NY should rethink its reopening plans

With new data available regarding COVID-19’s transmissibility, the state would be wise to rethink some of the industries it’s allowing to reopen.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• July 10, 2020

Herd immunity might exist in some NYC neighborhoods

Hardest-hit areas could have some protection in a future COVID-19 wave.

• By Zach Williams
• July 9, 2020

(Probably) the next Queens BP

Donovan Richards on the NYPD budget, the HQ2 site and real estate money.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 9, 2020

Supreme Court tells Trump to turn over his taxes

New York is just one step closer to seeing President Donald Trump’s personal finances.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• July 9, 2020

James calls for reduced police involvement in mental health, schools

• By Kay Dervishi
• July 9, 2020

The growing Queens South Asian political movement

New York City has never elected a South Asian American candidate. That could change this year.

• By Annie McDonough
• July 9, 2020

When to expect the Board of Elections to count absentee ballots

Assembly districts are among the first to get counted.

• By Kay Dervishi
• July 8, 2020

Cuomo overrules de Blasio on reopening schools

This isn’t the first time during the pandemic that the governor has rebuffed one of the mayor’s ideas.

• By Zach Williams
• July 8, 2020

MTA wants startups to help solve its coronavirus problem

The authority issues a new “challenge” for tech companies to keep transit safe.

• By Annie McDonough
• July 8, 2020

At least $2 billion in PPP loans awarded to nonprofits in New York

• By Kay Dervishi
• July 8, 2020

What Cuomo’s nursing home report does not say

Nursing home deaths from COVID-19 are more complicated than the state Department of Health report explains.

• By Zach Williams and Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• July 8, 2020

Keep New York’s housing courts closed

To protect Black lives, extend the halt on all evictions.

• By Veronica Cook and Robert Sanderman
• July 7, 2020

How the private sector can help NYC schools cope with COVID-19

Sharing facilities and expertise could help students weather the pandemic.

• By Lisa Belzberg and Ruth Cohen
• July 6, 2020

Nonprofits mourn cuts to New York City discretionary funding

Advocates say the cuts will disproportionately affect small grassroots organizations.

• By Kay Dervishi
• July 6, 2020

City Council members blame NYPD cuts for rise in shootings

Robert Holden, Joe Borelli and the PBA say other elected officials have invited crime.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• July 6, 2020

How New York City nonprofits boost the economy

• By Kay Dervishi
• July 6, 2020

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

• July 3, 2020

Did de Blasio actually defund the NYPD?

The mayor and the City Council did some fuzzy math to arrive at $1B in cuts.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 2, 2020

Off-shore sea gates could protect New York

The effort faces objections, but it may be the best way to hold back storm surges.

• By Bob Yaro
• July 2, 2020

What Democrats stand to gain upstate in 2020

There are five open state Senate seats far away from traditional downstate battlegrounds.

• By Zach Williams
• July 2, 2020