Policy
Policy
Dozens of free mobile COVID-19 testing sites to close
New York City Health + Hospitals said they are “rightsizing” their mobile Test to Treat units amid low levels of COVID-19 transmission.
New York City Council
Policy
Adrienne Adams wants New York City to get creative with its staffing crisis
At her State of the City address, the City Council speaker called for expanding programs to get people from the correctional system into civil service jobs.
Policy
Policy
How do you convince Manhattanites a casino will be good for their neighborhood?
Gambling companies have their work cut out for them – but getting locals on board is essential to succeeding in New York City.
New York State
Policy
After three years, New York’s fight against COVID-19 slows down
There are still testing sites and information hotlines, but the era of mandates is over.
Policy
Policy
America’s teens are in a mental health crisis. So are New York’s.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a sweeping mental health plan that includes a suicide prevention pilot for New York City youth.
Immigration
Policy
Migrants seeking asylum in New York City are struggling to find lawyers
The limited number of pro bono attorneys who can help are already at capacity.
Politics
Politics
NYC to pilot remote work in tentative city worker contract
The city reached a labor agreement with DC 37, setting the pattern for other municipal workers unions.
New York City Council
Politics
Sunrise Movement makes endorsements for City Council, with an eye to budget ‘no’ votes
Endorsing seven ‘climate champions’ for reelection, Sunrise Movement NYC puts a premium on those who stood against the budget.
Technology
Policy
State comptroller: New York City agencies are using AI without guardrails
An audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found that New York City lacks “an effective AI governance framework.”
Policy
Policy
New York’s death grip on in-office work is starting to loosen
Amid workforce crises, Eric Adams cracks open the door to “flexible” arrangements and Kathy Hochul invests in a hybrid future.
Personality
Personality
Elon Musk’s controversial history in New York
The Twitter owner is facing a union campaign at Tesla’s Buffalo factory. It won’t be the first challenge he has faced in New York.
Energy & Environment
Policy
New York City leaders want everyone to compost. They don’t all agree on how to get there.
While the Adams administration plans to expand its voluntary residential composting program citywide, council members continue their push for mandatory composting.
Policy
Policy
Repealing the public sector vaccine requirement, New York City leaves COVID-19 mandates behind
The end of the city’s public sector vaccine mandate comes as the federal government prepares a major pandemic policy shift of its own.
Immigration
Politics
New migrant shelter is heated, local pol says, but privacy and other concerns remain
New York City Council members were offered tours of the new emergency relief center at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal several days after it opened.
Policy
Policy
City blames staffing shortages for slow delivery of food stamps
The timely processing rate for SNAP applications continued to plummet in the first four months of fiscal year 2023.
New York City
Policy
As some asylum-seekers resolve to stay at Manhattan hotel, others catch the bus to Brooklyn
“We want a good place to live like humans,” one 22-year-old from Venezuela said of being told to leave a Manhattan hotel for a barracks-style shelter in Red Hook.
NYPD
Politics
Protests over the police killing of Tyre Nichols are expected in NYC tonight. Can the NYPD do better this time?
Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul said police were prepared to monitor protests.
Eric Adams
Policy
5 takeaways from Eric Adams’ State of the City
The New York City mayor laid out his “Working People’s Agenda” for 2023 at a theater in Queens on Thursday.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Internet access for some of New York's neediest residents to be announced in Eric Adams' state of the city
Among the efforts planned for this year is a broadband pilot program for Section 8 households in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, New York City's mayor told City & State.
New York State
Politics
Al Taylor has come around on New York’s Equality Amendment
The Assembly member and New York City Council candidate said his personal views should not “overrule the right for someone else to make their own decisions.”
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