Eric Adams
Policy
Report: New Yorkers are waiting longer for cash assistance
The mayor’s preliminary progress update for the year showed dismal wait times for cash assistance and continued sluggishness for food assistance.
Criminal Justice
Politics
City Council overrides mayor’s vetoes on two law enforcement bills
Projecting a united front, the council defied a public relations campaign by the mayor to cast both bills as endangering public safety.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Hochul finishes 2023 business with no pocket vetoes
The Legislature passed hundreds of bills before breaking in June, and three had made it into 2024.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Patrick Carroll hopes to keep Rockland County Assembly seat blue
When Democratic Assembly Member Kenneth Zebrowski announced he wouldn’t be running for reelection – the Assembly supermajority got a little more vulnerable.
Immigration
Personality
Gale Brewer calls for supporting asylum-seekers at City and State’s 50 over 50 celebration
The New York City Council member was among several Icon Award winners at the event honoring “age disruptors” at the Manhattan Penthouse.
Policy
Policy
Hochul signs Rape is Rape Act
The law expands the definition of rape in New York to include non-penetrative forced sexual contact.
Healthcare
Policy
Social media declared a ‘public health hazard,’ as efforts to rein it in ramp up
New York City Mayor Eric Adams made the announcement last week, while Florida lawmakers advanced a bill banning accounts for anyone under 16 years of age.
New York City
Politics
City Council will test its own strength with criminal justice veto overrides
The debate over the How Many Stops Act reached a fever pitch this weekend, after Council Member Yusef Salaam was pulled over by the NYPD.
Heard Around Town
Policy
NYC touts faster fire inspections in new report
Wait times for fire alarm inspections were down compared to last year.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
“Literary Science” preps high school students for social ventures that address local challenges
New York Nonprofit Media interviews Chidi Asoluka, founder and CEO of the community design studio NewComm.
Healthcare
Opinion
Opinion: Medical aid in dying is a long overdue human right for New Yorkers
Terminally ill patients deserve the right to decide to end their suffering on their own terms and timeline.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Across the political spectrum, lawmakers are peeved about Hochul’s plan for education funding
Republican state senators joined the chorus of teachers and their Democratic colleagues to condemn the proposal Monday.
Politics
Politics
DCCC makes nice with Mondaire Jones in 2024
After being pushed out of the district by the former chair of the national Democratic campaign apparatus, Mondaire Jones now has their institutional backing as he tries to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler.
Opinion
Opinion
Editor’s Note: New York City journalists boldly take a stand and keep their seats
Reporters at the Daily News staged a one-day strike over cost-cutting, while other reporters at a City Hall press conference ignored an attempt to make them stand.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
How misinformation hinders the early identification of child human trafficking victims
Budy Garcia-Whitfield, assistant vice president of behavioral health and wellness for Westchester programs at JCCA, weighs-in on what is being done to help youth subjected to sexual trauma and abuse.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
New DOJ settlement concludes Cuomo harassed state employees
Federal prosecutors released an agreement with the executive chamber based on its investigation into claims of harassment and retaliation against the former governor
Albany Agenda
Politics
Jeffries emphasizes freedom angle on abortion during ABNY breakfast
The House minority leader urged Democrats to appeal to moderate voters on the issue of reproductive rights.
Politics
Politics