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Personality

Zellnor Myrie and Diana Richardson are engaged

The state Senator and former Assembly member from Brooklyn made it official at the Somos Puerto Rico conference, sources say.

Policy

Policy

New York City’s budget just grew to $104 billion. Here’s what you need to know.

Mayor Eric Adams told agencies to find 3% savings across the board and (nearly) all of them did.

Policy

Policy

New York City is down about 21,000 government workers

A new report from the state comptroller’s office found that New York City municipal attrition continues to outpace hiring.

Personality

Personality

How three new moms are changing the New York City Council

Three of the City Council’s new members have become first-time mothers over the past year. They’re ready to do more for mothers and other caregivers in New York City.

Policy

Policy

How NYC is supporting thousands of asylum-seeking children

Teachers, nonprofit workers and volunteers are mobilizing to help children adjust to a completely new environment.

New York City

Politics

After hammering bail reform for a year, Eric Adams hits the campaign trail

The New York City mayor plans to attend a get out the vote rally the weekend before Election Day, but some suggest his focus on crime has played into Zeldin’s strategy.

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Policy

New York City opens new emergency center for asylum-seekers in a Midtown hotel

While the tents at Randall’s Island remain far below capacity, the city is opening a new HERRC at the Hotel Wolcott in Manhattan.

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Politics

‘Eric is still the commissioner there.’ Adams stands behind Ulrich, despite probe

Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich is reportedly part of an illegal gambling investigation

News & Politics

Politics

AOC and the Jan. 6 insurrectionist that doesn’t have a chance of beating her

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is likely to cruise her way to victory against Tina Forte, a small business owner who was at the riot and helped promote the conspiracy theories that led up to that day.

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Politics

City Council approves redistricting maps, and only one member is furious

After some drama, New York City may have its final council districts for the next decade.

Policy

Policy

How is the NYC Racial Justice Commission using $5 million to promote the racial equity ballot proposals?

Failure of Democrat-backed ballot proposals last year is a reminder that voter support can’t be taken for granted.

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Politics

New York City Council backtracks on plans to fully end hybrid work

The staff union had pushed back, even as most city employees are in the office five days a week

Policy

Policy

NYC chief housing officer: The era of YIMBY is here

Jessica Katz previewed Mayor Eric Adams’ housing agenda in Albany including a 421-a replacement, legalizing basement apartments.

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Policy

Student homelessness grows in New York City, even as school enrollment declines

Some 104,000 students didn’t have stable housing last year, according to a report from Advocates for Children of New York

Policy

Policy

A timeline of Hochul and Adams’ fight for more cops on the subway

New York’s top leaders continue to tag-team to fight subway crime, redoubling an effort to build omnipresence in the system.

Politics

Politics

State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda is Dominican now. Other Dominican lawmakers don’t like how he did it.

His critics wondered if the move was for political gain after he was redistricted into a Dominican community.

New York City

Policy

Just 40% of New Yorkers have gotten a COVID-19 booster

As COVID-19 cases climb again, the New York City Department of Health is stressing that updated bivalent boosters offer the “single greatest protection.”

New York City

Policy

Will Biden’s new border policy stop asylum-seekers from coming to NYC? City officials aren’t sure

The flow of asylum-seekers into the city slowed in recent days, but officials say that’s unlikely to be related to the new border policy.

New York City

Policy

New York City Council staff won’t give up hybrid work without a fight

The council staff’s union sent a petition to Speaker Adrienne Adams calling for continued hybrid work flexibility, which is set to end on Oct. 31.