Criminal Justice
Policy
Rochester’s new Person in Crisis team might have prevented 9-year-old’s pepper spraying
Even though the city created a non-police unit to deal with individuals in emotional distress, they weren’t on the scene.
New York City
Policy
Delayed COVID-19 statistics have become a pattern
New York City and state have each been criticized for failing to release information on vaccinations, deaths and more.
Health Care
Policy
AG James: Nursing home deaths undercounted
A new report says the Cuomo administration may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%.
Transportation
Politics
Why are the NYC subways still closed overnight?
Calls to reopen the subways for 24/7 service are growing after nearly a year of closures.
New York State
Policy
Canceled appointments are the latest vaccine headache
Two weeks into New York’s expanded coronavirus vaccine rollout, some parts of the state are hitting the brakes.
Labor
Policy
After Prop 22, New York is still split on gig worker reforms
New York lawmakers will pursue alternative measures to grant gig workers more employment benefits, even as some push for reclassifying them as employees.
Technology
Policy
Vaccine website frustrations point to larger government tech problems
New York had months to prepare for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, and yet signing up for a vaccination is complicated and difficult. Here’s why.
Personality
Personality
Greg Meeks, the diplomat
The Queens leader talks foreign policy, stimulus checks and Chris Collins’ pardon.
New York State
Politics
Ideas for a new New York
Experts, advocates and lawmakers on the ambitious policies that could remake New York after the pandemic.
New York City
Politics
Pandemic unemployment insurance is running out for New York’s taxi drivers
Already burdened by a debt crisis, New York cabbies get shortchanged by government again.
New York State
Politics
What can lawmakers do about NY’s maddeningly slow vote count?
The long, drawn-out absentee tally is a national embarrassment.
Politics
Internet access still lacking for city’s homeless students
For the more than 111,000 city students who went without stable housing last year, remote and hybrid learning continues to be a fraught experience.
Politics
The anti-lockdown protest is here to stay
From Staten Island to Erie County, Republicans rebel against pandemic restrictions.
Joe Biden
Politics
New Yorkers who could fill Biden’s cabinet
The incoming administration is pulling from the Empire State.
New York City
Policy
Avoidable or inevitable: How NYC schools were shut down
New York City backed itself into a shutdown by relying on a 3%
New York City
Policy