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Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's CityFHEPS housing vouchers.
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
Over 1,300 tourism and hospitality workers are urging NYC to raise its tourism marketing budget to $35 million for FY2027,...
A consulting firm's 146-page report warns NYC's Delivery Protection Act could cost more than 10,000 jobs and raise annual delivery...
Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case that closing Rikers Island is environmental justice and urge passage of a...
New York City's FY2027 budget will open a $1,000 college savings account for every public school kindergartner, making it the...
NYC Council passed a veto-proof law requiring NYPD transparency reports on protest perimeters around K-12 schools after Mayor Mamdani vetoed...
City Council committees unanimously approved Monitor Point, a Greenpoint waterfront project with 1,324 apartments, half of which are permanently affordable.
Queens DA Melinda Katz charged Forest Hills City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi with using AI to forge endorsements and fake...
Greenpoint Councilmember Lincoln Restler challenged Monitor Point's plan for luxury towers on MTA-owned Bushwick Inlet waterfront at a City Council...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin finalized a $125.8B NYC budget including $175M for new housing vouchers, not...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration said NYC public school budgets will not be cut for 2026-2027, keeping funding steady as enrollment...
NYC housing advocates and council members rallied June 5 to demand Mayor Mamdani fund the 2023 CityFHEPS voucher expansion still...
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
More than 100 NYC organizations rally at Tweed Courthouse urging City Council to sustain Mayor Mamdani's veto of Intro 175-B,...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a $124.7 billion budget closing a $12 billion deficit through new taxes on wealthy property owners...
City Council Education Chair Eric Dinowitz joins P.S. 16 Wakefield students and arts advocates March 30 to support $4.05M citywide...
NYC Council passed bills creating security perimeters around houses of worship and schools to address hate incidents, affecting Brooklyn neighborhoods...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams launched an interactive Build-A-Budget tool allowing New Yorkers to experiment with balancing the city...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is scheduled to speak Thursday at the NYC Council's Committee on Civil and Human Rights hearing...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams scrutinized the city's response to extreme cold weather that killed 18 New Yorkers outdoors during...
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will speak at a City Council education committee hearing on Feb. 10 at 250 Broadway...
Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé has been elected co-chair of the NYC Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus, serving alongside Justin Sanchez from...
Weeks after a Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative investigation revealed that Instacart had been charging different customers different prices for...
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his $4 million public bathroom expansion program on January 10, he was stepping into a...
Rafael Espinal, the former City Councilmember who signed the death certificate on New York's 91-year-old Cabaret Law at Bushwick venue...
Pols call the proposals a 'naked power grab by Eric Adams.'
Sandy Nurse says the latest budget brings over $10 million to Bushwick
The board is tasked with identifying more sustainable solutions to end street harassment, as policing and criminalization efforts have not...
Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit...
Jennifer Gutiérrez, a Queens-born activist and former chief of staff to Brooklyn Borough President-Elect Antonio Reynoso, has won the election...
A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.
With the NYC General Election approaching, these are the important dates and details you need to know.
Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent...
The Democrat running in Ridgewood says Bob Holden won't hold on
'Our campaign was going to win,' Ousted Candidates Plan For Next Year
In a statement given to Bushwick Daily , Sandy Nurse accused Corey Johnson of slashing funding to a number of...
“Justice was served," candidate Misba Abdin says of a ruling overturning a Board Of Elections decision that nixed his campaign
Candidates accuse Democratic Party of 'blatant anti-democratic power grab' amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and...
So far, a dozen candidates have officially announced their campaigns for the position including Bushwick’s District 37 City Councilmember ,...
If he wins, Espinal will become the youngest politician, and the first Latino to be in city-wide politics.
The Council Member wants more eco-friendly infrastructure throughout NYC.
Before Espinal started thinking big about ways New York could be a leader in progressive politics. He was just the...
The councilmen joins coalition to reduce plastic waste in NYC. Praised by environmental groups, the bill would be enforced by...
Head out to the polls on September 12 to vote in New York's 2017 Primary Elections.
A new bill would create a task force to study NYC nightlife and recommend ways to modernize the system of...
If you're a Bushwick resident, then please attend this meeting!
From now through September 30th, Bushwick residents can submit proposals for public projects—and If selected at neighborhood assemblies, the projects...
City's First Readers is a new program designed to pool the efforts of major literacy organizations throughout New York to...