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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...
New York's Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act, banning surveillance pricing using personal data. The bill now awaits Governor...
NY's CREEP Act expanding anti-stalking protections to online victims and coworkers has passed the legislature June 5 and awaits Gov....
NY's Legislature passed a bill June 5 requiring all state shelters to provide net-neutral, privacy-respecting internet access, pending the Governor's...
NYC housing advocates and council members rallied June 5 to demand Mayor Mamdani fund the 2023 CityFHEPS voucher expansion still...
A federal judge ruled Trump policies halting asylum, work permit, and green card cases for applicants from 39 countries unlawful,...
Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Andrew Amer, who led the 2023 civil fraud prosecution of Donald Trump, to the New York...
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 New York State Assembly passed a revised media access bill for encrypted police radio statewide, but the NYPD is...
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...
New York's state legislature is approaching a vote on the Responsible Data Center Development Act, a one-year moratorium on data...
Bronx Defenders leaders Juval O. Scott and Samantha Espada are urging Mayor Mamdani to expand indigent legal services funding and...
The NAACP, its Legal Defense Fund, and Public Citizen filed a federal court motion June 4 to block a USPS...
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 Legislature passed the Tampons Aren't Contraband Act, banning prisons from denying visits to people carrying menstrual...
New York Attorney General Letitia James won an appellate ruling upholding a $4.35 million judgment and 10-year ban against former...
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to nominate Alexander Dockery, whose sentence she commuted in 2023, to New York's Commission of...
Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation creating 50-foot security buffer zones around New York houses of worship, prohibiting protests near religious...
The Hispanic Federation says 88 percent of its registered Latino voters cast ballots in the 2020 election, 22 percentage points...
Thirty House Democrats sent Postmaster General David Steiner a letter demanding answers on a USPS rule that could condition mail-in...
New York spent years banning gerrymandering in its constitution. Now Democrats want to erase those rules.
More than 100 NYC organizations rally at Tweed Courthouse urging City Council to sustain Mayor Mamdani's veto of Intro 175-B,...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani will hold a press conference Friday at Brooklyn Public Library's Cortelyou branch to make a library-related...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a $124.7 billion budget closing a $12 billion deficit through new taxes on wealthy property owners...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered remarks at the NYPD's Sikh Heritage Day celebration at Police Headquarters, marking Vaisakhi with Sikh...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin are urging Gov. Hochul to scale back a tax credit benefiting...
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang discussed bringing everyday New Yorkers into government oversight at the 203rd CityLaw Breakfast...
New York State is offering $140,000 in grants for community projects that work to reduce mental health stigma, with funding...
New York City launched an interactive map for finding childcare providers and a survey of 400,000 families to shape universal...
NYC will open applications June 2 for its first 2-K program, providing free childcare for two-year-olds in five school districts...
New York State is offering $5,000 grants to service providers helping reduce food insecurity among people with mental illness through...
New York City introduces tools to help homeowners plan, finance, and build Accessory Dwelling Units, addressing housing affordability in Brooklyn...
Brooklyn families can receive up to $1,000 per child under 4 and $330 per child ages 4-16 through New York's...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams launched an interactive Build-A-Budget tool allowing New Yorkers to experiment with balancing the city...
Mayor Mamdani and DCWP recovered nearly $2 million for over 800 fast-food workers whose Fair Workweek rights were violated by...
The MTA launched a new mobile app for NYC subway and bus riders featuring real-time arrivals, accessibility tools, and live...
New York City launched a Fast Track program to cut affordable housing development timelines in half, selecting 784-800 Myrtle Avenue...
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull received two prestigious AORN awards for preventing surgical errors and maintaining smoke-free operating rooms in Brooklyn.
NYC's largest public employee union District Council 37 endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for Congress in the 7th District.
New York State awards $6 million to three communities for behavioral health crisis response pilot programs led by health professionals...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will hold a press conference at City Hall Thursday and visit Emmanuel Baptist Church in Brooklyn with...
Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, has been appointed to New York State's Permanent...
NYU Langone study finds long COVID patients show enlarged brain structures also tied to Alzheimer's disease, suggesting overlapping brain damage...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Lisa Gelobter as NYC's chief technology officer and commissioner of the Office of Technology and Innovation...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams scrutinized the city's response to extreme cold weather that killed 18 New Yorkers outdoors during...
NY Attorney General Letitia James recovered $4.7 million from two NYC truck rental companies and their accountant for a decade-long...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will join Governor Kathy Hochul Tuesday for a Let Them Build event promoting housing and infrastructure...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will speak at a City Council education committee hearing on Feb. 10 at 250 Broadway...
New York is mandating paid prenatal leave for workers according to a LinkedIn News item, potentially making it the first...