Personality

20th Anniversary

Where are they now: Brooklyn Power 100

Since 2019, people near the top of this list have left government service or are on the verge of doing so.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani makes the right choice, not the easy one, on ending homeless encampment sweeps

The tragic deaths of 18 people during a recent cold spell have no connection to the mayor’s decision to stop inhumane and ineffective encampment sweeps.

Budget

Politics

Ta-da! NYC budget gap is now down to $7 billion, Mamdani says

Two weeks and some budget magic goes a long way, the mayor revealed to state lawmakers Wednesday in Albany.

New York City

Politics

Mamdani’s very first Tin Cup Day (as mayor)

The new mayor must make the annual pilgrimage to chat about budget priorities and needing a cool $12.6 billion.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Respectfully, Antonio Reynoso is from Brooklyn

Running for Congress against DSA, you can tell it’s really hard for him to not use the word “transplant.”

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York City Is sitting on billions hiding in plain sight. It’s time to use it for housing and fiscal stability.

Selling the “air rights” above city-owned properties could help finance affordable housing and reinvestment in public institutions.

Zohran Mamdani

Policy

DCAS is in for a Mamdani era shakeup

The new mayor is signaling his City Hall is taking a hard look at an agency caught up in corruption allegations during the Adams administration.

Personality

Personality

3 NY nurse lawmakers have joined the picket line as strike approaches one month

Assembly Members Phara Souffrant Forrest and Karines Reyes and City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse are current or former nurses. Reyes is on strike herself.

Policy

Policy

Mamdani has a lot of explaining to do on his ‘Department of Community Safety’

The New York City mayor isn’t alone in wanting the NYPD to respond to fewer mental health calls, but how he plans to make that happen is still an open question.

NYN Media

NYN Media

Opinion: The hidden twin crises facing older New Yorkers

A local solution that pairs meal delivery with human connection is taking shape.

Interviews & Profiles

NYN Media

Procurement reform is Lincoln Restler’s problem now.

A Q&A with the new City Council contracts committee chair on “one of the most intractable and problematic components of city government.”