Some of the top firms advising candidates for state and local office also lobby those offices for clients like corporations and unions. Some believe the potential conflict demands reform.
Some data and details from our reporting on campaign consultants who help politicians get elected and also lobby those officials on behalf of companies, unions and other interests.
The plan to build market-rate buildings at public housing sites doesn’t save NYCHA, it threatens it. There’s a better way, this writer argues.
The Department of Homeless Services announced a “decline of 28 percent across the five boroughs since 2005.” That was the good news.
Outgoing Chancellor Matthew Goldstein’s contract entitled him to a year of “study leave” at his current salary. He’ll be Chancellor Emeritus for five additional years.
Community groups say a survey of households affected by the superstorm found that 60 percent report visible mold.
While New York’s gun murder rate is lower than most big cities’, it’s our low firearm suicide rate that makes gun violence half as likely in the city than in the United States as a whole.
A new ad campaign aims to get to kids to brush and avoid sugary drinks, but doesn’t emphasize visiting the dentist—because access to affordable dental care is so spotty.
Child abuse and neglect aren’t the only ways parents can hurt children. In high-conflict custody cases, kids are often quiet victims.
