The Tram platform renovations are predicted to last until February 2018. Both Manhattan and Roosevelt Island platforms will be reconstructed and during the construction, one tram will be in service in both directions, according to the Roosevelt Island...

Meet us at these Upcoming Community Fairs and Events! Sunday, August 20th Second Avenue Community Benefit Festival Second Avenue, 66th - 86th Streets 10 am - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, September 9th and 10th Gracie Square Art Show Carl Schurz...

September 12, 2017 State & Local Primary Deadlines Mail Registration: postmarked by August 18th & received by August 23rd. In Person Registration: August 18th Change of Address: August 23rd Absentee Ballot: Postmark application by September 5th or...

Necessary construction activity will take place at the site on Saturday, August 12th, 7:00 am - 6:00 pm. Please call the project's Construction Information Line at 212-639-4444 with any questions or comments.

Albany, NY — On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawright obtained passage of Assembly bill 5740-A, which would provide the public with increased access to information on political candidates in a centralized location. The bill passed...

Albany, New York—Two Roosevelt Island bills introduced by Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawright regarding the management and organizational structure of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) were passed by the Assembly on Monday, June 5,...

ALBANY, NEW YORK — On May 16, 2017 Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright helped pass the New York Health Act, legislation that would create a universal single-payer plan to provide health coverage to every New York resident (A.4738). “Each session, there...

The following statement was issued by Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawright following the breakdown of a section of the East River Esplanade around East 89th Street on Friday, May 5, 2017: “The collapse of a part of the East River Esplanade seawall...

Assembly Member Seawright (D-Manhattan) announced that her resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment has passed the Assembly with bipartisan support. The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the...

Upper East Side, Manhattan - Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawight will hold a press conference with NYC Animal Rights Activist and Ambassador to the American Humane Society, Jean Shafiroff, and Nassau County SPCA officials, today Friday, April 21, 2017...

Dear Neighbors and Friends – I wanted to reach out and provide a status update on the New York State Budget. As you are aware April 1, 2017, was the official start of the 2017-18 state fiscal year. As of April 4th, there is no final deal in...

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright (D-Upper East Side, Yorkville, Roosevelt Island) announced that she helped pass legislation to ensure women earn equal pay for equal work. The package of bills coincides with Equal Pay Day – April 4 – which represents...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Thursday, March 30, 2017, Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawright announced that the New York State Assembly passed A.5677 which would expand access to breast cancer screenings without cost sharing to include breast tomosynthesis screenings...