New York City

Opinion

New York City Council should pass the Small Business Jobs Survival Act

New York City needs more than just chain stores, which is why the City Council should pass the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.

Rikers Island

Policy

Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief, disappointed in de Blasio’s bail response

Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio’s lukewarm response to a foundation plan to bail out women and minors in New York City.

New York City

Politics

Maloney leads in latest AG poll, but trails James in LGBTQ support

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is winning more LGBTQ support in the attorney general primary race.

Personality

New York City

Same name, very different New York pols

People in New York's political arena who share the same name.

New York City

Policy

What does Universal Rent Control mean?

Democratic primary candidates have struggled to define how they would institute Universal Rent Control.

Labor

Policy

The state of labor in New York City

Bob Linn and I. Daneek Miller on Janus, collective bargaining and the upcoming elections.

New York City

Politics

Cuomo and Nixon debate, speed cameras turned on and questions on Cy Vance

Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon debate, speed cameras turned on and questions surround Cy Vance in this week's top political news.

New York City

Opinion

NYCHA’s truth deficit

The New York City public housing authority keeps disguising its problems.

New York City

Policy

The elected officials opposing the four new jails to replace Rikers

New York City has proposed to build four new jails to replace Rikers in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Dems backing IDC challengers are not violating the truce

Sources present for IDC state Senate reunification deal say it never applied to other Democrats.

New York City

Politics

Monserrate runs for office again

Hiram Monserrate, who was booted from the state Senate after physically assaulting his girlfriend and later served prison time for misusing city funds, is on the primary ballot this year to represent East Elmhurst as a Democratic district leader.

New York City

Politics

Collins indicted, cap on Uber and Inwood rezoning

Rep. Chris Collins, Uber, Inwood rezoning and the Board of Elections headline This Week's Headlines.

Labor

Policy

NYC’s commercial waste industry is trash. How should we fix it?

New York City’s commercial waste industry is a broken system. How should we fix it?

New York City

Policy

Trash talk

Waste Equity passed. But the looming fight over commercial waste pickup zones is about to get nasty.