Nonprofits
NYN Media
JCC of Mid-Westchester gets a new chief executive officer
Elise Dowell comes with two decades of communications and operations experience.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
New York City’s first safe injection sites avert 633 drug overdoses on anniversary
OnPoint NYC’s two overdose prevention centers have served more than 2,100 people in their first year.
Politics
NYC involuntary hospitalization policy and NY electeds try to address immigration court backlogs
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York City
Policy
Eric Adams is in Qatar. Council members are in Israel. Who's paying?
Understanding New York City officials’ travel
Nonprofits
NYN Media
NYC lagging on vendor payments during critical time, housing service providers say
Providers claim that a cumbersome city-mandated rebid process is forcing them to draw from their own funds for things like food, medical and security services and holding them back from expanding to help address the city’s migrant shelter crisis.
New York State
Policy
What you need to know about New York’s new statewide public campaign finance program
The new system promises to bring some big changes, including lower contribution limits.
Personality
Personality
Rat czar isn’t the only weird government job in New York City
The city has an array of intriguing and bizarre positions on the payroll.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
2022 NYN Media Tech Con explores innovation
Key issues discussed at the event included nonprofits’ adoption of automated services, addressing technology resistance and data collection.
News & Politics
Politics
HIV advocates charge Hochul hasn’t delivered on promise to end AIDS epidemic in New York
A year has passed since the governor made a commitment to ending the sexually transmitted disease, and HIV advocacy groups are demanding action.
Policy
Policy
The costs of New York’s stadiums
The new Willets Point soccer stadium will be privately funded, but since 1968, Madison Square Garden hasn’t been paying property taxes.
New York State
Politics
Five big takeaways from the new Assembly draft map
While it’s been a long, bumpy road, the Independent Redistricting Commission’s new map is the beginning of the end to this year’s redistricting mess.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Peter Abbate is fundraising – but doesn’t think he’ll run again
The outgoing senator lost his Brooklyn seat to Lester Chang, who is facing residency questions from Assembly Democrats.
MTA
Policy
Can Hochul help the MTA avoid its impending financial crisis?
Experts agree the governor and state lawmakers need to step in to provide aid to the transportation agency heading into the next legislative session.
New York State
Policy
‘It’s a marathon.’ Chris Smalls talks Amazon union gameplan after setbacks
Outside a billionaire studded conference, Smalls called for political support for his union. Eric Adams wasn’t there to get the message.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Harlem Mothers and Fathers S.A.V.E grows its membership as deadly gun violence continues
The nonprofit has devoted its support and service to victims’ families.
MTA
Policy
MTA in need of new funding source, DiNapoli says
Filling massive operating budget deficits will require more than finding cost efficiency savings, a new report from the state comptroller said.
Heard Around Town
Politics
No “pushback” against two Brooklyn leaders, as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries ascends
The Brooklyn Congress member will be House Democratic leader, while neighbor Chuck Schumer remains U.S. Senate majority leader.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
New York City agencies to involuntarily admit more severely mentally ill persons for evaluations
Mayor Eric Adams clarified Tuesday that people do not have to be a danger to themselves or others to receive help.
New York State
Politics