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Helping Working Families Afford to Live in the Greatest City in the World Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera.- Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office    By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd  Manhattan Voice  August 27, 2024 Follow @x NEW YORK - Working people and families make life in our city possible. Their work and contributions in every sector — from public safety to business, hospitality, health care, and more, enable our city to function. Here in New York City, we believe that working people and their families should get a fair shot at getting ahead and reap their fair share of the many benefits our city has to offer. That is why we are building a city that works for all New Yorkers, a city that expands opportunity and prosperity to every neighborhood and community. One major way we are doing this is by putting more money in the pockets of New Yorkers through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC

More Tasty Summer Drives for Foodies Insalate DiMare at Trattoria Vivolo. By Morris Gut Manhattan Voice  August 21, 2024 NEW YORK - Get out of the house. Time to plan some road trips with good food in mind. Here are some suggestions within a 20-mile radius of the Bronx… ROBUST ITALIAN OUT OF A DINER AT TRATTORIA VIVOLO Recently cited by Forbes Magazine, Chef-owner and personable host Dean Vivolo serves his robust regional Italian cuisine out of a vintage diner just across from Harrison's Metro-North station. Sit at the counter, tuck into a booth, or take a table in the rear greenhouse and enjoy the surprising contemporary and traditional flavors emanating from his kitchen: tasty thin-crusted pizza; Crostino di Polenta topped with wild mushrooms, gorgonzola, and tomato sauce Linguini Nere with bay scallops; Grilled Lamb Chops; Lasagna Bolognese al Forno; and wonderful Spaghetti a la Vongole. Fine wine list. Sparkling lights in the evenings. The outdoor patio is now open. Fr

Protecting Our Children and Our Streets from Illegal Smoke Shops  Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community Op Ed  Bronx Voice  August 12, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 NEW YORK - Every day, this administration is improving the quality of life of the 8.3 million New Yorkers who call this city home. From keeping New Yorkers safe on the subways and streets, to getting black garbage bags off our sidewalks, to building more green and clean public spaces, we are making our city safer and more livable for all New Yorkers. But for too long, illegal cannabis shops have contributed to a feeling that anything goes on our streets, while targeting our most vulnerable, including children, with dangerous, counterfeit products marketed as candy. These stores threaten the health and safety of New Yorkers by selling dangerous and untested products. We will not sit idly by as these illegal cannabis shops continue to harm our kids and we will not let them undermine o

Elderly Man Attacked in Central Park  The NYPD is searching for this bike rider in connection with a hate crime attack in Central Park. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  August 9, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 MANHATTAN - An elderly man was attacked on the Upper West Side in Central Park by a bike riding anti-Semite, cops said. The case is being investigated as a possible hate crime.  At around 6 pm on July 13, a 70-year-old man was walking on West Drive in Central Park on the Upper West Side. Cops said a man riding a bike rode up behind him and began arguing.  Suddenly the bike rider punched the elderly man in the upper body. The attacker made an anti-Semitic remark before riding off.  The victim sustained minor injuries but was not hospitalized.  The case is being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force.  Investigators released surveillance video of the suspect seen riding the rental bike in the park.  The suspect is described as a male with a s

Straphanger Stuck Up at 53rd Street  The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection with a knife-point robbery aboard a midtown subway car. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  August 8, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for two men who stuck up a straphanger at knife point while riding in a subway car on Lexington Avenue.   At around 3 am on August 3, a 27-year-old male was riding on a northbound E train riding on the F train line. Cops said two men approached the straphanger. One of the men pulled out a knife and both demanded the victim hand over his property.  The robbers grabbed the Apple AirPods out of the victim’s ears and then forced him to hand over $200 in cash.  When the train stopped at the 53rd St. and Lexington Avenue train station, the robbers fled the subway car.  The victim was not injured.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects taken from inside an empty subway car.  The first suspect is describ