How Johnson’s exit boosts Stringer in 2021

The council speaker dropped his bid for NYC mayor.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 24, 2020

Seats in New York City’s free child care program still not finalized

With the rest of the city’s in-person classes starting next week, challenges remain to prepare providers.

• By Kay Dervishi
• September 24, 2020

Can NYC beat the clock to count immigrants and the absent rich?

Here’s how city officials and nonprofits are trying to reach the hard to count.

• By Natasha Ishak
• September 24, 2020

Industry City rezoning collapse lets Corey Johnson off the hook

The City Council speaker avoided taking a stance on the controversial plan that could have harmed his mayoral prospects.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• September 23, 2020

NYC has been classified as an ‘anarchist jurisdiction’

But what does that even mean?

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago and Kimberly Gonzalez
• September 23, 2020

New furloughs empower New York City unions

Municipal unions have an edge in protecting their own against city budget cuts.

• By Zach Williams
• September 23, 2020

Despite more women entering nonprofit leadership, gender pay gap persists

• By Kay Dervishi
• September 23, 2020

What’s next for the police reform movement

While NYC has quieted down, activists are gearing up for their next big fights.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• September 23, 2020

Schumer’s options in the battle to replace RBG

Filibusters, additional states and impeachment proposed as possible efforts.

• By Kimberly Gonzalez
• September 23, 2020

Famous feminists from NY

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was just one of the women who helped proliferate the women’s rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• September 22, 2020

Why COVID-19 remains a concern in prisons and jails

A state Senate hearing examined what else could be done to help incarcerated people.

• By Zach Williams
• September 22, 2020

Top council speaker staffers lead the pack in fundraising

Erik Bottcher, Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s chief of staff, raised more money than any council candidate who isn’t an incumben, while Lynn Schulman, a senior liaison in Johnson’s office, also raised an impressive sum.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 22, 2020

Amid pandemic, mental health services needed more than ever

Continued investment and flexibility will be important despite city and state budgetary constraints.

• By Kay Dervishi
• September 22, 2020

Ginsburg: the epitome of New York grit

There’s a reason why Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was given the nickname the Notorious R.B.G.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• September 21, 2020

How human services can fuel systemic racism

• By Kay Dervishi
• September 21, 2020

Brooklyn Power 50

Executives, advocates, health care officials and others who are moving Brooklyn forward.

• By City & State
• September 21, 2020

The boroughs’ DAs each do justice differently

Comparing NYC’s top prosecutors.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 21, 2020

Is DA Eric Gonzalez progressive enough for Brooklyn?

Can the top prosecutor fight crime and police misconduct at the same time?

• By Gabe Ponce de León
• September 21, 2020

How nonprofits can become – and stay – financially sustainable

• By Kay Dervishi
• September 20, 2020

Taxi medallion owners are still drowning under bad loans

They’re hoping a debt relief program is still on the table during the pandemic.

• By Annie McDonough
• September 19, 2020