Politics

Politics

Adams puts a new price tag on serving migrants: $4.2 billion

The New York City mayor doesn’t think the governor’s cost-sharing plan is workable

Energy & Environment

Policy

New York City leaders want everyone to compost. They don’t all agree on how to get there.

While the Adams administration plans to expand its voluntary residential composting program citywide, council members continue their push for mandatory composting.

Heard Around Town

Policy

After banning ChatGPT, NYC Schools consider how to use it

Schools Chancellor David Banks said the DOE is looking for the right “guardrails.”

New York City

Policy

No increase in mental health intakes yet from Adams’ involuntary removal plan

But Mayor Eric Adams’ administration couldn’t provide many specifics at a City Council oversight hearing on the removals

Policy

Policy

Repealing the public sector vaccine requirement, New York City leaves COVID-19 mandates behind

The end of the city’s public sector vaccine mandate comes as the federal government prepares a major pandemic policy shift of its own.

Heard Around Town

Policy

‘We just have to do better.’ NYC Council speaker criticizes mayor on migrant ‘standoff’

Adrienne Adams said that while the mayor’s calls for more funding are important, he needs to make policy changes too.

New York City

Opinion

Opinion: Adams must take bold steps to bring real change in New York

The mayor’s “Working People’s Agenda” right now lacks long-term, systemic solutions.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Outdoor dining in New York City must cut through red tape to support local businesses

Restaurants struggling to recover from COVID-19 are hesitant to put time and money into their outdoor dining structures because they aren’t in compliance with forthcoming city regulations.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Racial Equity Reports are a new and valuable resource for developing affordable housing

These disclosure statements offer important neighborhood and project data that can assist community members and stakeholders in evaluating development and land use proposals.

Eric Adams

Policy

Hochul pledges $1 billion to city for migrants

Mayor Eric Adams has been asking for support, but it isn’t clear exactly what New York City will get, especially when it comes to federal funding.

Immigration

Politics

New migrant shelter is heated, local pol says, but privacy and other concerns remain

New York City Council members were offered tours of the new emergency relief center at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal several days after it opened.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Eric Adams’ approval rating is underwater with New Yorkers

Most city voters agree there’s a migrant crisis, but there’s widespread disapproval of how he’s handling it.

Policy

Policy

City blames staffing shortages for slow delivery of food stamps

The timely processing rate for SNAP applications continued to plummet in the first four months of fiscal year 2023.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Opinion: Racial Equity Reports are a new and valuable resource for developing affordable housing

These disclosure statements offer important neighborhood and project data that can assist community members and stakeholders in evaluating development and land use proposals.

Infrastructure

Policy

Biden touts $300 million grant for 'critical first phase' of Gateway Hudson River tunnel

The funding, however, will only go towards a sliver of the work that’s needed for the $16.1 billion project, which is set for completion in 2038.

New York City

Policy

As some asylum-seekers resolve to stay at Manhattan hotel, others catch the bus to Brooklyn

“We want a good place to live like humans,” one 22-year-old from Venezuela said of being told to leave a Manhattan hotel for a barracks-style shelter in Red Hook.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: Grand Central Madison may be a ‘boondoggle,’ but it’s worth it

The station expansion that brought the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central was done with style and vision for the region’s future.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Symposium discusses solutions to homelessness and mental illness in New York

Experts gathered at the event sponsored by HELP USA and hosted by City & State to discuss policies and practices to improve housing and mental health services for the unhoused.