Policy & Government

Herkimer Gardens offers affordable and supportive homes for older New Yorkers, a health care facility, and food pantry

The more than 200-page plan focuses on addressing housing and public health issues throughout the borough.

During Community Board 16's monthly meeting, members and local pols raised several questions and concerns regarding an application to develop housing on a lot in Ocean Hill-Brownsville. 

Sanitation workers will now pick up compost items from residents in Brooklyn who separate their food scraps and yard waste from the trash as part of a citywide composting program that will become mandatory in 2025.

If convicted, 22-year-old Abel Mora could face up to 15 years in prison

55-year-old Keith Brannon was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and first-degree attempted robbery

Operator ignored workers’ safety concerns, caused laborer’s death in Brooklyn wall collapse.

47-year-old Liyong Ye faces several charges including second-degree murder and first-degree assault, among others

The lists reveals the NYPD members that accumulated the most civil lawsuits and highest payout totals over the past 10 years

23-year-old Latrell Lewis faces several charges, including second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, among others.