Policy & Government

The shelter is planned for 2501 86th Street.

The Sunset Park public school has been trying to get a crossing guard for the crowded and chaotic intersection, but city budget cuts hold them back.

Adams created the program through an executive order signed on Wednesday. 

A Marist poll released last month indicated that 54% of New York City residents disapprove of Adams’ job performance, up from 24% in March 2022.

Mayor Eric Adams is set to pilot a lithium-ion battery-charging program to combat e-bike fires early next year, his office announced in a media statement on Wednesday.

If accepted, the rezoning proposal could add 244 units and more than 1,000 residents, but several local residents are not in favor of the plan.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 19 attorneys general filed an amicus brief to support California law challenged in federal court.

Pro-Palestinian activists are demanding the city Department of Education investigate the school teacher's actions that caused outrage among the community.

The indictment alleges defendants overbilled through fabricated invoices with inflated prices over a period of 10 years.

Supporters say the bill prevents corporations from clustering mega-warehouses in low-income communities of color and advances New York’s climate mandates.