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Mamdani, Menin shake on $126B NYC budget
After a whirlwind weekend of last-minute haggling.
New York City
Politics
Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission sues to get open primaries on the ballot
And joining forces with the ragtag group of Adamsites are the likes of Vickie Paladino, David Paterson and Vito Fossella!
New York City Council
Politics
City Council, citywide officials could get 18% raise
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and council Speaker Julie Menin would decline their raises, perhaps sensing that the optics are bad.
NYN Media
NYN Media
Opinion: How the City Council can help keep people and pets together
Funding a pet food assistance program is just one way to address the affordability crisis
News & Politics
Politics
Rafael Rubio, City Council staffer detained by ICE, is freed after 5 months behind bars
The 45-year-old has been released while he fights for asylum.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York needs an EDC leader with an eye on the water
This summer offers a rare chance to unlock the economic potential of our waterfront.
New York City
Policy
Menin delays budget handshake, pressing Mamdani on rental voucher expansion
The City Council is serious about dropping this lawsuit and putting hundreds of millions more toward an already expensive program.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Universal childcare means expanding after school programming too
New York City should double funding for new seats in the budget.
New York City
Opinion
Opinion: Dems and GOP agree, we need an AI moratorium
The school year ends this week. Let’s start the next year without it.
New York City Council
Politics
NYC Council intern fired after launching campaign to pay interns
Mina Farahmand was working for Manhattan Council Member Harvey Epstein – until she wasn’t.
New York City Council
Policy
Here’s what the City Council is pushing for in the NYC budget
Mamdani finds himself on the receiving end of lawmaker demands to expand spending on parks, consumer protection, rental vouchers and more.
Policy
Policy
The City Council’s trying again to ban horse carriages
Animal welfare advocates rallied to support the latest legislation after over a decade of failed attempts to end the city’s horse-drawn carriage industry.
News & Politics
Politics
Council members want answers about last month’s courtroom birth
In a letter to the mayor and district attorneys, 29 council members called the incident “horrific and degrading” and demanded an investigation.
Budget
Policy
Menin wants to boost funding for food pantries – but quiet on city-owned grocery stores
The New York City Council speaker addressed City & State’s Food Access and Affordability Event, weeks before the city budget is due.
New York City Council
Personality
Every borough is represented in the City Council’s queer caucus
With a new executive director and a citywide mandate, the bipartisan (!) group is getting to work.
Budget
Policy
Mamdani has placed DCWP front and center. Menin wants him to give it $32M more
The City Council will call for a big increase in the consumer and worker protection department’s budget at a hearing on Friday.
News & Politics
Politics
NYC Council will not override Mamdani’s first veto
The council doesn’t have the votes to pass the bill over Mamdani’s objections, but they plan to introduce a new version with tweaks.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
The council’s newest member Carl Wilson says it’s all ‘a little surreal’
The staffer-to-principal pipeline lives on as Erik Bottcher’s former chief of staff succeeds him in the council.
New York City Council
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Unions urge City Council not to override Mamdani’s ‘buffer zone’ veto
UAW, 1199SEIU and NYSNA are among the signees to a letter reiterating their opposition to the vetoed bill establishing “security perimeters” outside educational facilities.
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