Policy
Policy
Meta, TikTok and more take down thousands of subway surfing videos
Eric Adams has blamed social media for a lot. Now those platforms are stepping up to discourage subway surfing.
Cannabis
Policy
Crackdown on loophole allowing some stores to sell THC products draws complaints
The hemp cannabinoid industry fired back that new regulations approved by the Office of Cannabis Management are causing more harm than good to small businesses.
Power Lists
Power Lists
The 2023 NYC Labor Power 100
The leaders of the most influential unions in the five boroughs.
New York State
Politics
Port Authority hires Philadelphia police commissioner for security post
Danielle Outlaw was the first Black woman to lead Philadelphia’s police department.
New York State
Politics
Corporate delay tactics are clouding union wins in New York
Labor unions bear the brunt of these aggressive maneuvers. How will they fight back?
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: The cost of a workplace disaster
This Labor Day, New York must bring justice to fallen workers
2024 New York congressional battleground
Politics
Who’s running against Anthony D’Esposito in NY-4?
A current state senator and a former Olympic figure skater are among those looking to unseat the Republican incumbent in this purple district on Long Island.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Adams: ‘We have to push back on sci-fi aspect of drones’
Despite privacy and civil rights concerns, the mayor and city safety officials doubled down on use of the surveillance tech ahead of the West Indian Day parade.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Here’s how we ‘saved the Hudson’
The successful effort to ban nuclear waste discharges from Indian Point holds lessons – and warnings – for the entire state.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Advocates and local elected officials launch countdown to close Rikers
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration was called on to comply with a legal mandate of closing the troubled jail complex in 2027.
Housing
Policy
Hochul comes around to incentive approach on housing after lawmakers rejected her mandates
The governor is unilaterally employing a strategy she disliked when the Legislature pitched it.
News & Politics
Politics
New York City Council is getting younger – defying national trends
More candidates want to and are able to run competitive City Council elections.
News & Politics
Politics
Divisions within oversight agency may imperil lawsuit against DOC
The mayor’s new appointees could shift the balance of power on the Board of Correction, leading the watchdog agency to abandon its lawsuit against DOC.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia are top countries of origin for NYC asylum-seekers
More than a third of the 107,000 people who have arrived since last spring are Venezuelan, according to city data.
News & Politics
Politics
Hirsch and Berger compete in a bellwether special election for the 27th Assembly District in Queens
The two Orthodox Jewish candidates in opposite parties are running on Sept. 12 to replace Assembly Member Daniel Rosenthal, who resigned earlier this year.
News & Politics
Politics
MENA candidates have had several wins in New York – and more close calls
While there have been breakthrough successes, more MENA candidates have been trying for elected office in recent years.
Policy
Policy
Adams: plan to close Rikers was ‘flawed from the beginning’
The mayor cited ballooning costs and more incarcerated people as reasons the complex may not close by the 2027 deadline.
News & Politics
Politics