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East River State Park's dog run and four other projects won District 33's participatory budgeting vote.
Locals got a look Thursday night at proposals for City Councilman Brad Lander's participatory budgeting.
Locals want to use city funds for new benches, fitness equipment and a new running surface in the park.
P.S. 124's bathrooms were renovated under City Councilman Brad Lander's participatory budgeting program.
Locals suggested spending taxpayer money on exercise equipment in Prospect Park.
P.S. 124 won $150,000 for bathroom upgrades in April, but has yet to hear when the project will begin.
City Councilman Brad Lander hopes to plant 85 new trees in his Brooklyn district.
More than 1,000 people voted in the participatory budgeting process in Council District 8.
Harlem Residents can vote for up to five projects to receive the city's $1 million discretionary funds.
Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito set aside money for projects suggested and selected by the community.
Four New York City Councilmembers are experimenting with participatory budgeting, or letting residents have a say in how capital funds are spent in their neighborhoods.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.