NYC politics

NYC politics

This budget launches universal after-school programming and aims to offer free universal childcare to low-income residents, representing a significant shift towards supporting working families.

There are a lot of concerns based on a caricature of myself. I don't blame New Yorkers for having that caricature because they've had to deal with more than $30 million of spending that paints me in that manner.

The spending plan is filled with nearly $2 billion in additional spending, which is going toward standing up new city programs and raising funding levels for many other existing ones.

"A premeditated rent freeze is illegal... A conversation has to be had on what the Rent Guidelines Board looks like in the future, what the process should be."

Food and housing are absolutely related," NYC Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park tells City Limits. "When people are in a choice between paying for food or paying rent, people are going to naturally choose food."

In one America, a young man with progressive politics triumphed over the establishment; in another, racism and Islamophobia surged in response to his win.

"Workers' compensation benefits exist to support those who are truly injured and unable to work, not to be exploited for personal gain... We will seek to hold her fully accountable."

During the Monday incident at a Midwood post office, a gunman held a customer at gunpoint, fired shots, but fled empty-handed after failing to steal anything.

"The Dyker Height Civic Association has held meetings right here at St. Philip's Parish home. We've come to see the space not just as a meeting place, but as a part of our home."

Cuomo: Tonight was assemblyman Mamdani's night and he put together a great campaign. I called him, I congratulated him, I applaud him sincerely for his efforts.

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.

"We lost a child again. When is this gonna stop?" said Cheryl Singletary following the service.

The latest disturbance at Visitation Academy comes just two weeks before Easter, heightening police concern that it might indicate a premeditated hate crime.

By cleaning up trash and hiring a team of experts to clear out burrows while caring for our trees, we are reclaiming public space, fighting rats, and improving quality of life for all New Yorkers.

Two young men, ages 19 and 20, were shot near a Brooklyn public high school, with the 19-year-old sustaining serious injuries to his abdomen.