NYC’s contentious takeover of ailing Maimonides Hospital approved by state despite stiff opposition
New York City’s contentious takeover of financially ailing Maimonides Medical Center was approved by state regulators Thursday —…
Nearly 865K New Yorkers collected welfare checks in past year
New York City dished out welfare checks to nearly 865,000 people over the past year — a historic…
Why Williamsburg Is So Different From Hunter’s Point South
Photo: © SWA Group/David Lloyd (Hunter’s Point South); Radhika Chalasani (Domino) A quarter-century ago, when the Twin Towers…
New York leaders push to ban horse carriage industry after Indian teen’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — The death of a young tourist who jumped from a runaway horse carriage in…
‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing – Bronx Times
Hundreds of Bronx tenants packed the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture on Monday, using their allotted…
Mamdani’s new head of NYC jails once served time
NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s…
How NYC’s elite high schools discriminate — on mayor’s orders
Yi Fang Chen’s son certainly had the grades to get into New York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School.…
Illicit farms, decriminalization and long-awaited licenses: A brief history of marijuana in Brooklyn • Brooklyn Paper
This 4/20, Brooklynites are celebrating their favorite plant with everything from sunset yoga and weed festivals to a…
Editorial | Rikers Island closure plan becomes an island of uncertainty
Jail cells on Rikers Island REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo A little more than a year from now, New York…
How Mamdani’s Rent Guidelines Board is cooking the numbers to set up his rent freeze
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board won’t decide this year’s rent hikes for regulated apartments until June, but its…