Heard Around Town

Politics

The City Hall steps are closing for renovation

Visitors to the center of New York City government will have to enter through a side door for the next year.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Adams replaces school funding with gaffes and prayer

As the mayor’s talking points validate the instincts of a large, and likely growing, supermajority, progressives need to start planning a credible challenge to defeat him in 2025.

New York City Council

Policy

Adrienne Adams wants New York City to get creative with its staffing crisis

At her State of the City address, the City Council speaker called for expanding programs to get people from the correctional system into civil service jobs.

Education

Policy

Who should bear the cost of upgrading SUNY and CUNY? Hochul says students are part of the answer

New York’s public colleges need financial assistance, but fears of enrollment declines and burdening middle-class students have made the governor’s plan proposal unpopular with students, staff and some lawmakers.

Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: Medicaid prescription changes threaten patients and safety net providers

The federal 340B drug pricing program that serves low-income and underserved patients is about to be stripped of funding which may reduce STD and COVID-19 treatment services in New York.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

New York Landmarks Conservancy on half a century of preservation advocacy

Conservancy President Peg Breen speaks on the nonprofit’s 50th anniversary and its most recent efforts on the Penn Station Redevelopment plan.

Politics

Politics

Brooklyn Dems sued for breaking office lease

The party said it couldn’t pay because of the pandemic. Its landlord says the party owes $82,000.

Immigration

Policy

NYC hopes to relocate asylum-seekers to other places

Mayor Eric Adams released a blueprint for the city’s path forward, as the Biden administration weighs immigration policy changes.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: Hochul should fund moving Madison Square Garden

The governor, who gave a big subsidy for her hometown Buffalo Bills, can do the same for the city’s famed arena.

New York City Council

Policy

Council to Adams: there’s more money to be found

At issue is the very size of New York City’s operating budget, and how it gets spent.

Policy

Policy

How do you convince Manhattanites a casino will be good for their neighborhood?

Gambling companies have their work cut out for them – but getting locals on board is essential to succeeding in New York City.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Jennifer Mitchell returns to The Doe Fund as organization’s CEO

Bringing in her expertise as executive director of The HOPE Program, Mitchell hopes to tackle the homelessness and affordable housing crisis in New York City.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Adams, de Blasio send off Sally Goldenberg from Room 9

The Politico New York reporter, the de facto dean of the City Hall press corps, is moving on to national coverage.

Policy

Policy

America’s teens are in a mental health crisis. So are New York’s.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a sweeping mental health plan that includes a suicide prevention pilot for New York City youth.

Heard Around Town

Politics

NYC to work with private funders to serve migrants

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said she’s teaming up with private philanthropy to cover expenses on legal services, food and more.

Education

Exclusive Policy

Exclusive: New York City schools to create working group on phasing in smaller class sizes

Parents, school leaders and advocates are being asked about their interest in joining the effort in a new survey released today.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Will the NYPD show up to testify this time?

Police higher ups postponed an oversight hearing twice on the Strategic Response Group.

Infrastructure

Policy

Part of Adams’ Albany agenda: building stuff faster

The comptroller and City Hall officials headed to Albany to lobby for capital process reforms.