On key rent-regulation issues—vacancy bonuses, preferential rents, individual apartment improvements, major capital improvements—it will remain unclear for a few weeks what the administration’s specific “ask” will be.
“This is not a conflict between a religious group’s right to run a discriminatory parade and pro-LGBT advocates’ demand to enter it. It’s the encroachment of the religious right into…
With a new Assembly speaker in place, rent regulations seem likely to be renewed without significant changes, Rent Stabilization Association head Joseph Strasburg said in an interview.
It’s not quite right to say that East New York advocates are opposed to the mayor’s plan to develop the area. It’s not quite right to say that they’re satisfied…
State of the city speeches follow a formula. The mayor tells a couple jokes, recounts his successes over the past year and runs down a laundry list of the new…
In neighborhoods that see the most child-welfare investigations, children hide their problems, families refuse to ask for help and chances to head off serious neglect or abuse are missed. ACS…
The governor has set an ambitious goal for directing state contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. But why did it take so long? And who is really benefiting?
The mayor has chalked up victories at home and rallied fellow mayors around an activist platform. Sure, this could be another false dawn for the hope of a new, national…
Advocates are pressing City Councilmembers and the mayor for repairs to two green spaces. Parks funding is set to increase, but not enough to meet community needs, they say.