Policy & Government

The Back Home Unit, part of the the Office of Housing Recovery Operations, will serve as a centralized hub for displaced tenants after a fire or other disaster.

More than 100 Brooklyn nonprofit organizations that are prohibited by federal and state laws from participating in campaigns and other election activities have made donations or lent support to candidates or political committees tied to officials, according to an investigation by the Times Union.

Yitzchok Sklar, 33, and Miriam Elkayam, 27, both of whom were living in a family shelter in East Flatbush, were indicted with reckless manslaughter and other crimes in connection with the death of their four-year-old son Aron Sklar, who was exposed to fentanyl.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously signed off on the revised plans for the adaptive reuse of the Central United Methodist Church in Fort Greene, a 1930s neo-Gothic church at 144 St. Felix Street after months of back and forth with the project’s design team.

Last week, the city filled in 1,686 potholes. There are more fixes ahead.

New York City rolls out pre-approved ADU designs, financing and guidance to make adding extra living space easier for homeowners.

The state Economic Development Corporation held a directors’ and public meeting Thursday after releasing its Community Engagement Report, which highlighted residents’ calls for affordable housing and street and traffic-calming measures in the next phase of Atlantic Yards.

The city will add an extended pedestrian space and protected bike lanes on Ocean and Parkside Avenues.

The Office of Community Safety will combine several existing city departments and expand the B-HEARD mental health response program.

Nickalus “Blixky” Thompson was fatally shot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in 2020.