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New York's legislature passed a watered-down data center moratorium, while bills protecting Essential Plan health coverage and reducing packaging both...
A federal judge ruled Trump policies halting asylum, work permit, and green card cases for applicants from 39 countries unlawful,...
NY's Legislature passed a bill June 5 requiring all state shelters to provide net-neutral, privacy-respecting internet access, pending the Governor's...
Brooklyn Community Board 1 reviewed Turkey's Nest Inc.'s application for a DOT Dining Out NYC outdoor dining permit at its...
Mayor Mamdani has appointed Justine Olderman, former Bronx Defenders executive director, as NYC's new Criminal Justice Coordinator to help close...
New York's Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act, banning surveillance pricing using personal data. The bill now awaits Governor...
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...
New Yorkers can testify on proposed NYC City Charter revisions through June 23, with Queens and Staten Island hearings remaining...
A state Supreme Court judge blocked the city from closing Mainchance, a 35-year-old homeless drop-in center in East Midtown, ordering...
Governor Hochul's campaign targeted Bruce Blakeman on vaccines as Bushwick Rep. Velázquez added pressure, while Hochul touted childcare and policy...
Residents near the proposed Inter-Borough Express rail line in Ridgewood express concerns over 24/7 noise, while others support the $3B...
NY's CREEP Act expanding anti-stalking protections to online victims and coworkers has passed the legislature June 5 and awaits Gov....
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams testified before New York City Council's Committee on Hospitals at the FY 2027 Executive Budget Hearing...
The New York State Assembly passed a revised media access bill for encrypted police radio statewide, but the NYPD is...
Tenants and landlords testified at the NYC Rent Guidelines Board's first Queens hearing on June 4, debating a potential freeze...
NYC Council members and advocates are calling on Mayor Mamdani to budget $87M for diversion and reentry programs to meet...
Local Law 132, effective March 2026, requires NYC to count jail and prison time toward supportive housing eligibility for formerly...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly clashed over the mayor's Trump White House visits at a...
Bronx Defenders leaders Juval O. Scott and Samantha Espada are urging Mayor Mamdani to expand indigent legal services funding and...
AI and crypto super PAC money dominated the PIX 11 debate for New York's 12th Congressional District, as three candidates...
Ex-NYPD chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned amid sex-for-overtime allegations, is suing New York City for cutting off his taxpayer-funded legal...
The United Federation of Teachers reluctantly accepts a two-year extension of NYC's class size mandate, citing the need for more...
Brooklyn State Senator Jabari Brisport delivered a Pride Month speech on the NY Senate floor, honoring queer history and condemning...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat and challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier clashed on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show over ICE and campaign money in...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed DSA challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13, breaking a reported deal to back Rep. Adriano...
New York's state legislature is approaching a vote on the Responsible Data Center Development Act, a one-year moratorium on data...
City Council Member Julie Won, Assemblymember Claire Valdez, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso clashed over Gaza and super PAC...
Antonio Reynoso, Claire Valdez, and Julie Won debated on NY1 for the 7th Congressional District, agreeing on most policy but...
The NAACP, its Legal Defense Fund, and Public Citizen filed a federal court motion June 4 to block a USPS...
Siegel Street in Bushwick will close to through traffic Saturdays and Sundays, June 6–14, from 3 a.m. to 11 p.m....
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is demanding a new SNAP Fraud Office and chip-enabled EBT cards to halt widespread skimming...
The New York State Legislature passed the Tampons Aren't Contraband Act, banning prisons from denying visits to people carrying menstrual...
Bushwick Council Member Sandy Nurse led a Black voting rights rally at Federal Plaza following the Supreme Court's ruling weakening...
NYC's Independent Budget Office estimates making all city buses free could cost $1.1 billion annually, well above prior projections of...
NYC teachers and parents rallied in Lower Manhattan on June 4, demanding the DOE create protocols for ICE encounters after...
NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is blocking a floor vote on the plastics bill for the third year and pushing...
A Queens lawmaker and a Brooklyn housing organizer are backing a New York bill to close the champerty loophole that...
The Let New York Vote coalition pushed six voting rights bills in New York's June legislative session, citing new legal...
A bipartisan New York bill requiring all childcare centers to stock epinephrine and train staff in allergy response now heads...
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is running in the June 23 NY-7 Democratic primary on housing, ICE abolition, and a...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso debated on NY1 for NY's 7th Congressional seat, drawing on a decade of progressive wins...
NYC early voting runs June 13–21 ahead of the June 23 Democratic primary, with Rep. Grace Meng facing DSA-backed challenger...
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to nominate Alexander Dockery, whose sentence she commuted in 2023, to New York's Commission of...
NYC Parks and Council Member Restler cut a ribbon on Bushwick Inlet Park's $9.8 million Motiva section, a restored tidal...
ACS touted recommended awards for 11 Community Partnerships. The Bushwick one re-ups the group already doing the job and doesn't...
NYC launched Gun Violence Awareness Month at Restoration Plaza, run by a brand-new, roughly five-person community-safety office with no NYPD...
The New York State Assembly passed a bill to freeze ground rent increases for lower and middle income Battery Park...
The Hispanic Federation says 88 percent of its registered Latino voters cast ballots in the 2020 election, 22 percentage points...