A growing base of Chinese voters creates a chance for an ethnic first in the contest for a Lower Manhattan Assembly seat. But with three Chinese candidates in the race, the community’s strength could be split.
There are reports that some parents are having trouble getting child welfare services because a botched contract award and budget threats last year led providers to scale back.
As tabloids celebrate an on-time state budget, a look at what one budget cut at the city level will mean: fewer childcare slots, less school prep for kids and a tough choice for their working parents.
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg’s powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
Fights over congestion pricing and the city’s sanitation strategy have receded from the headlines. But in North Brooklyn, worry is still in the air.
Clear lines of accountability for student discipline are needed in the era of police officers staffing public school hallways, say advocates and officials pushing for new rules.
The State Assembly appears ready to enact an overhaul (again). It’s yet to be seen when or if things will change on the other side of the Capitol.
On the heels of a report calling for reform in Albany, Malcolm Smith finally finds himself in the position to begin making changes.
An effort to stem a tide of “vacancy decontrols” is gathering steam in the state capitol.
A raft of painful funding reductions is not the best way out of the state’s budget crisis.
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