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Flanked by his top legal and housing officials in a mid-March press conference, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted the city’s lawsuit against the landlord of 919 Prospect Avenue, a rent-stabilized building in the Bronx with a history of housing code violations, including leaks, mold, and heat outages.
“Let the scale of this penalty show how seriously we take the ...
At a Board of Regents meeting Monday, state education officials announced that high school graduates in New York could soon start receiving a new type of diploma — one that reflects their skills and knowledge, rather than the number of credits they’ve earned.
The new diploma is a central component of
Days before the June 23 state primary elections, a mystery donor has given $850,000 to a super PAC dedicated to defeating state Senator Jessica Ramos in what appears to be New York’s biggest-ever donation to an independent expenditure committee focused on a single state legislative primary race.
The outlay is an extraordinary sum to spend in the race’s final stretch. A...
Last November, an 8-year-old boy was dropped off by relatives at Mexico’s border with the United States.
He went through the same process as tens of thousands of immigrant kids who’ve crossed the border alone in recent years: Border agents picked him up and sent him to a federally contracted shelter while he waited for officials to release him to family living in the US...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani claimed victory after this year’s state budget sent New York City billions of dollars in aid and a new tax on luxury second homes. But the good vibes between the city and Albany may be short-lived.
Mamdani and his allies have already begun to discuss another big push for aid and new taxes. The reason is twofold: Mamdani would need more money from Al...