Housing
Politics
Council authorizes lawsuit over CityFHEPS housing voucher expansion
Speaker Adrienne Adams said it’s now a wait-and-see over whether the Adams administration will comply with new law before a decision is made to take legal action.
New York City
Policy
New York City reaches deadline to show progress on rental voucher expansion
The City Council threatened to sue if the city didn’t take steps to implement rental voucher expansion by Feb. 7.
Donald Trump
Politics
NY Board of Elections votes to keep Trump on the primary ballot
The state board rejected arguments that the former president should be kept off the ballot because he participated in an insurrection.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Damian Williams is taking on public corruption, pushing for federal oversight at Rikers and telling dad jokes
The first Black person to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Williams is reforming the office and addressing the pitfalls of the criminal justice system.
Criminal Justice
Politics
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ most significant cases
The federal prosecutor has toppled a lieutenant governor, taken on a New Jersey senator and felled a crypto wunderkind.
Heard Around Town
Politics
NYC lifeguards to get another raise, retention bonus
In a bid to avert another shortage, the city Parks Department will fork over $22 per hour.
Eric Adams
Policy
Report: New Yorkers are waiting longer for cash assistance
The mayor’s preliminary progress update for the year showed dismal wait times for cash assistance and continued sluggishness for food assistance.
Eric Adams
Policy
5 takeaways from Eric Adams’ State of the City
During his third State of the City speech, the New York City mayor said the city is ‘back from the brink,’ striking a hopeful tone about a drop in crime and job growth despite the ongoing migrant crisis.
Immigration
Policy
State makes some progress with migrant resettlement program
After a slow start, about 100 families have moved into housing upstate.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Hochul ignores migrants in 2024 State of the State speech
Hochul said she would address the migrant issue during a budget speech next week but otherwise did not mention it.
Heard Around Town
Policy
As migrant families receive 60 day eviction notices, advocates rally to ditch the policy
Thousands of families will be asked to start reapplying for shelter starting Tuesday.
Taxes
Policy
UFT, Staten Island borough president sue to block congestion pricing
The lawsuit is the latest in a series calling for a more thorough environmental review of the program’s impact on surrounding areas.
Eric Adams
Policy
Adams threatens ‘all viable’ legal actions against Abbott over migrants
New York City’s mayor accuses the Texas governor of bypassing an executive order to limit the arrival of buses carrying asylum-seekers.
News & Politics
Politics
Ahead of Christmas, Hochul grants pardons and commutations to 16 people
Advocates celebrated the clemencies but criticized a system that treats pardons and commutations as rare gifts bestowed upon extraordinary individuals instead of tools for systematic justice.
Labor
Politics
NYC teachers sue Eric Adams over school budget cuts
The United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block planned spending reductions.
News & Politics
Politics
At Willets Point, Queens, a massive housing project breaks ground
The former industrial area will become a new neighborhood and center around a new soccer stadium.
Politics
Politics
Mayor Adams announces plans to bring community newspapers to Room 9
The mayor has criticized the City Hall press corps for being both disproportionately white and overly critical of his administration.
Rikers Island
Politics
Exclusive: New Rikers commission unveils list of members
The former New York City probation commissioner and a former deputy mayor will join many original members to get the closure plan back on track.
New York City Council
Policy
NYC Council mulls removing limits to street vendor licenses
At a hearing Wednesday, council members discussed how to legitimize vendors as small businesses.
Eric Adams
Politics