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.

Politics

Inside the IDC’s legally questionable campaign funding account

The state Board of Elections ruled that former state Senate Independent Democratic Conference members must return funds from a committee set up by the Independence Party. Here’s an explainer on what was illegal, whether the IDC will actually pay back the money, and more.

New York State

Politics

Cynthia Nixon’s rookie mistakes

Cynthia Nixon's rookie mistakes. The first-time candidate has made a few gaffes.

New York City

Personality

Eric Adams, election cyclist

Eric Adams rehabbed his block and his body. Is the borough president fit to be New York City’s next mayor?

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Here's the latest of what's going on in youth development

About 380 people from after-school nonprofits and advocacy groups discussed recent trends.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Seven years for Silver, Daily News staff slashed, speed cameras stall

In this week's headlines, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced, for a second time, to seven years in prison, Tronc slashed the editorial workforce at the Daily News, and New York City's speed camera program was suspended due to inaction in Albany.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

New York City could be a leader in juvenile justice reform

An upcoming contract between a Missouri nonprofit and New York City could make the difference.

Politics

Cynthia Nixon triggers a reckoning in the Democratic Socialists of America

Since gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon proclaimed herself a democratic socialist and began courting the support of the Democratic Socialists of America, the members of DSA’s New York City branches have remained split on the matter of endorsing her. One issue stands out as a fundamental question of the organization’s role in our political climate: the limits of its involvement in electoral politics.

New York City

Opinion

The Daily News’ destruction shows only right-wing newspapers will be left

The Daily News’ destruction shows only right-wing newspapers will be left. Corporations and billionaires have no use but propaganda for money-losing papers.

Personality

Who's up and who's down this week?

Was anyone a bigger winner than the pizza guy Pablo Villavicencio? Did anyone have a worse week than Marty Golden, Jeff Klein or Jasmine Robinson?