With the loss of the state Senate to Republicans, tenant advocates say the prospects for preserving rent stabilization now rest on the strength of their organizing—and the position of Governor…
The elections altered the stage but didn’t eliminate the drama from the looming deadline for laws regulating nearly 1 million city apartments. Other key housing laws are also up for…
In 2013, the NYPD responded to 280,531 domestic violence incidents, approximately 765 per day. But stagnant state funding for DV victims’ services isn’t keeping up with increased incidence of…
Five New York City nonprofits got federal money to design comprehensive neighborhood anti-poverty initiatives. Washington never came through with resources to put the plans in place. But that didn’t stop…
The deputy commissioner in charge of housing enforcement tells City Limits that compliance with the code has generally improved and hints that the City Council might soon give his agency…
As steward of the city’s massive pension funds, Comptroller Scott Stringer has launched a campaign to give all shareholders a role in nominating corporate directors. Learn more about other fights…
After years of sharp criticism of the city’s approach to discipline, the de Blasio administration will soon release details of its revised take on school safety. But youth activists aren’t…
Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio at the Wilborn Temple First Church Of God In Christ in Albany on Sunday, February 16, 2014.
On Election Night 20 years ago, I…
A newly elected Assemblywoman says Albany needs to do more to shore up a struggling emergency food system in the Bronx and elsewhere in the Empire State.
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