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Opinion: New York City should build a sustainable work pipeline for generations to come
It happens by providing encouragement, opportunities and education to students.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Fighting for the wage protections of NY’s construction workers
City & State caught up with Kevin Elkins, political action director at the New York City District Council of Carpenters, about the union’s successful resistance to a tax incentive for real estate developers.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Floor area limits are hindering affordable housing development
The state’s Multiple Dwelling Law needs to be fixed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature before the end of the session.
News & Politics
Politics
NYC receives first opioid settlement distribution from Big Pharma
The city will receive $256 million total from the $1.5 billion in settlements that state Attorney General Tish James’s office reached with drug manufacturers.
News & Politics
Politics
Syracuse police had other options for dealing with 8-year-old accused of stealing. They didn’t use them.
Options included talking to the child, calling his parents and giving consideration to his size, age and the fact he was crying, according to legal experts.
New York State
Policy
As they evaluate New York’s Democrat-drawn legislative districts, here’s what judges are considering
How could this complicate the ongoing 2022 election process?
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Hundreds of students rally at City Hall for police-free schools
Demonstrators called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams and schools Chancellor David Banks to divert school policing investments to other resources in the city’s upcoming budget.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NYC faces fiscal disaster if officials think they can do it all
Undisciplined management and a spending spree in Mayor Eric Adams’ upcoming fiscal year 2023 budget will set the city back.
Opinion
Opinion: What shall we call the new Buffalo Bills Stadium?
The name of the new sports and entertainment complex should be determined by New Yorkers who contributed $850 million for its construction.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Lessons for Adams on homelessness from his mayoral predecessors
Here’s what past mayors did to help the homeless and implement supportive housing policies, some more successfully than others.
New York City
Policy
City Council grills education officials on support for students in foster care
A new division for students in foster care was announced last year but won’t be staffed up until this summer, education officials said.
New York State
Policy
Pot has been legal in NY for a year. Where are the retail stores?
After delays in setting up the state’s cannabis bureaucracy, the leaders of the regulatory agencies are promising progress.
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Catholic Guardian Services appoints five new board members
The newest additions to the board will help continue the nonprofit’s legacy of serving underserved youth and families.
Energy & Environment
Policy
How do you plant more trees in New York City? Give them away
In Canarsie, tree saplings were available for residents to grab and go plant in their own backyard ahead of Earth Day.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Jessica Tisch led City Cleanup Corps before sanitation appointment
The department’s new commissioner went to work for the city program after she stepped down as chief information officer in January.
Budget
Policy
A new subsidy in the state budget aims to help farm owners afford overtime
Workers and advocates are celebrating, but farm owners are saying the tax credit won’t be enough to offset new costs, especially if a 40-hour workweek is instituted.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Making a case for how New York can reach its climate goals
As state Climate Action Council hearings solicit public input statewide, National Grid New York President Rudy Wynter discusses a new report where the company details ways the state can reach its ambitious climate goals.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Combat wage theft to help further New York’s recovery from COVID-19
A coordinated effort must continue as the pandemic subsides to hold unscrupulous contractors accountable.
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