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A raft of last-minute proposed changes to Brooklyn Democratic Party rules, billed as reforms by leadership, is drawing the ire of critics who see an eleventh-hour attempt by party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn to maintain her grip on power after losing

Andrés, a Colombian immigrant living in College Point, Queens, had just picked up some Peruvian food on an evening in late June, and was driving his 6-year-old daughter and wife home when they were suddenly boxed in by unmarked cars. Masked ICE agents jum

A fight over pollution along the Queens-Long Island border is boiling over, as residents from one side of the dividing line accuse a concrete recycling plant on the other of spoiling their bayfront air - and see an opening to close the facility for good.

Miles of water, scenic views and natural coastline await you around Jamaica Bay, which has shaken its past as a dumping ground for the city and resurged in recent years as a wild landscape. There are multiple ways to enjoy the bay, from active kayaking an

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Of the estimated 67 million people in the United States who will likely be affected by Medicaid cuts, about 3.6 million recipients live in New

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration sued the New York City Council on Wednesday over its newly enacted bill to pay paraprofessionals one-time $10,000 payments, saying it both runs afoul of a state law that restricts public-sector wage increases to colle

New York City needs to build 700,000 new housing units over the next 10 years, the Mamdani administration said Wednesday, a figure larger than previous estimates. Meeting that goal would require the city to hit very ambitious construction targets. The rep

The MTA's plan to convert to a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040 has hit enough roadblocks that the target date is "in jeopardy" of not being met, a new report from New York state's top fiscal watchdog warns. The audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapol

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. A bill guaranteeing paraprofessionals a one-time $10,000 pay bump became law automatically on Wednesday after Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined to sign or