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
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?
Nonprofits
NYN Media