In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstructs deliveries, slows buses and drives motorists crazy.
With a Democratic-controlled State Senate and Assembly, many advocates are hopeful that this will be the year the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act finally passes.
The number of evictions has dropped again, but some areas were still hit hard.
The de Blasio administration is moving to consolidate and expand its birth-to-five education programs. Will it take this opportunity to address a yawning gap between what city teachers and their nonprofit counterparts make?
The teacher reminded some restless students to focus during the last 15 minutes before lunch. Standard directions for students feeling antsy before the mid-day meal. Except it was 9:25 a.m.
The MTA says turnstile jumping exploded when the NYPD pulled back on subway arrests. But critics doubt the numbers.
It costs money for the subways and buses to collect and process fares. It creates a crime that we have to figure out how to fairly police. And, even with discounted fares, it makes transit an unavoidable cost burden to lower-income people. So why not make it free?
Research suggests that pollutants from untreated sewage reduce the capacity of local wetlands to absorb carbon and mitigate the impact of greenhouse gases.
New York voted against Donald Trump, polls show the president to be deeply unpopular here, and his policies have negatively affected many, like transgender people and immigrants. But the president’s increased military spending has meant bigger contracts and more jobs at some NY defense and supply companies.
According to its own statistics, OSHA is performing slightly more inspections, but finding fewer infractions per visit, issuing fewer violations overall, and, accounting for inflation, issuing smaller penalties.
There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.