New York State
Politics
Republicans face obstacles to drop Collins from ballot
Western New York Republicans will meet to decide on their options to replace Rep. Chris Collins in NY27.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Collins’ arrest creates an opening for Democrat Nate McMurray
The chance of flipping NY-27 goes from nothing to something.
Ethics
Policy
Rep. Chris Collins arrested for insider trading
A federal indictment alleges Collins leaked details to his son about a company he was invested in
New York City
Policy
Rikers inmates debate policies including pretrial detention
Rikers Island inmates debate program might help incarcerated people re-enter society.
New York City
Policy
Low-income New Yorkers are getting more economically hopeful
More low-income New Yorkers are hopeful that upward mobility is attainable, according to a report by the Community Service Society of New York, but it also finds that 2 out of 3 among them still feel they are in a precarious, if not worsening, economic situation.
Policy
Dramatic spike in emergency removals of children by NYC agency
A new report finds a dramatic increase in the number of emergency removals of children by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
Homelessness takes center stage at NYC budget hearing
New York City officials defended the increased funding they have received to combat homelessness and their request for more money to serve the record shelter population, even as they face fresh scrutiny over the use of hotel shelters.
Bill de Blasio
Policy
How the de Blasio administration raised $417 million for charity
The New York City Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships has raised more than $417 million for a broad range of initiatives aimed at promoting social and economic equality.
Policy
How an obscure nonprofit became one of NYC's largest contractors
Queens-based nonprofit Childrens Community Services was a quarter-million dollars in the red in 2014, according to IRS records. But by the summer of 2017, record homelessness had propelled the organization to securing what is now the eighth largest year-to-date spending of any city contract, according to Checkbook NYC.
Nonprofits
Policy
How the 2018-19 state budget affects the nonprofit sector
New York nonprofits scored some funding wins in the final state budget for the upcoming year, but the victory was not shared across the board.
Politics
Donald Trump
A year into Trump presidency, New Yorkers resist through nonprofits
Nonprofits have been a beneficiary of the political awakening of women who have inserted themselves into a nationwide surge in volunteerism, powered a spike in donations to nonprofit groups like the NYCLU, and led to a growing progressive wave at the local political level in Westchester County, where groups like Indivisible Westchester helped Democrats pick up three seats during a recent county legislature election.
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