"Folks need to not be able to write these things off, and there needs to be proper planning when looking at how to upkeep our infrastructure and to be up to code," said City Council Member Amanda Farias. The buildings department said they're also considering criminal charges for some of...
Amanda Farias is on a mission to pay it forward. A lifelong Bronxite who is now launching her second bid for New York City Council in 2021, Farias says she is compelled to serve the community that raised her. One example of that community is a staffer at Farias’ old public elemen...
Antoniadis testified to the New York City Council about a proposal that would expand health insurance in New York to undocumented immigrants, saying that over the past five years she personally worked with more than 200 people who would otherwise not have been able to access lifesaving medical tr...