Policy & Government

The mayor's 'Clear Curb' program, designed to ease city congestion by limiting curbside access, is deterring customers of small businesses, owners say.

The comptroller calls Airbnb a group of "special interest lobbyists that needs to stop distracting." Airbnb slams Stringer's latest report as "deeply flawed and misleading." Photo credit: guests.com Four days after NYC Comptroller Scott M.

A new analysis by the comptroller's office finds Airbnb responsible for nearly 10 percent of citywide rental increase Photo credit: NY Daily News New York City has been suffering through an affordable housing crisis for years.

The funding will go toward the operation of supportive housing units which provides services to support housing stability and combat homelessness Photo credit: Supportive Housing Network of New York Governor Andrew M.

The DOE voted on 28 proposals, 14 of which will affect schools in Brooklyn.

The $125 million infusion will benefit 588,285 students in 854 underfunded schools. Brooklyn Technical High School New York City's schools are getting a $125 million boost in the 2018-19 school year, announced Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday.

Stringer proposes to hire more social workers and to change the DOE's enrollment policies for transfer and late-enrolling students impacted by homelessness. The Help 1 shelter in Brownsville.

New York joins fourteen other states and the District of Columbia that restore the right to vote upon release from incarceration.

The city's Neighborhood Rat Reduction Plan includes dry ice treatment and full-time exterminators to aggressively combat rat infestation. Photo credit: nyc.

The newly introduced bills relate to populations that are disproportionately made up of people of color, which are more often targeted for low-level marijuana offenses than whiter or wealthier populations.