Policy & Government

The manual provides a general overview of immigrant rights, as well as information about city-wide and Brooklyn-based resources with regards to education, healthcare, business support and more.

NYC Open Data Week events in Brooklyn include the unveiling of a new affordable housing web portal; a panel on the impact of open data on infrastructure and an open contract data treasure hunt. Photo credit: pexels.

Adams and councilmembers call for a publicly-accessible, digital NYCHA capital project dashboard to provide information with regards to project costs, status updates and completion timelines In lieu of the ongoing issues of failing heating systems ,

Last year, the FDNY responded to 13,180 fires in Brooklyn alone. Currently, due to the lack of a burn unit, Brooklyn fire victims with severe burn damages have to get transported to other boroughs to receive care for their burns.

Jumaane Williams readies himself to be a critical, progressive voice in Albany as he challenges the current NY administration from the left.

The program allows tenants to add their rent payments to their credit histories; residents of neighborhoods like Brownsville and East New York with particularly low credit scores could benefit greatly from the new initiative In Brooklyn, residents of

Williams stressed the responsibility of elected officials to curb both the supply and the demands for guns, and to counteract the efforts of the Trump administration and the NRA that enable the "demonic obsession with guns.

The City Council agreed to begin a public review process  to transfer Rikers' inmates to smaller borough-based jails

NYCHOPE offers a directory of local services; information about signs of abuse; and a guide about how to help a person experiencing abuse - easily and safely accessible from any smartphone, tablet or computer. Photo credit: NYC.

Hamilton proposes that 'turnstile jumping' will no longer be classified as a misdemeanor; instead, the offense will be a civil penalty of $100 or community service.