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PBA President Pat Lynch is getting a challenge from Corey Grable
The longtime NYPD union president is being criticized for not reaching a contract deal and for endorsing Donald Trump.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Mother Cabrini Health foundation awards $165 million in grants
The funding will address the health-related needs of low-income New Yorkers.
Housing
Policy
NYC’s basement apartment pilot draws only 5 participants
A program to bring some illegal basement apartments up to code has demonstrated the financial and regulatory hurdles to conversions – a setback for the mayor and governor’s housing agendas.
Technology
Policy
New York City embarks on creating an AI strategy
The Office of Technology and Innovation is hiring a director of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Policy
NYC’s law to prevent artificial intelligence bias in hiring is in limbo
The implementation of the 2021 law has been delayed until April, while the city continues to consider how to define automated hiring tools and other draft rules.
Immigration
Policy
Amid “crisis,” Adams defends cruise terminal migrant shelter
The New York City mayor has grown increasingly fed up with criticism levied at his administration’s efforts to house asylum-seekers.
Budget
Policy
Eric Adams eliminates vacant job openings, by the numbers
More than 4,300 city positions were cut in the mayor’s latest financial plan.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Brian Cunningham wants to talk to the policy critics too
After getting elected to his first full term, the Crown Heights Assembly member talked recidivism, mental health and maternal health.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: Thousands of NYCHA tenants forgotten under Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Residents in public housing deserve the same relief that millions of renters received across the state, but instead face mass evictions.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Thousands of NYCHA tenants forgotten under Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Residents in public housing deserve the same relief that millions of renters received across the state, but instead face mass evictions.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Casinos will do more harm than good in NYC
Contrary to popular belief, the social costs of these gambling establishments outweigh their supposed benefits of increased jobs and economic development claimed by pro-casino advocates.
Immigration
Politics
Adams on migrant crisis: NYC can’t do it alone
The New York City mayor pitched a “national czar” to better manage the influx of asylum-seekers at the southern border.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Inside Man: a conversation with Eric Adams’ chief counsel Brendan McGuire
The mayor’s top lawyer, a Preet Bharara alum, knows his boss is under a microscope.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Looking back at Giuliani’s rise and fall
Ken Frydman, the former New York City mayor’s 1993 campaign press secretary and consultant on a new CNN documentary series about Giuliani, discusses what happened to "America’s Mayor."
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York’s answer to the eviction crisis triggered by COVID-19 needs a successor
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which is set to close its application process Jan. 20, helped renters and landlords alike.
Immigration
Policy
NYC requests state support in sheltering 500 asylum seekers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city will soon be unable to continue sheltering migrants on its own.
Budget
Policy
Eric Adams’ preliminary budget, by the numbers.
The $102.7 billion proposal includes mandated 5% cuts for all city agencies.
Budget
Policy
This year’s budget dance begins, amid tensions between mayor and City Council
The initial spending proposal for fiscal year 2024 will take thousands of vacant city jobs off the books.
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