1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (958+ words) This article was published in partnership with New York Focus. Each spring, Albany lawmakers decide how to spend hundreds of billions in public money in the state's famously opaque budget process. New York's budget is bigger than those of most…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1142+ words) Sweeping reforms to New York's pension system long sought by public sector unions appear likely to be part of the final state budget, with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins all publicly…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (896+ words) New York City lawmakers are pushing to overhaul how people jailed on Rikers Island cast their votes after just 335 of roughly 6, 000 eligible detainees cast absentee ballots in the last general election, officials said Tuesday. Lawmakers want to make it easier…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (958+ words) Trump administration officials took a victory lap Tuesday in Brooklyn to celebrate a natural gas pipeline that would serve customers in New York City and Long Island. But Gov. Kathy Hochul, whose environmental agency greenlit a key permit for the…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1524+ words) Way back in 2025, new mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promised voters sweeping reform at the NYPD. The long-shot state lawmaker pledged to kill a controversial gang database and terminate a SWAT-like police unit that had been criticized for over-aggressive tactics. He…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (684+ words) A change in policy proposed by the Mamdani administration this week could make it easier for New Yorkers to cancel subscriptions, automatic renewals and continuous service offers, as part of the new mayor's wider crackdown on what he's described as…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1306+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani won City Hall on a pledge to make New York City more livable and affordable." His promises of a rent freeze for stabilized tenants, no-cost universal childcare, and fast and free buses resonated with more than a…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (644+ words) Manhattan City Councilmember Gale Brewer is drafting legislation to force public tracking of complaints from Rikers Island made through the city's 311 system, aiming to bring transparency and accountability to a largely opaque process. The proposal follows reporting by THE CITY…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (495+ words) Today's SCOOP is brought to you by'our members. Nearly half a million people will soon lose their low-cost state health insurance thanks to billions of dollars in health cuts in President Donald Trump's signature 2025 tax and spending law. On April…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (683+ words) Rebecca Jones Gastons is the new commissioner for the Administration for Children's Services Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday." Jones Gaston served as commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families in President Joe Biden's Department of Health and…...