Policy & Government

The “Elyjha Chandler and Christian Perkins Swim for Life” swim lesson at Erasmus Hall Educational Campus in Flatbush is part of the city's effort to expand free swim safety classes to 18,000 second graders.

Maya Roytlender, while working as an office manager for D. Malek Realty, LLC, allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which fraudulent payroll checks totaling $1.1 million were deposited into various accounts, according to prosecutors.

The Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP) will add 4,600 new housing units in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Four children from Brownsville, Canarsie and Sunset Park are missing, the Gothamist reported.

Portions of East New York and Cypress Hills will get new parkland and open spaces under a City Hall initiative that looks to provide a green space within 10 minutes of a New Yorker's home.

Cecilia Gentili died on February 6, 2024 after using lethal drugs supplied by defendant Michael Kuilan, according to federal prosectors.

Citing testimony from tenants who said they are not keeping up with the rising cost of living, the Rent Guidelines Board revised the potential range of rent increases on two-year leases for rent-stabilized apartments.

Two New Yorkers, including one from Coney Island, Brooklyn, were indicted on Thursday for allegedly stealing 17 social security numbers and using them to apply for loans in the victims’ names, which they quickly withdrew and never repaid, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's office.

A push to strengthen literacy instruction is gaining momentum in Brooklyn, with Assemblymember Robert Carroll securing $120,000 for local public schools.

New findings from the Congressional Budget Office reveal who stands to gain and who will lose under the GOP’s proposed budget.