Policy
Policy
Excelsior Pass is another vestige of New York’s COVID-19 era to come to an end
The app, once used to prove vaccination status and negative COVID-19 test results upon entry to businesses, is being phased out on July 28.
Policy
Policy
City Council members, public advocate allege missteps in city’s response to air quality crisis
New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said the city did everything it should have to respond to “unprecedented” hazardous air quality last month.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Over 100,000 people are living in NYC’s shelter system
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom briefed reporters on the city’s ongoing response to the influx of migrants.
Policy
Policy
What you need to know about NYC retirees’ health care fight
A Manhattan judge temporarily blocked the city’s long pursued and controversial plan to switch city retirees to a privatized Medicare Advantage plan.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Hochul allocates $51 million to hate crime prevention
The money will go to community organizations facing bias crimes. The governor also signed college campus hate crime reporting legislation.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Hochul: ‘This is the new normal’ after flooding devastates parts of the Hudson Valley
The governor is sounding the alarm on the effects of climate change.
Policy
Policy
New York Assembly member claims to have introduced the first bill written by AI
Assembly Member Clyde Vanel introduced a bill to help renters. It was researched and drafted by artificial intelligence.
Health Care
Policy
Lawmakers introduce latest version of single-payer health care bill
The bill’s sponsors have tweaked the 30-year-old legislation in a bid to attract support from public sector unions who currently oppose it.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Poll: New Yorkers support Wrongful Convictions Act
The vast majority of people polled last month supported legislation that would make it easier to overturn wrongful convictions.
Energy & Environment
Policy
How will New York’s cap-and-invest program shape up?
Environmentalists push to protect disadvantaged communities.
Policy
Policy
New York City’s uphill battle to save manufacturing
After decades of job losses, maintaining the status quo will take a monumental effort and fresh ideas.
Policy
Policy
New York City Council adopts budget, but not without criticism
The City Council voted to adopt a $107 billion budget for fiscal year 2024 by a vote of 39-12, following difficult negotiations with Mayor Eric Adams.
Budget
Policy
Eric Adams, Adrienne Adams shake hands on $107 billion NYC budget
Despite a year of contentious budget negotiations, the city leaders reached a budget deal before the deadline.
Policy
Policy
NYC food establishments to be required to use trash containers
The switch from loose garbage bags left curbside is the next phase in the city’s rat mitigation efforts
Homelessness
Policy
Homeless sweeps a 'failure,' NYC comptroller says in audit
Of the 2,308 people involuntarily removed from street encampments, just three ended up in permanent housing.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: To address NYC’s growing housing crisis, the city must fully fund the Anti-Harassment and Tenant Protection Program
The little-known AHTP program provides funds to legal service providers to help New Yorkers get repairs, stop tenant harassment and stay in their homes.
Transportation
Policy
Hochul celebrates federal green light for congestion pricing
The long delayed road tolling program is set to start in Manhattan next year.
Policy
Policy
Staffed up gun crime unit gets results, amid NYC government job vacancies
There are tens of thousands of unfilled city positions, under Mayor Eric Adams, but a small unit of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner has hit goals after hiring new employees.
Heard Around Town
Policy
A big change in the plans to renovate Penn Station
The new plan to renovate the Manhattan train hub will no longer include funding from surrounding office towers, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
Budget
Policy