Heard Around Town
Politics
Report: NYC unable to process most welfare applications on time
Timely processing of cash assistance and SNAP applications continued to drop in the last fiscal year, according to the Mayor’s Management Report.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Jessica Ramos’ statewide wage transparency law is going into effect this weekend
And she says she’s not running for mayor … at the moment.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Mission-aligned nonprofits equals success, here’s how
Organizations that stray away from their overarching mission threaten to alienate donors and make decision-making difficult.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York City must reckon with its treatment of Muslims after 9/11
A new exhibit at MoMA PS1 highlights the discrimination faced by Muslim immigrants in New York City and the community’s resilience.
Personality
Personality
New York lawmakers who used to be in unions
From the union hall to the halls of power: legislators previously worked as union nurses, educators and bartenders.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Sam Berger’s victory could hold lessons for Democrats in other purple districts
The Assembly candidate in Queens said: “Everything we had been looking at said that it was going to be a very tight race.”
Policy
Policy
After initially shunning artificial intelligence, NYC schools partner with Microsoft on AI teaching assistant
New York City schools are hoping to implement the AI assistant in every classroom.
Eric Adams
Personality
Eric Adams hand hearts, an unnecessary deep dive
The New York City mayor unveiled a new photo pose this summer, and he can’t stop spreading peace and love.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
College admissions, post-affirmative action
PeerForward CEO Gary Linnen discusses his work helping students of color into higher education in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.
Immigration
Policy
New York looks at options for state work authorization for asylum-seekers
Lawmakers including Catalina Cruz and Jenifer Rajkumar have introduced bills. Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s considering “possible language.”
Policy
Policy
Judge rejects state prison system’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit over solitary confinement
The class action lawsuit was filed by a group of people incarcerated in state prisons, including one man who was sent to solitary confinement for 120 days after throwing sugar packets and urinating on the floor.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Democrat Sam Berger wins Queens Assembly special election
He was able to flip key areas of Kew Gardens Hills that went big for Lee Zeldin in the race for governor last year.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Formerly incarcerated and fighting for prison reform
Jose Hamza Saldana, director of Release Aging People in Prison, in a conversation with New York Nonprofit Media, discusses how to effect change in the face of an Albany scared of seeming soft on crime.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Queens Assembly District 27 special election results
Democrat Sam Berger has defeated Republican David Hirsch in the race to replace former Assembly Member Daniel Rosenthal.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Lawmakers hold rally in support of Adams response to asylum-seekers
The elected officials pushed back on critiques that the mayor is anti-immigrant.
Labor
Policy
20,000 city jobs would stay vacant under Adams’ hiring freeze
Facing mounting asylum-seeker costs on top of other budget shortfalls, the mayor plans to use the tool for the first time.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Remembering Ruschell Boone: A journalist who connected with New Yorkers and their elected officials
State Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined other politicians at the NY1 anchor’s funeral Tuesday.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Youth-serving nonprofits denounce termination of Next STEPS
The mentoring program focuses on youth in NYCHA developments that were identified in Mayor Eric Adams' Blueprint for Community Safety as the most impacted communities in the city.
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