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.

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.

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

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

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.