Policy & Government

Each year, New Yorkers throw away 60 million pounds of styrofoam products, a major source of neighborhood litter and petroleum-based waste polluting our environment.

East New York and East Flatbush are among the Brooklyn neighborhoods that saw the most signification drops in homicides in 2018

In 2018, New York City women still can get fired for the personal reproductive health choices they make, but not for much longer.

Councilmember Williams called the mayor's plans “a powerful statement on the necessity of ending the destructive criminalization of marijuana.”

NYCHA earned the top spot because of the dilapidated conditions of its buildings and the repeated failure to address lead paint and heat issues.

Adams and Mosley called the announcement encouraging, yet just the beginning of the debate

Residents affected by the more than 400,000 affordable apartments that have disappeared from NYC's housing inventory

The Brooklyn councilmember pushes for a bill to require greater transparency regarding city funding for physical education programs

Cumbo, Williams and Reynoso expressed their outrage at the arrest of a 23-year-old Jazmine Headley and the brutal separation from her baby

The new bureau will be dedicated to investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, and educating vulnerable communities about their rights