As some parts of the FDNY’s portfolio, like structural fires, diminish in number, the frequency of other jobs like responding to gas leaks—which come with their own risks—are growing.
Prosecutors now must decide whether or not to appeal that ruling.
Our 40th anniversary celebration honored City Limits’ history and the contributions of two great New Yorkers.
After months of prodding by housing advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he had ordered the signing of an agreement on how to spend a $2 billion downpayment on his housing plan.
A study commissioned by the Sanitation Department and released this week found that a zoned system, in which companies would bid for all the commercial pick-ups in a particular area, would significantly reduce traffic and pollution.
London got the games. We didn’t. We can say a little about what has that meant to each place, but not much about what the alternative would have looked like.
It always seemed like the veteran lawman co-signed the mayor’s original lease on the NYPD. Now de Blasio is sole possessor.
Does it matter that this year’s Democratic manifesto mentions ‘cities’ only twice, whereas that word was used 10 times when voters last elected a president?
Messages from the head of One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund are very different. Both are worth reading.
The Association for Women in Communications tabbed the series for its 2016 Clarion Award for Online Journalism-Special Feature Section.
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