead, Asbestos Inspectors November 3, 2010 Council Member Jessica Lappin introduced two bills aimed to increase oversight of independent asbestos and lead inspectors. New York Times: Data Elusive on Low-Level Crime in New York City November 1, 2010 Year in and year out, the New York Police Department proudly broadcasts its statistics for major crimes. And each year for more than a decade, its numbers have showed how reports of murder, rape, robbery, serious assault and theft have hit historic lows. But since the end of 2002, the department, the nation’s largest, has not made public its statistics on reports of lower-level crimes: a vast trove of complaints about matters like misdemeanor thefts and assaults, marijuana possession and sex offenses other than rape. As a result, residents across New York have gone without a full understanding of the quality of life in their corners of the city. It has also complicated the efforts of some to examine fully the department’s reductions in major crimes. Wall Street Journal: City Mulls Cuts for Elderly October 21, 2010 Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is considering slashing in-home counseling services for the city's senior citizens by 40%, a cut advocates worry would endanger already vulnerable people. Metro: Pro-Life Clinics Upset Over Disclosure Plan October 13, 2010 Crisis pregnancy centers say a proposed city law requiring they announce that they do not provide abortions, contraception or give referrals for such services, would violate their First Amendment rights. ABC: Clinic Ads Spark Controversy, Legislation in New York City October 12, 2010 There's a lot to take in when dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. There are options, but some local leaders want to make sure women get all the options. They say some clinics aren't doing enough to let women know what choices are out there. Wall Street Journal: Council Sets Abortion Fight October 12, 2010 The City Council plans to unveil legislation Tuesday that would establish strict disclosure requirements for crisis-pregnancy centers, some of which, abortion-rights advocates charge, deceive women into believing they're full-serve reproductive health facilities by masking their antiabortion agenda. WNYC: Abortion Rights Groups Push to Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers October 12, 2010 Members of the City Council and abortion rights proponents are accusing so-called "crisis pregnancy centers" of providing false information to women in an effort to steer them away from abortions and contraception. CBS: City Council Takes Aim at Crisis Pregnancy Centers October 12, 2010 The New York City Council introduced a bill Tuesday they said would protect women seeking help at “crisis pregnancy centers” across the city. The sponsor of the bill, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, said the measure was aimed at centers she charged were nothing more than anti-choice centers masquerading as health clinics. NY 1: Legislation Would Require CPCs to Give Full Disclosure of Services October 12, 2010 A sign outside Pregnancy Resource Services in Port Richmond reads "Helping Women on Staten Island since 1987." Below that is a listing of the services the crisis pregnancy center, or CPC, provides -- free pregnancy tests, a consultation, sonograms and prenatal and parenting programs. What the signs don't say is that the not-for-profit organization doesn't perform abortions or provide referrals, offer birth control or explain whether it's medically licensed. New York Times: The True Mission of “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” October 11, 2010 A yearlong investigation by Naral Pro-Choice New York found that crisis pregnancy centers — in addition to the E.M.C. centers, there are at least four others in the city — feed women information that has been medically refuted (including an old standby, rejected by the National Cancer Institute, that abortions cause higher rates of breast cancer). Our Town: Fairway Coming to the Upper East Side October 8, 2010 Upper East Side elected officials joined with the owner of Fairway Market Oct. 6, to break ground on the grocer’s new East 86th Street location. DNAinfo: Upper East Siders Float Ideas for Fixing East River Esplanade October 8, 2010 City planners behind a sweeping plan to transform Manhattan's East River waterfront into a "blueway" envision a series of connected parks, floating docks, accessible pools and sustainable shores all along the island. New York Times: Dry Cleaners and Greenwashing September 22, 2010 New York City doesn’t lack for dry cleaners, but many customers these days want their clothes not only clean but processed with environmentally sound practices. A bill pending in the City Council seeks to help consumers identify environmentally responsible dry cleaners. AOL News: Cities Getting More Elder-Friendly; Suburbs Too September 18, 2010 They're going to build a new playground in a Manhattan park -- a playground for old people. NY1: City Council Approves "Silver Alerts" For Missing New Yorkers With Alzheimer's September 16, 2010 The city is taking steps to help families find missing Alzheimer's disease patients. Epoch Times: Four Freedoms Park Breaks Ground on Roosevelt Island September 14, 2010 A new waterfront park on Roosevelt Island honoring former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legacy will inspire and remind Americans of what we are capable of overcoming, said the mayor at the groundbreaking on Monday. Fox 5: Second Avenue Subway Debate September 7, 2010 New York, the city that never sleeps, is living up to its name with the seemingly nonstop construction of the Second Avenue subway. Many East Siders say the noise is keeping them awake at night. Residents are also miffed about the MTA plans to build service buildings along the avenue. Locals say the buildings will be unsightly and out of character with the neighborhoods. Our Town: Parks Dept. Studying East River Esplanade September 1, 2010 At the end of last July, a chunk of the East River Esplanade, near East 72nd Street, caved in. There was, for a time, a gaping hole fenced off with metal barriers. Crain's Insider: Accident Data Off-Limits to Public August 20, 2010 On Monday, transportation officials said they will make public a list of the city's most dangerous intersections. But advocates say that's not enough. Our Town: East Side Intersections Get Countdown Signals August 18, 2010 The city announced the installation of 1,500 countdown signals at intersections, including Park Avenue, after a report found pedestrian injuries happen more on multi-lane streets. DNAinfo: City Poised to Launch First-Ever Clothing Recycling Program August 13, 2010 The biggest retail outlet in New York may just be the city's landfills that pile up with over 300 million tons of cast-offs every year. New York Post: Local pols let it all hang out on Facebook August 8, 2010 City and state politicians often seem like a bunch of stiffs in public, but read their Facebook pages and they let it all hang out. Wall Street Journal: Seniors' Play: Park for Elderly August 6, 2010 Playgrounds aren’t just for kids anymore. Wall Street Journal: Business Slides on Second Avenue As Subway Construction Drags On July 31, 2010 Every day, business owners along Second Avenue contend with noise, rodents, dust and debris. What's not plentiful are customers. Our Town: At John Jay Park, You Must Be This Old to Enter July 15, 2010 The Upper East Side, recently declared the best place in America to retire, may get more senior friendly. The Parks Department is considering a plan to designate a section of John Jay Park just for seniors, possibly a first in the city. New York Times: Court Upholds Landmark Status of City and Suburban First Avenue Estates June 25, 2010 The New York Appellate Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the landmark status of the City and Suburban First Avenue Estates on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In 2006, the two tan-brick apartment houses were designated a landmark, even though the owners had reclad them in reddish-pink stucco, drastically changing their appearance. Wall Street Journal: Vendor-Bill Debate Sizzles June 17, 2010 For years, the city's food trucks have been the subject of complaints from business groups and some residents even as their popularity increased. That tension came to a head yesterday at a lengthy City Council committee hearing on a proposal that would revoke the permits of trucks that accumulate three parking tickets a year. New York Times: Council Hears From Vendors and Residents on Proposed Food Truck Restrictions June 16, 2010 The truck stops here. This was, in fact, the fear of dozens of passionate food-truck owners, advocates and insatiable street eaters, and the hope of some residents, who held forth in a public hearing at the City Council on Wednesday to vent about proposed legislation that could revoke vendors’ licenses for multiple parking violations. New York Post: A "Park" Chop at Vendors: Pols Bid to Ban Scofflaw Food Trucks June 10, 2010 Food-truck operators can keep feeding New Yorkers, but they'd better stop illegally feeding parking meters. Wall Street Journal: Gifted Classes Are Hot Point June 10, 2010 A Roosevelt Island public school won't offer its gifted-and-talented program for incoming kindergartners, prompting parental gripes and threats to move to the suburbs. CBS: NYC Lawmaker's Plan May Put Street Vendors On Ice June 10, 2010 They serve up meals and snacks from trucks and carts parked all over the city, but one local politician says mobile food vendors have an unfair advantage over their competitors – and she wants to do something about it. WPIX: Food Vendor Crackdown June 10, 2010 Food truck vendors beware. A new bill introduced in City Council Wednesday would revoke a food truck vendor's permit if they rack up three parking meter or idling violations in a year. NBC: City to Get Tough on Food Truck Vendors June 10, 2010 A proposed New York City law would slap tough penalties on vendors who get more than three parking tickets in a year specifically for feeding the meter or idling. After the second ticket, the vending license would be suspended. Our Town: Turtle Bay Area Gets Speedy Bus June 9, 2010 Reversing its position, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to place a Select Bus Service stop in the Turtle Bay neighborhood, officials announced June 4. Wall Street Journal: Food Trucks Could Face Ban for Too Many Parking Tickets June 9, 2010 A bill introduced in City Council Wednesday would revoke the permit of any food truck vendor who racks up three parking meter or idling violations in year. Metro: Is Bike Riding Out of Control? May 17, 2010 May is Bike Month, but some New Yorkers say they’re more scared of cyclists than cars, trucks or buses. Fox 5: Second Avenue Subway Excavation Begins May 14, 2010 Councilwoman Jessica Lappin appeared on Fox 5 News to talk about the launch of the Tunnel Boring Machine for the Second Avenue Subway excavations. Jewish Week: City Seniors "Eviscerated" In Proposed Budget Cuts May 12, 2010 City and state budget cuts will slash deep into programs run by the Jewish social service network, including 10 senior centers under Jewish auspices that are slated to close at the end of June. New York Times: City Council Upholds Landmark Status of West Side Church May 12, 2010 The New York City Council on Wednesday upheld the landmark designation of West Park Presbyterian Church at Amsterdam Avenue and 86th Street, rewarding preservationists for their 20-year effort to save the Romanesque Revival building. The ruling disappointed the church leadership, which wanted to develop part of the site, a plan that involved tearing down part of the building. Epoch Times: NYC Renews Recycling Effort Ahead of Tourist Season May 10, 2010 Summer means outdoor activities, tourism, and ice cream, but with that come lots of plastic cups and wrappers. City council members pushed for a cleaner and greener New York this summer by proposing a bill to install more recycling bins at the tourist attraction destinations across the five boroughs. New York Daily News: Up to 75 senior centers on the chopping block May 1, 2010 The state budget crisis is forcing the city to slam the doors on as many as 75 of its 300 senior citizen centers, officials said Friday night. New York Times: At Least 50 of City's Senior Centers Expected to Close to Save Money April 30, 2010 Convinced that the deteriorating budget situation in Albany leaves it no other choice, the Bloomberg administration plans to close as many as a quarter of the city’s more than 300 senior centers by July 1, with Manhattan being hardest hit. WPIX: Morning News April 29, 2010 Council Member Lappin discusses her TrafficStat legislation, senior alerts, and arts education with anchor John Muller. Wall Street Journal: App Makers Prod City for More Data April 29, 2010 Dozens of city agencies are not making data—from car crashes to crime statistics—publicly available for Web developers. Streetsblog: Bill to Release Street Safety Data Gains Steam Over NYPD Objections April 28, 2010 Legislation that would compel the NYPD to open some of its traffic safety data to the public got a big boost today, when City Council public safety committee chair Peter Vallone Jr. announced his support at a hearing on the bill. The hearing was marked by a tense confrontation between council members and police officials who refused to concede that New Yorkers have a right to such information. Good Day Street Talk: Education Matters April 24, 2010 Councilmembers Jessical Lappin and Eric Ulrich discuss charter schools and budget cuts in regard to education. Streetsblog: Council Members Vow to Back AARP Pedestrian Safety Goals April 19, 2010 Electeds and other officials gathered with representatives from AARP today to pledge support for street improvements and to call on Albany to pass complete streets legislation. Fox 5: Surveying NYC Crosswalks for Hazards April 19, 2010 Ninth Avenue and 23rd Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood has had its share of accidents involving older pedestrians. That is why the AARP and local lawmakers are launching an initiative to make streets safer for pedestrians. Good Day New York: Dangerous Intersections In New York City April 19, 2010 Councilwoman Jessica Lappin appeared on Good Day NY to talk about the new push to identify dangerous intersections. NY1: Group Urges UES Landlords To 'Go Green' March 31, 2010 Lawmakers, business leaders and community groups launched a campaign Wednesday aimed at reducing air pollution on Manhattan's Upper East Side. They are urging landlords and co-op boards to switch to alternative, cleaner energy sources. New York Times: At Some New York Schools, Wait Lists Grow Longer March 23, 2010 It was once an unspoken social compact — move to the right school zone and your child was guaranteed a spot in the right school. But for the second year in a row, hundreds of families throughout the city will receive letters telling them that their children have been placed on a waiting list for their local elementary school. NBC: 2nd Ave Subway Construction Forcing out Tenants March 23, 2010 2nd Avenue subway construction is forcing the MTA to relocate local residents -- at taxpayers' expense. Epoch Times: New York Council Members Campaign to Save 110 Senior Centers March 10, 2010 With Gov. David Paterson proposing to cut state funding for city senior centers, city council members, seniors, and advocates alike launched the Save Our Centers campaign on Tuesday. DNAinfo: City Council Launches Campaign to Save City Senior Centers From Albany Budget Cuts March 9, 2010 Gov. David Paterson's plan to divert $25.2 million in federal funds away from the Department of Aging would force up to 100 senior centers around the city to close, City Councilman Jessica Lappin said yesterday at a rally outside City Hall. New York Times: Obscure Budget Proposal Threatens Senior Centers March 7, 2010 The Bloomberg administration is scrambling to come up with contingency plans to close as many as one-fifth of the city’s 321 senior centers after being caught off guard by an obscure state budget proposal that would slash the centers’ financing by nearly 30 percent. Our Town: Coalition Launches East Side Biodiesel Campaign March 4, 2010 At the end of 2009, a study by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that the Upper East Side had some of the dirtiest air in the five boroughs. In an attempt to address this problem, Council Member Jessica Lappin is working on a new initiative to improve Upper East Side air quality. Village Voice: Erinn Phelan Gives Mayor Bloomberg All the Reason He Needs to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths February 23, 2010 We all know how effective Mike Bloomberg can be when he focuses on a problem, and the weekend hit-and-run of mayor's office employee Erinn Phelan in Brooklyn has clearly moved him. Maybe it will be a wake-up call. New York Times: New Elementary School for the Upper East Side February 3, 2010 After a year in which a surge in demand led to waiting lists of young children seeking spots in their local elementary schools - not to mention crowds of irate parents - the Upper East Side will be getting a new public elementary school. AOL Housing Watch: Upper East Siders Suing Over Subway "Bait and Switch" February 2, 2010 One group of New Yorkers is doing something that millions of others might like to try: suing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Huffington Post: Common Sense on Workforce Development January 25, 2010 New York City spends over $925 million a year on workforce development, without a single, organized system in place for administering those programs. Instead, there is a labyrinth of different options offered by different city agencies with little or no coordination between them. It's time to bring some common sense to the city's workforce development programs. Lappin to Chair City Council Aging Committee January 21, 2010 Today, I was elected by my colleagues to chair the City Council’s Aging Committee. I am honored and excited to have this opportunity to work directly with the fastest-growing population in New York City. Earthquake in Haiti January 13, 2010 The hearts of all New Yorkers go out to the citizens of Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's earthquake. New Schools on the East Side December 17, 2009 We have a new school coming to the East Side and some other education news to report. Testimony Against MTA Cuts December 16, 2009 Read Council Member Lappin's testimony before the MTA board opposing their latest round of "doomsday" budget cuts. Watch Jessica on Community Board 8 Speaks November 23, 2009 Watch Jessica on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network show CB8 Speaks as she discusses a variety of community issues with Community Board 8 member David Rosenstein. WPIX: NYC Subway Attacks on the Rise November 20, 2009 Predators lurking in New York City subways, hoping to sneak a grope or feel, appear to be a frightening growing trend, officials announced Thursday. New York Times and amNew York: City Council Takes on Subway Sexual Assault November 20, 2009 Both the New York Times and amNew York reported on the City Council’s oversight hearing on sexual assaults in the subway system and Jessica’s bill requiring that the NYPD publish statistics on those assaults. New York Times: City Building Agency May Farm Out Tests November 20, 2009 Even as it faces a $5 billion budget deficit, service cuts and possible layoffs, the Bloomberg administration is preparing to spend several million dollars to hire a private testing firm to administer construction industry licensing exams that are currently overseen by city employees. Women Leaders Speak Out Against Stupak-Pitts Amendment November 16, 2009 Jessica joins Senator Gillibrand, Gloria Steinem, and women leaders from across the city to speak out against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, the "biggest assault on women's rights in a generation." Video Voter Guide: Jessica Lappin, City Council, District 5 November 2, 2009 Watch Jessica's video in the New York City's Video Voter Guide. Lappin Racks Up Endorsements October 20, 2009 Citizen's Union the Latest to Endorse Lappin's Re-Election Campaign The Huffington Post: Our Drinking Water Under Siege August 4, 2009 New York's drinking water, pristine, untreated, and delicious, is the envy of the world; but 90% of our supply sits in the watershed to the northwest of the city, atop gas-rich rock formations that are seen as a viable solution to our energy dependence on oil. The prospects for pollution and contamination of our water supply, in an effort to get to the gas, are real and dangerous. New York Times: Children Rejected by Neighborhood Schools May 23, 2009 When Jeanne Shapiro received two letters on Saturday from Public School 290 on the Upper East Side, where she always assumed she would send her twin daughters, her husband cracked a joke about the way thin envelopes from college admissions offices tended to bear bad news. NBC News Segment: What's the Deal with Roosevelt Island? May 21, 2009 It's its own little neighborhood with an interesting story, but chances are you don't know much about Roosevelt Island. NBC News Segment: What's the Deal with the Tram? May 21, 2009 Two million New Yorkers each year are among the city's last true straphangers when they ride high above the East River on the Roosevelt Island Tram. NY Daily News: Politicians urges tax breaks to lure biotech companies to New York City May 14, 2009 A group of city and state legislators is out to woo the biotech industry away from the likes of Boston and San Diego by offering valuable tax breaks. New York Times: School Waiting Lists Raise Manhattan Parents' Ire April 30, 2009 As a growing collection of Manhattan's most celebrated public elementary schools notify neighborhood parents that their children have been placed on waiting lists for kindergarten slots, middle-class vitriol against the school system -- and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg -- is mounting. New York Times: As Construction Deaths Rise, Buildings Chief Faces Scrutiny April 22, 2008 The sleek glass tower at 51st Street and Second Avenue, where a crane collapse last month killed seven, rises 18 stories, nearly halfway to its promise of 43 stories, 180 luxury apartments and panoramic views of the city. NY Daily News: Crane collapse site approved in error April 18, 2008 The building where seven people were killed in a crane collapse last month should never have gone up, the city buildings commissioner said Thursday. New York Times: Hi-Rise approved in error before crash April 18, 2008 The high-rise building under construction on the East Side where a crane collapse last month killed seven people did not conform with zoning regulations and was approved in error, the city's buildings commissioner said on Thursday at a City Council hearing. NY Post: City's Crane Blame April 18, 2008 The East Side building project where a crane collapsed, killing seven people, shouldn't have been granted a construction permit, the city admitted yesterday. NY Post: Crane checker "lied" March 21, 2008 A city inspector, charged with ensuring the safety of the giant crane whose catastrophic collapse killed seven people last Saturday, admitted that he lied about checking the equipment, authorities said yesterday. NY Daily News: City Buildings Inspector Arrested in East Side Crane Collapse March 21, 2008 Firefighters search the rubble in the aftermath of Saturday's crane collapse, which killed 7 people and tore off the corner of this building on East 50th St. New York Times Editorial: A Roosevelt for Roosevelt Island January 9, 2008 Slicing into the East River, flanked by Queens and Manhattan, Roosevelt Island should be a destination. Plenty of people take the tram from Manhattan's East Side, but unless they live, work or go to school on the island, there is little else to do, except take the tram back. New York Times, City Room: A Campaign to Build a Long-Delayed F.D.R. Memorial November 9, 2007 In 34 years, Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York managed to get somewhere: elected a state senator twice, appointed assistant secretary of the navy, nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, elected governor twice and elected president four times. In between, he battled polio, the Depression and the Axis. NY Sun: New Mother Lappin Back in Council Mix October 11, 2007 City Council, where members often crusade on headline-grabbing issues, Jessica Lappin, a freshman member of the Upper East Side, largely keeps out of the limelight. Ms. Lappin, 32,doesn't hog press conference podiums, and, when speaking in public, chooses her words almost as carefully as her political causes. NY Post: Hitting Bike Brakes on Delivery Biz October 10, 2007 As a way to curb bike messengers and food-delivery workers from illegally zipping along sidewalks, the city is considering legislation that would hold their employers responsible. New York Times: Tollbooths and Traffic October 10, 2007 ANYONE who spends much time in the vicinity of East 86th Street, on the Upper East Side, is well acquainted with congestion. The street is one of the main two-way routes between the East River and Central Park, and on any given day it is home to a glut of vendors' tables and vans, to city buses, to delivery trucks, to commuters rushing to and from the subway past gaudy store displays -- and to residents. New York Daily News: Bicyclists on sidewalks October 10, 2007 When speeding deliverymen careen down the sidewalk, their companies - not the riders - should be made to pay, a group of City Council members said yesterday. New York Times: On East Side, Addresses Lose Panache September 12, 2007 As far as we know, neighbor has not set upon neighbor in a jealous rage. No one has organized a torchlight protest. The peasants haven't picked up pitchforks and stormed the barricades. New York Times: The Letter That Changed the Future September 12, 2007 ON July 12, someone slipped a letter under Ann Shannon's front door and under the front door of every other apartment in Knickerbocker Plaza, a hulking government-subsidized complex on Second Avenue at East 91st Street. New York Times: The Letter that Changed the Future August 26, 2007 ON July 12, someone slipped a letter under Ann Shannon's front door and under the front door of every other apartment in Knickerbocker Plaza, a hulking government-subsidized complex on Second Avenue at East 91st Street. NY Daily News: City Takes New Tack on Red Hook waterfront July 10, 2007 Red Hook's waterfront will remain a working port, due to an unexpected about-face by City Hall on its longstanding plans to evict a container port operator, sources said. NY Sun: Preservation Groups Seek $1M Budget Increase May 17, 2007 With development booming across New York Citypreservation groups are seeking a $1 million increase to the city's Landmark Preservation Commission's 2008 operating budget. NY Sun: Upper East Side Neighbors Bark Over Planned Dog Run Privileges May 17, 2007 The city's plan to convert a former heliport on the Upper East Side into a 5,000-square-foot dog run this summer has neighborhood dog owners at each other's throats over whose dogs will rule the run. NY Sun: RI Seek New Escape Routes April 4, 2007 Residents of Roosevelt Island and their elected officials are pushing forward a plan to build a staircase and elevator that would connect the East River isle to the Queensboro Bridge. New York Times: City and Suburban February 3, 2007 When a New York City building becomes a landmark, it generally stays one. So it is highly unusual that two six-story buildings on the Upper East Side -- part of a Progressive Era model tenement complex that offered airy and light-filled apartments to poor workers -- have become landmarks again, for the second time in 16 years. NY Sun: Disputed Station Entrance Could Open Soon December 20, 2006 If getting to Bloomingdale's via the 4, 5, and 6 lines seems more difficult than usual this holiday season, it may be due to an unresolved conflict between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Vornado Realty Trust that has closed a subway entrance at one of the city's busiest stations. New York Times: For a Landmark Un-landmarked, A Bid to Undo the Undoing November 12, 2006 OUTWARDLY, the two six-story buildings on York Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets aren't much different from the 13 other buildings that make up the City and Suburban First Avenue Estate, a model tenement complex built early in the 20th century as comfortable housing for the working poor. NY Sun: Council Member, Building Owner at Odds Over Landmarking November 10, 2006 A building owner and a City Council member are squaring off over an upcoming landmarking battle on the Upper East Side. New York Times: Clash Over Trash Plan July 12, 2006 In a last-ditch effort to influence talks between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council over a long-term strategy for handling the city's trash, hundreds of residents, advocates and elected officials crowded City Hall yesterday for a six-hour hearing that exposed tense divisions of race, class and geography. New York Times: New Speaker Shuffles Deck July 11, 2006 When there are 50 City Council members besides Speaker Christine C. Quinn, all vying for a share of the city's roughly $53 billion budget this year, bringing home the pork can turn into a popularity contest. New York Times: School Cellphone Ban July 11, 2006 For evidence that the ban on cellphones in New York City public schools has hit a nerve, look no further than yesterday's City Council hearing, where members clamored to share personal anecdotes. There were tales about their children's phones, stories about their neighbors' children's phones, and memories of the troubles that marred their own school days, pre-cellphone. New York Times: Silence Reigns in a Hospital Construction Zone July 11, 2006 ORDINARILY, if one of the five megalithic medical institutions near the East River in the 60's and 70's planned to rip down low-rise buildings and replace them with a 20-story glass-and-concrete tower, the neighborhood would roll up its collective sleeves in preparation for a scrap. Daily News: Cuomo lands nods May 16, 2006 Andrew Cuomo picked up endorsements from a contingent of Manhattan Democrats yesterday in his campaign to win the party's nod for state attorney general. NY Post: East Side Greenmarkets April 21, 2006 Upper East Siders won't have to travel far to get fresh organic produce, after a pair of green markets were approved for 82nd Street. Daily News: Tram fate is still up in the air April 21, 2006 The busted Roosevelt Island tram sat idle for another day and its relaunch remained uncertain as city lawmakers vowed to grill the state corporation that operates the 30-year-old gondolas. Daily News: Tram breaks down April 19, 2006 Dangling high above the East River, 69 people waited for hours aboard two busted Roosevelt Island tram cars last night as elite teams of cops launched an unprecedented rescue effort. Daily News: Lappin holds Landmarks Hearing in Queens April 5, 2006 Not unlike the characters portrayed by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in the 1988 movie "Coming to America," city Landmarks officials were in unfamiliar territory yesterday when they ventured into Queens, local preservationists said. New York Times: Council Poised to Intervene on Enclave's Landmark Status March 25, 2006 The residents of Fieldston live in one of the most exclusive, countrified enclaves of New York City, their sprawling homes tucked into wooded knolls and hillocks in the Bronx. Daily News: A Landmark Debate March 12, 2006 It has been officially labeled "a rare, largely intact example of a romantic planned suburban community" by the city Landmarks Preservation Commission, which is moving to make it a historic district. Daily News: Security slog earns MTA a slap from pols February 3, 2006 The MTA's cutting-edge surveillance system won't be fully up and running for another 2-1/2 years, a top official said yesterday - prompting new criticism that the agency has moved too slowly in the wake of 9/11. New York Observer: Miller's Successor Needs No Introduction January 16, 2006 On Dec. 5, while newly elected City Council members met in City Hall for an orientation with departing Speaker Gifford Miller, Jessica Lappin waded in the shallow waters off the Galapagos Islands, gazing upon frigate birds, iguanas and the exotic landscape. Ms. Lappin could afford to skip the seminar and soak up some new scenery: A tour of City Hall and the tutorial on the inner workings of the Council were unnecessary for the petite 30-year-old. She served, after all, as Mr. Miller's district chief of staff for years and was elected to succeed him in the Upper East Side's Fifth Council District. Current News Items |
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