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NY AG Letitia James secured a federal injunction blocking Trump conditions on USDA grants, shielding $9.7 billion in annual New...
NY Assembly candidate Michael Bailey unveiled a three-part plan to preserve Black and immigrant-owned small businesses in Bed-Stuy ahead of...
A federal judge ruled Trump policies halting asylum, work permit, and green card cases for applicants from 39 countries unlawful,...
New York's Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act, banning surveillance pricing using personal data. The bill now awaits Governor...
Mayor Mamdani has appointed Justine Olderman, former Bronx Defenders executive director, as NYC's new Criminal Justice Coordinator to help close...
Brooklyn Community Board 1 reviewed Turkey's Nest Inc.'s application for a DOT Dining Out NYC outdoor dining permit at its...
Residents near the proposed Inter-Borough Express rail line in Ridgewood express concerns over 24/7 noise, while others support the $3B...
Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Andrew Amer, who led the 2023 civil fraud prosecution of Donald Trump, to the New York...
New York's legislature passed a watered-down data center moratorium, while bills protecting Essential Plan health coverage and reducing packaging both...
A state Supreme Court judge blocked the city from closing Mainchance, a 35-year-old homeless drop-in center in East Midtown, ordering...
New York lawmakers passed a bill protecting roughly 3,600 subway conductors by requiring two-person crews, which now heads to Gov....
NYC housing advocates and council members rallied June 5 to demand Mayor Mamdani fund the 2023 CityFHEPS voucher expansion still...
NY's Legislature passed a bill June 5 requiring all state shelters to provide net-neutral, privacy-respecting internet access, pending the Governor's...
Bushwick Council Member Sandy Nurse led a Black voting rights rally at Federal Plaza following the Supreme Court's ruling weakening...
The New York State Legislature passed the Tampons Aren't Contraband Act, banning prisons from denying visits to people carrying menstrual...
Tenants and landlords testified at the NYC Rent Guidelines Board's first Queens hearing on June 4, debating a potential freeze...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is demanding a new SNAP Fraud Office and chip-enabled EBT cards to halt widespread skimming...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed DSA challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13, breaking a reported deal to back Rep. Adriano...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat and challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier clashed on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show over ICE and campaign money in...
Bronx Defenders leaders Juval O. Scott and Samantha Espada are urging Mayor Mamdani to expand indigent legal services funding and...
A bipartisan New York bill requiring all childcare centers to stock epinephrine and train staff in allergy response now heads...
The Let New York Vote coalition pushed six voting rights bills in New York's June legislative session, citing new legal...
A Queens lawmaker and a Brooklyn housing organizer are backing a New York bill to close the champerty loophole that...
NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is blocking a floor vote on the plastics bill for the third year and pushing...
NYC teachers and parents rallied in Lower Manhattan on June 4, demanding the DOE create protocols for ICE encounters after...
The New York State Assembly passed a revised media access bill for encrypted police radio statewide, but the NYPD is...
NYC's Independent Budget Office estimates making all city buses free could cost $1.1 billion annually, well above prior projections of...
Antonio Reynoso, Claire Valdez, and Julie Won debated on NY1 for the 7th Congressional District, agreeing on most policy but...
Siegel Street in Bushwick will close to through traffic Saturdays and Sundays, June 6–14, from 3 a.m. to 11 p.m....
Brooklyn State Senator Jabari Brisport delivered a Pride Month speech on the NY Senate floor, honoring queer history and condemning...
The United Federation of Teachers reluctantly accepts a two-year extension of NYC's class size mandate, citing the need for more...
Ex-NYPD chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned amid sex-for-overtime allegations, is suing New York City for cutting off his taxpayer-funded legal...
AI and crypto super PAC money dominated the PIX 11 debate for New York's 12th Congressional District, as three candidates...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly clashed over the mayor's Trump White House visits at a...
Local Law 132, effective March 2026, requires NYC to count jail and prison time toward supportive housing eligibility for formerly...
NYC Council members and advocates are calling on Mayor Mamdani to budget $87M for diversion and reentry programs to meet...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams testified before New York City Council's Committee on Hospitals at the FY 2027 Executive Budget Hearing...
City Council Member Julie Won, Assemblymember Claire Valdez, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso clashed over Gaza and super PAC...
New York's state legislature is approaching a vote on the Responsible Data Center Development Act, a one-year moratorium on data...
The NAACP, its Legal Defense Fund, and Public Citizen filed a federal court motion June 4 to block a USPS...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is running in the June 23 NY-7 Democratic primary on housing, ICE abolition, and a...
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
ACS touted recommended awards for 11 Community Partnerships. The Bushwick one re-ups the group already doing the job and doesn't...
NYC Parks opened the Motiva parcel at Bushwick Inlet Park on June 3, adding tidal wetlands, a sandy beach, and...
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to nominate Alexander Dockery, whose sentence she commuted in 2023, to New York's Commission of...
The New York State Assembly passed a bill to freeze ground rent increases for lower and middle income Battery Park...
NYC early voting runs June 13–21 ahead of the June 23 Democratic primary, with Rep. Grace Meng facing DSA-backed challenger...
The Hispanic Federation says 88 percent of its registered Latino voters cast ballots in the 2020 election, 22 percentage points...
Nearly 1,400 Jewish New Yorkers, including 76 spiritual leaders, sent an open letter demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani take concrete action...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso debated on NY1 for NY's 7th Congressional seat, drawing on a decade of progressive wins...