Sallie Caldwell, the ‘Community Mayor,’ was 84 | The Riverdale Press
By Eric Harvey Sallie Caldwell, a Tracey Towers resident and a pillar of the community in Norwood and Bedford Park, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 7. She was 84. She was born Oct. 8, 1938, and was a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. Caldwell was known to others as Ms. Sallie Mama, Mother […]
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Bill to switch health care for retirees hits city council | The Riverdale Press | #citycouncil
By Sachi McClendon Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa, whose district covers Marble Hill and upper Manhattan, finally introduced a bill on Jan. 4 to clear the way for Mayor Eric Adams’ push to move thousands of the city’s retirees to a cost-savings privatized health care plan. If it becomes law, the bill would essentially allow […]
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City council finally poised to approve district lines | The Riverdale Press | #citycouncil
By Sachi McClendon City council redistricting is back on track. The commission in charge of creating the district lines gathered last week to redraw the territories for the city’s 51 council members, approving this latest iteration 13-1, with a single abstention. And it comes with little change to council district lines in this part of […]
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