Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration launched the city's first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure for 84 affordable homes at 351 Powers...
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...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will attend a vigil for Amira Aminova and re-raise the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument...
Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, has been appointed to New York State's Permanent...
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...
NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection penalized 270+ employment agencies for charging illegal upfront fees to immigrant job seekers...
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...
Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé has been elected co-chair of the NYC Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus, serving alongside Justin Sanchez from...
Over 500 New Yorkers joined families and lawmakers at the State Capitol demanding passage of three sentencing reform bills including...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration job portal received 80,000 applications but only hired 31 people, resulting in a 0.039% success rate,...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will visit a Staten Island EMS station Saturday to thank firefighters and EMS workers for keeping...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will speak at Black History Month events in Queens and Brooklyn this weekend, including appearances in...
NYC Economic Development Corporation released a $4 million request for proposals to build modular public restrooms across all five boroughs...
Analysis finds NYPD will likely remain primary responders to mental health crises despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani's promised Department of Community...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will host his administration's first annual Interfaith Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 6, followed by a winter...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared a post from local politics influencer Carla Marie Davis, signaling his administration's strategy of using...
NY Office for the Aging Director Greg Olsen told lawmakers Gov. Hochul's FY2027 budget includes historic investments in older adults,...
New York Press Club will gather journalists Feb 24 to discuss the mayoral handoff from Eric Adams to Zohran Mamdani...
The Brooklyn Democratic Party withdrew its endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul days before the state party convention, breaking with the...
NYC Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg outlined the Mamdani administration's housing strategy featuring developer incentives, land use changes and property tax...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani has appointed Phylisa Wisdom as executive director of the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism to address...
With Intro 1135 now in effect, a look back at the corporate lobbying campaign and internal City Hall dynamics that...
Progressive campaign endorses NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's directive requiring city agencies to name chief savings officers as alternative to budget...
With Intro 1135 now in effect, a look back at how delivery workers and their allies secured the two-thirds majority...
The Office of the New York State Inspector General celebrated its 40th anniversary with a public program at the State...
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his $4 million public bathroom expansion program on January 10, he was stepping into a...
The Office of the New York State Inspector General held a special event at the New York State Museum in...
New York lawmakers introduced legislation to raise the statewide minimum wage and eliminate all subminimum wages at a Capitol rally...
The Center for Community Media at CUNY's journalism school invited publishers and journalists to discuss Mayor Mamdani's engagement with their...
A coalition of 50+ NYC advocacy groups released the first-ever scorecard to track mayoral commitments to building and maintaining the...
Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velázquez condemned SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler's remarks about minority-owned businesses as offensive and extremist rhetoric.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans to upgrade EBT cards with security chips and expand rent freeze programs for seniors and...
Election Day is here, and as polls close, Bushwick locals are gathering to catch the live results in the company...
Pols call the proposals a 'naked power grab by Eric Adams.'
Bushwick faces unique challenges in ensuring its residents' voices are heard at the ballot box.
As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history...
A local activist wants Congress to go beyond the climate change provisions of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act
Discussing housing, healthcare, employment, maternal health and more with Maritza Davila, Erik Dilan, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Sandy Nurse, Antonio Reynoso and...
Bushwick's new city council member is asking the community to submit ideas for physical infrastructure projects in the district.
This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender...
Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit...
District 34’s incoming representative has published a form, which you can use to offer feedback on the most pressing issues...
A recent Brooklyn Democratic Party meeting included "verbal attacks" and the removal of a district leader.
Nemir-Olivares seeks to unseat incumbent Democrat Erik Dilan in the June 2022 primaries.
Nurse, along with a group of other elected officials and organizers, are calling on Speaker Cory Johnson to schedule a...
Sandy Nurse, a stalwart community organizer and proud carpenter, has won the election to be the next representative for Brooklyn’s...