Policy & Government

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has considerable star power, but has been thrust into the day-to-day realities of running a city of 8.6 million. Five Brooklynites shared their thoughts as the mayor marked his first 100 days in office.

The Brooklyn Skate Garden at Mount Prospect Park gets a major boost from Community Board 8, which voted to approve the $11 million project.

The majority of the first 2,000 seats in the program will run from 8:00am to 6:00pm, 260 days a year, replacing the traditional 180-day school calendar.

The Department of Transportation will resume the installation of center-running bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue, between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza. The redesign will serve the B41, B67, B69, B63, B45 and B103.

Jakhi McCray, 22, pleaded guilty to committing arson of 10 NYPD vehicles and one trailer in the police lot of the 83rd Precinct in Bushwick in June 2025.

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso launched Bushwick 1000, a multi-year program to secure employment for 1,000 unemployed young adults from Bushwick.

In an effort to close the jail complex, the city opened a health center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue to treat incarcerated New Yorkers. A Brooklyn outpost at Woodhull Hospital will follow.

The new portal consolidates application requirements, simplifies communication with the Health Department and provides real-time updates on application status.

The city's True Cost of Living report shows 62% of New Yorkers, or over 5 million people, do not meet the true cost of living, a crisis felt hard on communities of color.

Parts of Fifth Avenue will close on Earth Day, April 25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.