The New York City Department of Environmental Protection reached its first milestone in its efforts to clean up the Gowanus Canal Monday, when it shut down for repairs the 100-year-old…
At a hearing in Brooklyn, people called on the charter revision commission to take on a wider range of issues–from lulus to land-use–than its staff has targeted.
At its last full meeting on June 9, the New York City Council dealt with legislation on taxi licenses, property taxes and health insurance for spouses of prison guards. But…
When New York City public schools let out next week, the tests will have just begun for many teens, who will face rising crime and the weakest young adult job…
Times Square. In its colorful and danger-filled heyday of the 1970s and ’80s, porn shops, drug pushers, prostitutes and pistol-toting stickup men were the price of admission. But the venue…