Personality
Personality
Inner Circle show is jokingly Eric Adams’ ‘inner circle of hell’
The cast of New York City journalists roasted the mayor in song and dance.
Education
Policy
NYC commits $500 million for at-risk education programs
The funding will cover half the $1 billion hole left by expiring federal aid.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: 4/20 isn’t just for smoking this year
Tokers, already outside, can enjoy 53 car-free streets as part of the New York City Department of Transportation’s early celebration of Earth Day.
Personality
Personality
Health commissioners advocate for shift towards preventative health care
Commissioners, nonprofit leaders and health experts gathered at City & State’s Healthy New York Summit to discuss how to bridge health disparities across the state.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Report: Rent increases up to 4% and 7% would maintain rent stabilized landlords' profits
“I do expect the rent increase to be lower than it was the last couple of years because the data supports that,” Community Service Society’s Samuel Stein said.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
City government veterans return to help the City Council with the migrant influx
A Q&A with New Arrivals Strategy Team Advisory Board Member Lilliam Barrios-Paoli.
News & Politics
Politics
Tenants fed up with nonprofit landlord ask court to appoint administrator to take over building
A group of tenants living in a building owned by supportive housing provider Food First have filed a petition in housing court to get an administrator appointed to manage the building, which has over 150 outstanding violations.
Personality
Personality
5 things to know about Randy Mastro
The attorney has been reportedly picked to become New York City’s next corporation counsel.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Black migrants rally for better services at City Hall
Hundreds showed up for a hearing on Black immigrant experiences in New York.
Budget
Policy
Adams touts state budget for delivering on NYC priorities and 'every piece of the housing agenda'
New York City’s mayor voiced his approval over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s conceptual $237 billion deal announced a day before, but it’s not a home run on every issue.
Energy & Environment
Policy
Exclusive: Environmental, labor groups call for more climate funding in city budget
A letter to the City Council calls for investing an additional $600 million in the electrification of public schools and allocating more funding to help implement Local Law 97.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
About half of New York City has been harmed by environment inequities
In a Q&A with Elijah Hutchinson, the head of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, he talks about the “urgency and a moral obligation” of focusing on these areas of the city.
NYPD
Policy
How $1.2 billion in NYPD civil litigation case settlements and monetary awards went unreported
An investigation of public records shows the Law Department’s mandated reporting has not provided full transparency.
Events
Politics
Brooklyn DA talks community engagement, restorative justice at NAN conference
Eric Gonzalez, who often refers to himself as a “progressive prosecutor,” spoke largely about his office’s efforts to prevent violence, rather than prosecute it.
Rikers Island
Opinion
Opinion: Is it possible to get the effort to close Rikers Island back on track?
The troubled jail’s closure has been cast adrift in a sea of half truths, bad ideas and polarized debate.
Housing
Policy
Bill package aims to improve delivery of services to New Yorkers displaced from homes after natural disasters, fires and other emergencies
The Back Home Act would increase accountability, address operational inefficiencies and provide greater transparency and resources.
News & Politics
Politics
5 things to know about Alex Spiro, Adams’ new attorney
The city retained Spiro to defend Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault case.
New York City
Politics
Adams, Hochul kick off National Action Network convention with praise for the Rev. Al Sharpton
The mayor burnished his activist credentials while the governor talked about budget priorities for Black families.
New York State
Policy
Going down the mayoral control study rabbit hole
The state Education Department’s big report recommends a commission to evaluate mayoral control of New York City schools.
Opinion
Opinion