An effort to rezone part of Park Slope for affordable housing died last week when the mayor and City Council instead agreed to set aside subsidies for low-cost apartments — an offer housing advocates predict developers will never buy into given the booming housing market.
Six months after residents and neighbors of a city-subsidized hotel for homeless people met with police about safety concerns there, a women was found gagged and bound in her bedroom.
South Bronx residents hope they are one step closer to a waterfront greenway, as the city studies the possibility of tearing down the much-despised Sheridan Expressway.
A founder of the Outreach Schools laments the pending demise of his program.
Administration officials are ironing out a system for smoothly discharging mentally ill inmates from city jails.
Congress is advancing the White House’s proposal to eliminate income taxes on corporate dividends this week.
The mayor’s launching a gun court just for five Brooklyn precints that account for a quarter of the city’s shootings.
The Conflicts of Interest Board says it’s OK to raise private money, and the city kicks of a multimillion dollar campaign for the libraries.
The House wants to boost benefits and economic protections for active duty servicemembers.
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