The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.

Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit holders the right to vote in city elections.

Nemir-Olivares seeks to unseat incumbent Democrat Erik Dilan in the June 2022 primaries.

What you need to know before hitting the polls on election day.

Head out to the polls on September 12 to vote in New York’s 2017 Primary Elections.

There’s a chance to meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and shine a light on displacement in Bushwick.

As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history as a bellwether for progressive voting patterns across the country.

“They have us out here like dogs”

About 18% of Bushwick voted for someone else

The recently-elected Bushwick city council representative faces a challenge from Paperboy Prince.

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick

“We’ve been fighting rats coming in and out. I don’t know why.”

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”

A local activist wants Congress to go beyond the climate change provisions of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act

New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.

Bushwick’s take on the parade hits Knickerbocker Avenue on Sunday. This year’s theme is “La Historia de Nuestra Bandera.”

“I feel like Bushwick is very gay, but in so many different ways,” says one local filmmaker.

Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.

A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.

A New York photographer of city life tries to not capture gentrification.

Bushwick’s new city council member is asking the community to submit ideas for physical infrastructure projects in the district.

The iconic library will reopen Monday, following a temporary closure due to renovations.

This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout the United States.

Piles of trash and overflowing waste baskets have been permeating Bushwick for most of 2021.

El servicio de compostaje en la acera se reanudó en Octubre de este año, pero solo en algunos barrios elegibles.

The curbside composting service resumed in October this year, but only in some eligible neighborhoods.

Many community boards, including CB4, have pushed back against making New York’s restaurant sidewalk seating permanent. But the city will likely move forward with the program anyway.

Nurse, along with a group of other elected officials and organizers, are calling on Speaker Cory Johnson to schedule a vote for the bill Intro 1867.

A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.