Policy & Government

Representing Brooklyn's 41st Assembly District for over four decades, Helene E. Weinstein is the longest-serving female Assemblymember in New York history.

Residents raised concerns about the need for sewer and stormwater infrastructure upgrades, among other things.

A new city program is expected to generate $500 million in private construction loans for minority-owned housing developers.

The processing system sped up after the city made investments in staffing and technology.

Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq., the executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, was appointed to the commission that is tasked with examining the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent.

BP Reynoso and Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher say their 'Housing League' will rally residents and elected officials to approve more housing development.

The mayor's budget office is underestimating projections and planned service cuts are not needed, the City Council said ahead of this week's planned budget hearings.

Mayor Eric Adams will face several contenders in next year's election.

Zinerman represents the 56th New York State Assembly District, which covers the neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.