Right now, New York prevents prisoners and parolees from voting. Civil rights watchdogs say the system is so confusing it deprives legally eligible people from actually casting ballots.
University Heights, Morrisania, Highbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Mott Haven are among the 10 city neighborhoods with the highest rate of housing maintenance problems, a new report finds.
In light of a report about the deterioration of conditions during the Bloomberg years, the authority says the picture has changed under Mayor de Blasio.
As voters across the state head to the polls to weigh in on races for statewide and legislative offices, here’s a guide to the stories we’ve been following through the…
A city comptroller’s study of housing conditions also detected a distinct racial skew—independent of income or rent-level—to which New Yorkers are most likely to live amid housing deficiencies.
A candidate who lost by 72 votes last year in a race colored by Election Day oddities has asked the Justice Department to oversee next week’s rematch. His opponent seconded…
Two of the past three Assemblymembers from the 79th district have been convicted of corruption. With varying amounts of campaign money and an array of policy ideas, six candidates are…
Beauty and toxins, industry and wildlife mix in Newtown Creek, along the Gowanus Canal and near the old Wolff-Alport Chemical Company on the Brooklyn-Queens border.