Policy & Government

The final phase of city’s landmark pay standard took effect, boosting wages for over 60,000 app-based restaurant delivery workers and addressing years of low pay and limited protections.

City Comptroller Brad Lander has recouped about $4 million in unpaid wages with interest for workers regardless of their immigration status or if they still live in New York City.

In a packed auditorium at Boys and Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, residents came together for Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso's "State of the Borough" address.

Coney Island, East New York, Cypress Hills, Red Hook and Gowanus will gain a quality-of-life outpost that will deal with non-emergency police matters that affect the daily lives of New Yorkers.

New York City will hire an additional 3,700 teachers for the 2025-2026 school year to reduce class sizes.

Darnell "EJ" Jones pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in wire fraud and committing aggravated identity theft, federal officials said. The money was used to finance criminal activities by the Ninedee Gang in East New York.

From 2020-2023, public schools lost 425 full-time certified arts teachers and only 31% of eighth grade students meet state requirements for arts education.

“This outfit is not campaigning. This outfit is my life,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who wore a t-shirt with an American flag and the words "In God We Trust" during his regular Tuesday press conference.

After attending a restorative justice program, Council Member Susan Zhuang, who represents Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Gravesend, had her case dismissed by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office.

Governor Kathy Hochul said several infrastructure projects in Brooklyn will be cancelled after the Trump administration cut off federal funding.