“On Wednesday night, a man held at Rikers Island died—the fifth death in city custody in the last two weeks, and the 12th this year alone. These are not isolated…
The Trump Administration reportedly had talks with Eric Adams about offering the sitting mayor a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in exchange for dropping out…
The City Planning Commission approved a plan Wednesday to rezone a 54-block swath of the Queens waterfront neighborhood, to spur an estimated 15,000 new apartments over the next decade. Take…
Public school buildings, many of which are an average of 75 years old, grapple with mold, leaks, antiquated heating and cooling systems and poor ventilation, environmental advocates argued at a…
“We absolutely should weed out exploitative landlords, but we also need policies that support responsible owners. Otherwise, small landlords give up, banks take over, and buildings end up owned by…
A new report by the Natural Areas Conservancy is the first to quantify the stormwater capture capacity of the city’s forests, wetlands, and grasslands—helping prevent untreated sewage from overflowing into…
The Adams administration wants to expand the Health Department’s capacity to inspect cooling towers atop buildings, among other reforms, after an outbreak in Harlem—stemming from bacteria found in towers at…
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation has already rejected the permits needed to bring the pipeline to life three times, saying previously that the project would “disturb sensitive habitats” and…
