New York City
Opinion
NYCHA’s truth deficit
The New York City public housing authority keeps disguising its problems.
New York City
Policy
The elected officials opposing the four new jails to replace Rikers
New York City has proposed to build four new jails to replace Rikers in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Dems backing IDC challengers are not violating the truce
Sources present for IDC state Senate reunification deal say it never applied to other Democrats.
New York City
Politics
Monserrate runs for office again
Hiram Monserrate, who was booted from the state Senate after physically assaulting his girlfriend and later served prison time for misusing city funds, is on the primary ballot this year to represent East Elmhurst as a Democratic district leader.
New York City
Politics
Collins indicted, cap on Uber and Inwood rezoning
Rep. Chris Collins, Uber, Inwood rezoning and the Board of Elections headline This Week's Headlines.
New York City
Politics
Williams conviction won’t start a revolution
Immigrant rights experts say the movement has already begun.
Labor
Policy
NYC’s commercial waste industry is trash. How should we fix it?
New York City’s commercial waste industry is a broken system. How should we fix it?
New York City
Policy
Trash talk
Waste Equity passed. But the looming fight over commercial waste pickup zones is about to get nasty.
New York City
Opinion
Capping for-hire vehicles won’t solve NYC’s traffic woes
Better road management and transit service are more efficient answers than capping for-hire vehicles.
New York City
Politics
Williams: Hochul’s debt ad is out of touch and "absurd"
Williams: Hochul’s debt ad was an “absurd attack”
Education
Politics
Will SHSAT debate help Liu or Avella?
Will the debate around the admittance process to New York City’s elite public high schools help John Liu or Tony Avella?
New York City
Politics
The arrest record of New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams
The arrest record of New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams
New York City
Policy
What you need to know about the NYC charter revision commissions
Few New York City residents know that the city’s charter is being revisited not once, but twice. To get up to speed, here are the basic details about the process – and what key officials are saying about how it’s playing out.
New York City
Policy
Lippman Commission calls for expanding supervised release
Bail reform stalled in the state Legislature this year despite a push from the grassroots to the governor, but the Lippman criminal justice commission is releasing a report saying that New York City doesn’t have to wait until next year to keep more New Yorkers out of jail.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
REBNY, business groups call on de Blasio to ditch commercial waste zones
Major business interests in New York City have written a letter urging New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Sanitation to withdraw its plans for a zoned commercial waste pickup system.
New York City
Opinion
A pied-à-terre tax is smart policy – and it’s constitutional
City Hall is wrong: New York can tax wealthy absentee owners.
New York City
Opinion
Reform NYC private sanitation without a zone system
Zoned franchises for waste management in New York City harms customer service. Other approaches can improve safety.
New York City
Politics
Crowley sends "worst NYC lawmaker" to debate in his place
Rep. Joe Crowley sent Annabel Palma, ranked as one of New York City's worst councilmembers in 2016 by City & State, to debate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his place.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
A lawsuit, a bus tour and a budget deal
New York Attorney General files a lawsuit against the Trump Foundation, Governor Andrew Cuomo goes on a bus tour, a NYCHA settlement is reached and New York City has a budget deal in this week's top news.
New York City
Politics
NYC covers immigrants’ legal costs for those without a criminal conviction
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio again relies on private funds to budget for immigrants' legal costs, vexing the New York City Council.
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