For the First Time, a Majority-Women New York City Council

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 THE GROUP PORTRAIT [The Majority]( For the first time, women make up most of the City Council. Photo: Victor Llorente/Victor Llorente [Julie Won](, a 31-year-old tech consultant who grew up in Queens, decided to run for City Council after her parents lost their income. It was the spring of 2020, and her mom, who worked at a nail salon, and dad, who worked odd jobs at a liquor store and a warehouse, suddenly became unemployed. They spoke mostly Korean, so Won tried to help them apply for public assistance. “We were going through all these government systems, but benefits never came through,” she recalls. This month, Won begins her term as a representative of several Queens neighborhoods, including Long Island City and Astoria. “If it weren’t for COVID,” she says, “I would have never made the pivot to run for office.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Will Be Freed From the Wastewater Plant Lost Cause monument, all washed up.]( By Christopher Bonanos [Oh, No: Adam Neumann Wants to Be a Landlord Again WeLive failed, but he has quietly bought another $1 billion worth of apartments.]( [A $520K East Village One-Bedroom and an Inwood Three-Bedroom Duplex Plus a Brooklyn Heights one-bedroom with original stained glass and a gut-renovated kitchen.]( [Venice Bridge Will Be De-Calatrava’d to Stop Pedestrians From Face-planting The tempered-glass bridge that caused “almost daily” falls, breaking at least two people’s bones, will finally be replaced with stone.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved