Gabriel Sandoval, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Health

NYC’s Bedbug-Sniffing Dogs Prepare for Retirement

Aug. 13, 2020, 1:04 p.m.Aug. 13, 2020, 1:05 p.m.

After long, distinguished careers as public servants, Nemo and Mickey eye their greener pastures as the city’s housing inspectors begin a search for their replacements.

The Bronx

Staff Complaints Prompt Calls for Misconduct Training for Community Board

Aug. 10, 2020, 8:44 p.m.Aug. 10, 2020, 8:44 p.m.

Community boards, powered by volunteers, are exempt from rules requiring anti-discrimination training. Some paid employees say that needs changing.

CUNY

CUNY Fall Semester Enrollment Drops as Financial Outlook Takes Toll on Students and Staff

Aug. 6, 2020, 8:33 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Student s decline as the city’s public colleges shed more jobs — including over 2,800 part-time professors their union is fighting to get rehired.

Criminal Justice

State Ignores Its Own New Law Protecting Job Applicants With Soon-to-be-Dropped Criminal Cases, Suit Claims

July 15, 2020, 8:31 p.m.July 15, 2020, 9:16 p.m.

Justice Center for People With Special Needs targeted for refusing to clear a background check for a Brooklyn man whose charges a judge had agreed to dismiss.

Environment

State Refuses to Release Decades of Con Edison Pollution Reports, Lawsuit Charges

July 9, 2020, 10:51 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

Three years after a 30,000-gallon oil spill into the East River, alerts the utility giant must file with New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation remain hidden from public view.

NYPD

‘ShotSpotter’ Tested as Shootings and Fireworks Soar, While Civil Rights Questions Linger

July 5, 2020, 3:53 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Sensors used to pinpoint gunfire now cover nearly a quarter of the city. It’s unclear how effective they are — or even where they are — amid concerns of rights abuses.

Parks

Privately Managed City Parks Tennis Courts Lunge Ahead of Phase 3 Reopening

June 29, 2020, 9:17 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

Some players make a racket after Riverside Park reopens some courts while most city public tennis remains padlocked until at least July 6.

Housing

NYC’s Airbnb Settlement Coincides With Sharp Drop in Illegal-Rental Ad Fines

June 18, 2020, 10:36 p.m.June 19, 2020, 1:33 p.m.

Since January, the Mayor de Blasio’s Office of Special Enforcement has issued just three citations under a 2016 law hailed as a solution to a short-term rental scourge.

Parks

National Park Service Reopens Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field After Buses Leave

June 12, 2020, 7:13 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:38 a.m.

Socially distanced activities — including fishing, biking and hiking — are back on as of Saturday at the sprawling oasis temporarily used as an MTA pandemic parking lot.

Police Brutality

NYC Shows Anger, Solidarity as Protests Consume Weekend

May 31, 2020, 11:55 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:34 a.m.

Police brutality, racism and systemic injustice weighed heavy on the minds of both New Yorkers who participated in demonstrations — and those who didn’t.

Gabriel Sandoval

NYC’s Bedbug-Sniffing Dogs Prepare for Retirement

Staff Complaints Prompt Calls for Misconduct Training for Community Board

CUNY Fall Semester Enrollment Drops as Financial Outlook Takes Toll on Students and Staff

State Ignores Its Own New Law Protecting Job Applicants With Soon-to-be-Dropped Criminal Cases, Suit Claims

State Refuses to Release Decades of Con Edison Pollution Reports, Lawsuit Charges

‘ShotSpotter’ Tested as Shootings and Fireworks Soar, While Civil Rights Questions Linger

Privately Managed City Parks Tennis Courts Lunge Ahead of Phase 3 Reopening

NYC’s Airbnb Settlement Coincides With Sharp Drop in Illegal-Rental Ad Fines

National Park Service Reopens Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field After Buses Leave

NYC Shows Anger, Solidarity as Protests Consume Weekend

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