NYC’s $126B budget: Where Mamdani won, lost and compromised
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, City Council Speaker Julie Menin and the rest of the council reached an agreement last…
‘Keep your promise’: Why NYC housing advocates want Mamdani to fund, not fight, billion-dollar CityFHEPS voucher expansion
Housing advocates and City Council members rallied Thursday in front of City Hall to once again demand that…
NYC housing advocates protest Mamdani’s pivot away from CityFHEPS as budget crisis threatens rental assistance program
Dozens of affordable housing advocates gathered Wednesday outside Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence on the Upper East…
Editorial | The billion-dollar problem that is CityFHEPS, and how to solve it in the NYC budget
CityFHEPS expenses increased from $176 million to $834 million, as shown in Figure 1. In fiscal year 2025,…
Op-Ed | Making housing vouchers work for New York families
Old and new housing in Williamsburg. Photo by Susan De Vries New York City has made a serious…
Brooklynites react to Mamdani’s first 50 days in office • Brooklyn Paper
Just 50 days into Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, most Brooklynites are still forming their opinions of New York…
MAYOR MAMDANI’S FIRST 50 DAYS: Big ambitions, but bigger budget problems, define his first weeks in office
In his social media-driven campaign, Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to remake city government. Fifty days in as of…
New York City Mayor Mamdani seeks to stop aid to homeless while grandstanding on taxing the rich
Following his endorsement last week of New York’s right-wing Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Zohran…