Politics War on crime | NYC crime rates plummet in 2023, but remains far higher than before pandemic, NYPD stats show Posted on January 3, 2024
Politics ‘Back to basics’: Hochul proposes overhaul to how New York schools teach reading Posted on January 3, 2024
Politics Remember Jan. 6: Biden to decry Trump as threat to American democracy in speech on 3rd anniversary of Capitol insurrection Posted on January 3, 2024
Politics Adams defends new migrant bus rules, despite operators skirting them by going to New Jersey Posted on January 2, 2024
Lower Manhattan Vendors on Manhattan side of Brooklyn Bridge angry, perplexed as city gets set to remove them from hot spot Posted on January 2, 2024
Health Dose of relief? Hochul proposes ban on insulin co-payments in New York Posted on January 2, 2024
Politics 2024 PREVIEW | This promises to be a pivotal year in New York politics Posted on January 2, 2024
Politics City Council floats lawsuit as mayor refuses to enact housing voucher expansion law Posted on December 29, 2023
Elections Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president? Posted on December 29, 2023
Politics MARCH off: NYC to end surprise raids on nightlife venues, Mayor Adams says Posted on December 28, 2023
Business Strike averted: NYC office cleaning workers agree to new contract through 2024 Posted on December 28, 2023
Politics Year in Review | 2023 was a time of crisis for New York’s leaders, with little electoral change Posted on December 27, 2023
Politics Year in Review | Riding down memory lane with 2023’s biggest transit stories Posted on December 27, 2023
Politics Mayor Adams blasts ‘numerical minority’ of left-leaning pols for advancing council bills he opposes Posted on December 26, 2023
Politics Housing crisis: Mayor Adams pitches plan to build more mixed-income homes in wealthier NYC neighborhoods Posted on December 26, 2023
Politics ‘Bittersweet’ Christmas for NYC schools who receive low funding boost to help educate homeless students Posted on December 24, 2023
Politics Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington Posted on December 22, 2023
Politics Solitary confinement ban: Mayor Adams mulls next steps after City Council passes it despite his opposition Posted on December 21, 2023
Brooklyn Paper Council passes bill to limit landlords from running criminal background checks on prospective tenants
Politics City Council advances police transparency bill ‘How Many Stops Act’ over objections from Mayor Adams Posted on December 20, 2023
Politics Mayor Adams clashes with City Council, public advocate, over police stop reporting bill Posted on December 19, 2023
Lower Manhattan Advocates rally in Lower Manhattan ahead of City Council vote to ban solitary confinement Posted on December 19, 2023
Politics Strike threat: 20,000 union NYC office cleaning employees set to protest Wednesday for new contract Posted on December 19, 2023
Politics ‘The beginning of healing’: Hochul signs bill creating commission to study reparations for descendants of enslaved New Yorkers Posted on December 19, 2023
Politics Local Law 97: Environmentalists split as Adams admin rolls out finalized rules for landmark climate law Posted on December 18, 2023
Politics George Santos calls former colleagues ‘frauds,’ claims he never heard of James Baldwin in Ziwe interview Posted on December 18, 2023
Politics NYC’s population shrank 5% post-pandemic, with residents skewing older and wealthier Posted on December 18, 2023
Politics Transit union chief Richard Davis accused of assaulting girlfriend in new lawsuit Posted on December 17, 2023
Politics Mayor Adams says Brianna Suggs will focus on paperwork, not finances, in re-election campaign after federal raid Posted on December 17, 2023
Politics New York Democrats look to thread the needle of House redistricting and seat gains without blatant gerrymandering Posted on December 17, 2023
Politics Op-ed | Punitive segregation ban will only endanger more correction officers on Rikers Island Posted on December 17, 2023
Politics Nostrand Houses becomes first NYCHA campus to join ‘Preservation Trust’: Adams Posted on December 15, 2023
Politics Budget watchdog finds 30% of Mayor Adams’ spending cuts will ‘substantially impact’ New Yorkers’ lives Posted on December 14, 2023
Tomorrow, all day Center for Black Literature presents: The Wild Seeds Retreat for Writers of Color! OPEN REGISTRATION! Center for Black Literature (CBL) at Medger Evers College, CUNY
Tomorrow, 2 pm Ayuda gratuita en línea con los deberes y mucho más para niños de primaria a secundaria. Queens Public Library
Brooklyn Paper History-making: Abolitionist Place Park opens in Downtown Brooklyn after 20-year journey