Housing
Politics
Inspectors reported contamination in water tanks. NYCHA had it erased.
Some of the worst water tanks in New York City are in the city’s public housing.
New York State
Personality
Sean Patrick Maloney goes on the offensive
Sean Patrick Maloney is going on the offensive in the attorney general's race.
Health Care (Archived)
Policy
Diagnosing Central Brooklyn’s health care needs
Central Brooklyn is a "hospital desert" according to Assemblywoman Latrice Walker.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Millennials are generous to nonprofits
We’ve dispensed with the notion that millennials are selfish and entitled - they do support causes.
Education
Politics
Will SHSAT debate help Liu or Avella?
Will the debate around the admittance process to New York City’s elite public high schools help John Liu or Tony Avella?
Transportation
Policy
Waiting for the Brooklyn-Queens Connector
Despite a 2017 deadline, there's still no release date for the feasibility study for Bill de Blasio's Brooklyn-Queens Connector.
Health Care
Politics
Council speaker calls emergency meeting on NYCHA’s water tanks
New York City elected officials and tenants’ advocates denounced the deteriorating condition of the rooftop water tanks that supply drinking water to New York City Housing Authority tenants, following a report by City & State which revealed dozens of cases of contamination – including birds, rodents, and insects in the tanks – that were never reported to city health officials, as the law requires.
Donald Trump
Politics
Manafort trial is an explainer in New York real estate money laundering
Paul Manafort's trial is an explainer for New York real estate money laundering.
Technology
Policy
Brooklyn Tech Triangle sees continued growth
With record-high employment numbers, Brooklyn has become a tech haven.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Low-income New Yorkers are getting more economically hopeful
The new Upward Mobility report is based on an annual survey called The Unheard Third.
New York City
Policy
Low-income New Yorkers are getting more economically hopeful
More low-income New Yorkers are hopeful that upward mobility is attainable, according to a report by the Community Service Society of New York, but it also finds that 2 out of 3 among them still feel they are in a precarious, if not worsening, economic situation.
Transportation
Policy
On the looming L train shutdown
With the L train shutdown less than a year away, the trickle of cautionary measures and hand-wringing from government officials and local politicians serves as a reminder of the fragility of the ecosystem connecting New York City’s mass transit and its local economy.
Eric Adams
Politics
Updated: A 2021 mayoral contender fact sheet
A rundown of the declared and likely 2021 New York City mayoral candidates, including how much they've raised so far.
Eric Adams
Policy
Houses of worship providing affordable housing in Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams wants churches to build affordable housing units on their unused tax lots.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Undocumented immigrants might be avoiding nonprofits
There's a deep fear of deportation among undocumented immigrants and their families.
New York City
Politics
The arrest record of New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams
The arrest record of New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams
Politics