Coalition wants state budget to include $19.5M for Asian Americans

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 30, 2021

Don’t let de Blasio’s policing reform plan weaken accountability monitors

Don’t merge the CCRB, NYPD inspector general and the Commission to Combat Police Corruption.

• By Ángel Díaz
• March 30, 2021

Smaller homeless shelters need vaccination help

Overcoming hesitancy among residents and getting them to vaccination sites pose challenges.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• March 30, 2021

NYC mayoral contenders propose direct cash assistance

A majority of Democratic candidates want to give more money to New Yorkers.

• By Natalie Wallington
• March 30, 2021

What is New York’s vaccine passport app?

A new app will allow New Yorkers to carry proof of their vaccine status or a negative coronavirus test. There are privacy concerns about the first such "vaccine passport" app in the country.

• By Annie McDonough
• March 29, 2021

Legislators want to fully fund school aid

The upcoming state budget gives state liberals a chance to win a yearslong fiscal fight with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

• By Zach Williams
• March 29, 2021

Advocates worry about barriers to excluded workers fund

Pay stubs and bank statements could prevent undocumented workers from receiving retroactive pandemic relief.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 29, 2021

Editor’s note: Peoples-Stokes, a reluctant leader

How Crystal Peoples-Stokes, the first woman and first African American to serve as Assembly majority leader in New York state, rose to power on helping others.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• March 29, 2021

Philanthropic leaders commit to supporting Asian Americans amid anti-Asian hate

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 29, 2021

The 2021 Above & Beyond

Forty women working toward a fairer future.

• By City & State
• March 29, 2021

Crystal Peoples-Stokes is on the precipice of her biggest achievement

How the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader fought for equitable marijuana legalization.

• By Justin Sondel
• March 29, 2021

Another Cuomo scandal and a pot deal reached

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 27, 2021

What a top labor leader is looking for nowadays

Gary LaBarbera wants a prevailing wage on green projects, legislation against wage theft and “due process” for Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

• By Zach Williams
• March 27, 2021

Rent hardship declarations spike

The number of renters suffering hardships due to COVID-19 and seeking moratoriums on their rent through May 1, has more than tripled.

• By Nuha Dolby
• March 26, 2021

What to know when pot goes legal

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• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 26, 2021

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

• March 26, 2021

NYC’s initiative covering nonprofit overhead will fund less this year

Reimbursement will be even lower than it was last year, when the initiative’s funding was cut.

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 25, 2021

Hunger strike draws attention to workers excluded from COVID-19 relief

Hundreds of thousands have gone without unemployment benefits. Pressure is on the Legislature as the state budget deadline looms.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 25, 2021

Former head of Bronx Parent Housing Network charged with bribery

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 25, 2021

Expand family court capacity

Already-overburdened courts could see a tsunami of post-pandemic divorces. New York needs to prepare.

• By Michael Stutman
• March 25, 2021