The mayor lauds the borough’s “progressive values,” but the buzzword’s application to Bronx politics is uneven at best—a fact that may complicate the mayor’s ability to execute his agenda.
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito gave members from the borough control of 15 of the Council’s 37 committees, including the powerful Land Use panel.
Six committees will be led by members from the Bronx, including public safety and public housing.
Four years after coming close to upsetting an incumbent, what led a Brooklyn activist to stay on the sidelines? And what does that choice say about the risks and rewards of public life?
The progressives who lifted Melissa Mark-Viverito into the speaker’s chair have called for reforms to reduce the speaker’s authority. What will that mean for the de Blasio agenda?
The councilman is trying to build pressure against the plan to turn the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into an ice sports center.
Community groups say a survey of households affected by the superstorm found that 60 percent report visible mold.
East Brooklyn Congregations and allies typically work behind the scenes. But they’ve made headlines in 2013 by forcing candidates to provide detailed housing, school and policing proposals.
A report on civic engagement found that Borough Park’s residents donate the most to charity, East Flatbush is tops when it comes to voting and East New York has 311 on speed dial.
Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.
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