Mott Haven in the Bronx The Bronx has the highest number of Emergency Housing Voucher recipients, but the program is used in every section of the city, data shows. [ more › ]
Here’s what brown can do for you: turn commuting on the country’s pokiest buses into even more of a slog. UPS trucks were flagged more than 25,000 times last year for obstructing New York City bus lanes, MTA data reveals. That’s nearly twice as many as Amazon, whose 12,975 violations ranked second.
This is Borrow and Steal, a monthly interview series from our partners at Vital City profiling evidence-backed urban policy ideas from around the world and the practitioners who have translated them into reality. Sign up for their newsletter. New York City has a permitting problem. Businesses and de
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signs three bills meant to strengthen protections for immigrants. The lawsuit comes after the state took steps to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. [ more › ]
Prosecutors say the Brooklyn man rammed cars and assaulted four men, three of them seniors. [ more › ]
A crown featuring the Koh-i-Noor diamond resting on the coffin of the Queen Mother in 2002. The mayor's comments reflect a popular critique among many in the Indian diaspora. [ more › ]
Rikers island is New York city's main jail complex. Adrian Houlder and Tarik Hawkins face misconduct and falsifying records charges tied to 2024 incidents. [ more › ]
Chancellor Kamar Samuels said the factors leading to a controversial plan for school closures in the Upper West Side aren't going anywhere. Public school enrollment is down by 160,000 students across the school system since 2020. [ more › ]
Because the famed plant whisperer is visiting an urban farm in Harlem, here are your early links: Mahmoud Khalil's life in New York City, the fight over a Borough Hall park where judges ... park, "The Fast and the Furious" has Washington Heights origins and more. [ more › ]
Carl Wilson is on track to win the special election to the City Council district representing the West Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, and other parts of the west side of Manhattan on Tuesday, with a strong lead over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice for the seat. After one round of ranked-choice voti
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights But the CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian dismissed a suggestion that hospital "megacorporations" were the culprit. [ more › ]
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday shot down a request by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin to change a tax credit to help fill a $5.4 billion city budget deficit. Mamdani and Menin had asked state lawmakers to authorize changes to the pass-through entity tax, or PTET, which allows
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is the leading GOP candidate for New York State governor. The Nassau County executive’s tax returns don't show any donations to charity last year. Blakeman said his focus has been on helping his children who have young kids. [ more › ]
Construction work to add flood protections near Battery Park City is slated to drag on until 2030. The construction will include flood walls to block water surges like those seen during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. [ more › ]
The audience during the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) Summerstage Event at Central Park on July 10, 2024 in New York City. Where else can you see the Gin Blossoms, Angélique Kidjo, and Yeat? [ more › ]
Democrat Bayly Winder carries around a cardboard cutout of Repubican Congressmember Jeff Van Drew, who he hopes to unseat in November. Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew is fighting to hold onto his seat in Congress. His challengers are making the debate over data centers the focus of their campaign agai
The Bronx County Hall of Justice The number of people under 18 whom police charged or identified in gun violence incidents jumped during the pandemic and hasn’t substantially declined since. [ more › ]
At a recent press conference announcing a sweeping takedown of rival gangs notorious for their wild shootouts across public housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch made the unsolicited point of praising the NYPD’s controversial gang database. “Yes we certainly
NYPD night patrol. Yandel Ortiz, 18, was awaiting trial in an armed robbery case when police arrested him Monday in connection with the shooting. [ more › ]
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and Mayor Mamdani have pledged to take parent feedback into account in education department decisions. Both plans had faced furious pushback from parents. [ more › ]
