Heard Around Town
Policy
Amid e-bike fires, Council member suggests charging at police, fire stations
The City Council considered how to prevent lithium-ion battery fires at the FDNY budget hearing.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Eric Adams visits new apartments in former office building, calls for relaxed regs
The New York City mayor touted the project as a way to increase the city’s housing stock.
Personality
Personality
Three New York universities name first women presidents
Fordham University, Columbia University, and New York University have all hired women to lead them in the past year, marking historic milestones for the universities.
Policy
Policy
Dozens of free mobile COVID-19 testing sites to close
New York City Health + Hospitals said they are “rightsizing” their mobile Test to Treat units amid low levels of COVID-19 transmission.
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
Casino and real estate magnates are looking to hit the jackpot in New York City
They’re all jostling to nab one of the state’s three full casino licenses downstate.
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.
Politics
Politics