Policy & Government

Zellnor Myrie, who represents parts of Crown Heights, Flatbush and Park Slope, officially launched his mayoral campaign with a pro-housing agenda.

Members of a Community Board 8 subcommittee postponed making recommendations to the city's Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan after several members agreed they did not have enough information on the proposal.

As the Trump administration prepares to implement stricter immigration policies, immigrant families and their allies in New York City are being encouraged to educate themselves about their rights under federal and state laws.

The law will ensure that individuals and families of more than 427,000 New Yorkers affected by Alzheimer's receive the necessary support.

A fun day of music, dancing and sports occurred at the future site of the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries marked the rededication of the Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building in ceremony that observed the 100th anniversary of the of the birth of the late congresswoman on Nov. 30, 1924.

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez announced that the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union has been awarded $1.035 million from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

The mayor renewed his push to fix how the city deals with people with mental illness, and celebrated the passage of the city's housing plan through two City Council subcommittees at this regular weekly press conference.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries secured federal funding to improve transportation infrastructure in Canarsie, Flatlands and East New York.

Mayor Eric Adams is fearful that President-elect Donald J. Trump may target the Brooklyn tent complex housing 2,000 asylum seekers on federal land, the New York Times reported.