Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We need to end the foster system to prison pipeline
Closing Rikers Island so we can reinvest in our communities and our youth is a first step.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Eric Adams recalls his past, under surveillance by the NYPD
The mayor who has, at times, shown support for civil liberties, appointed attorney Muhammad Faridi to an NYPD oversight role.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Choice, access, community: How the Brooklyn Book Bodega reaches out
The nonprofit promotes literacy by providing book access to students in Brooklyn.
Politics
Politics
NYC to pilot remote work in tentative city worker contract
The city reached a labor agreement with DC 37, setting the pattern for other municipal workers unions.
Housing
Policy
New York City’s borough presidents are ready to build
They each have their own priorities for development, but there’s a sense of urgency to create more housing.
Politics
Politics
Andy King, expelled from the City Council, wants back in
But the city charter is clear – he can’t run this year, due to term limits.
Technology
Policy
State comptroller: New York City agencies are using AI without guardrails
An audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found that New York City lacks “an effective AI governance framework.”
Transportation
Opinion
Opinion: Reimagining paratransit requires federal leadership and funding
While New York City and state can leverage their collective dollars to improve this service, the fed should also pay and provide oversight to ensure quality into the 21st century.
New York City
Politics
What’s on Eric Adams’ agenda for ‘Tin Cup Day’?
After a mixed bag last year, the mayor has an opportunity to start this session on the right foot while securing more money for the city.
Politics
Politics
NYCHA tells state legislators what their districts owe in rent
The public housing authority is hoping to get funding for rent that hasn’t been paid during the pandemic.
Heard Around Town
Policy
NYC ends COVID-19 text updates amid pandemic policy rollback
The state is also longer requiring masking at health care facilities.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
What it was like with Eric Adams overnight at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
A Q&A with homeless advocate Shams DaBaron on visiting the migrant facility and more.
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: The arrival of asylum-seekers is unlike previous migration waves
Bussed to New York City, many migrants have arrived without existing ties and are staying, stretching resources that can help them to the breaking point.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Fifteen council members leave the Progressive Caucus
The New York City Council’s progressives were nearly halved, as leadership tries to build a more cohesive group.
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina’s war on oversight
The head of the city’s jails seems to have a problem shining light on the institutions he runs.
New York City
Exclusive
Politics
Exclusive: Leader of NYC jails oversight board resigning in protest
Board of Correction Executive Director Amanda Masters is on her way out.
Politics
Politics
Being the city’s social services commissioner is a hard job. And Gary Jenkins is leaving at a particularly difficult time.
The New York City shelter population is at a record high, and more homeless New Yorkers died last year than ever before.
Heard Around Town
Politics
New York snubbed at State of the Union
Mayor Eric Adams attended the speech after calling again for a ‘decompression strategy’ at the southern border.
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