NYN Media
Nonprofits
Jared Kushner lied to NYC because he could get away with it
The Kushner Cos. filing of false paperwork on rent-regulated units and efforts to expel tenants is a failure of not just the companys integrity, but of state and local law. With the incentive structure of state rent regulations and a two-tiered legal system in which corporations get a slap on the wrist for ripping off the public while the poor go to jail for drug possession, actions like Kushner’s are inevitable.
Eric Adams
Politics
Eric Adams calls for full public financing of elections
Saying there’s still too much private money in New York City politics, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for full public financing of elections.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
Eric Adams calls for full public financing of elections
Saying there’s still too much private money in New York City politics, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for full public financing of elections.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo takes on guns, NYCHA and the Percoco verdict
Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined students walking out to protest gun violence. Afterward, he took questions from the press on the conviction of Joseph Percoco, his former senior aide.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
Cuomo takes on guns, NYCHA and the Percoco verdict
Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined students walking out to protest gun violence. Afterward, he took questions from the press on the conviction of Joseph Percoco, his former senior aide.
MTA
Policy
Can the state implement congestion pricing without NYC’s approval?
It appears as if the congestion pricing process will be far different than it was in 2008, as it is being driven by the governor rather than the New York City mayor - and the state has the right to decide what happens on the city’s streets.
New York City
Opinion
An open letter to NYC’s first nightlife mayor
5 suggestions for Ariel Palitz from those responsible for creating her new job.
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An open letter to NYC’s first nightlife mayor
5 suggestions for Ariel Palitz from those responsible for creating her new job.
New York City
Policy
Exclusive: NYC Council to consider bills to combat opioid epidemic
New legislation to be considered by the New York City Council would make citizens first responders in addressing the intensifying opioid crisis.
New York City
Policy
NYC looks to San Francisco as a model for universal health care
New York City officials are looking at implementing single-payer health care, although the model they're looking at is San Francisco, which enacted a program that is actually neither a single-payer system nor health insurance but rather universal access to health care.
New York City Council
Politics
How long can each New York City Council member serve?
Breaking down the confusing term limit rules in the New York City Council.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
How long can each New York City Council member serve?
Breaking down the confusing term limit rules in the New York City Council.
New York City
Policy
How New York is addressing sexual harassment
Politicians at every level of government are responding to #MeToo
Politics
Bill de Blasio
Four takeaways from de Blasio’s State of the City
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a plan for revitalizing democracy in his 2018 State of the City address.
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Nonprofits
Four takeaways from de Blasio’s State of the City
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a plan for revitalizing democracy in his 2018 State of the City address.
Bill de Blasio
Opinion
NYC public employees need paid parental leave
Mothers and fathers both should have time with their newborns.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
NYC public employees need paid parental leave
Mothers and fathers both should have time with their newborns.
Housing
Politics
A short-lived shutdown, Howe he did it and no NYCHA apology
The top political headlines, from New Yorkers' role in the short-lived federal shutdown to the latest in the Joe Percoco trial.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
A short-lived shutdown, Howe he did it and no NYCHA apology
The top political headlines, from New Yorkers' role in the short-lived federal shutdown to the latest in the Joe Percoco trial.
Housing
Opinion