City Council Speaker Corey Johnson during a City Council Zoom meeting on Wednesday.
New York City
City Council approves part of COVID-19 relief package
New protections for commercial and residential tenants passed, in addition to capping fees by food delivery apps.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
Thanks to the coronavirus the NYC budget will be much smaller than last years. The Department of Education is taking the biggest cut.
New York City
New York City is looking at these areas for budget cuts
Education is the big one, but the economic fallout from the coronavirus will impact the budget in many other ways.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
NYPD Officers in Astoria Park on May 3, 2020.
New York City
Can the NYPD keep people apart without arrests?
Social distancing regulations raise new challenges for police and old questions of racially disparate enforcement.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
New York City Councilmember Donovan Richards.
Interviews & Profiles
How Superstorm Sandy helped prepare NYC for the coronavirus
A Q&A with New York City Councilman Donovan Richards
By JON LENTZ, JEFF COLTIN
Personality
personality
Councilman Donovan Richards, who chairs the committee on public safety.
Small Business
Bracing for heat waves and hurricanes during a pandemic
Natural disasters won’t stop just because we did.
By JEFF COLTIN
Policy
policy
DSNY Commissioner Kathryn Garcia getting into her chauffeured car.
New York City
Want a chauffeur? Join the de Blasio administration
Dozens of New York City government officials get their own car and driver.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
Sandy Nurse did not qualify for the NYC Council ballot.
Campaigns & Elections
Darma Diaz not alone after two others make the NYC Council ballot
However, Diaz’s biggest rival, Sandy Nurse, failed to qualify.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
New York City Council candidate Darma Diaz.
Interviews & Profiles
Darma Diaz talks smack after opponents kicked off ballot
City Council candidate says 'opportunist' opponents who didn't get enough signatures used the pandemic 'as an excuse.'
By JEFF COLTIN
Personality
personality
Body of deceased patient in black bag moved for burial from overflow refrigerator truck serving as temporary morgue set outside of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn.
New York State
How many New Yorkers have died from COVID-19?
It’s not clear due to limited testing and different reporting criteria between New York City and state.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
Governor Cuomo on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Wednesday.
New York State
Cuomo takes late night
The governor made an appearance on Trevor Noah’s show.
By JEFF COLTIN
News & Politics
article
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