Policy & Government

"It's about time we have someone that has been shown to work to support Latino issues and understands us in City Hall - and that person is Brad Lander," said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared at the Black Agenda Mayoral Forum at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, on Wednesday, and was met with protests.

A new pilot program enlists Greenpoint residents to help prevent flooding by maintaining local catch basins and storm drains.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his administration would meet with central Brooklyn education stakeholders in District 16 to explain the dismissal of Brendan Mims over spring break, which occurred without prior notice to the community.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a late entrant to the mayoral race, also received endorsements from three labor unions.

The Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie and East Flatbush got hundreds of rain gardens and infiltration basins installed by the city to prevent future floods.

"Bring back Mims!" chanted dozens of parents, politicians and community leaders about the removal of Brendan Mims, the superintendent of D16 schools.

Rasheedul Mowla, a U.S. citizen, travelled to Syria to join ISIS and expressed his willingness to actively support their extremist ideologies with physical violence, according to federal and city officials.

Safe e-bike battery charging cabinets will reduce fires and promote e-mobility, according to city officials.

An audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli revealed that nearly all of the 247,000 medical devices purchased during COVID-19 remain unused, with maintenance lapses and poor oversight risking future readiness.