Policy & Government

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and advocacy groups are asking the Biden administration to extend temporary protected status (TPS) to immigrants from African nations.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. on Thursday announced the indictment of Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a close advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on bribery charges.

At the start of the month, nearly a hundred Bensonhurst residents lost their federal food aid benefits to scammers.

When the state did a zoning override in Prospect Heights two decades ago, residents were promised a new water and sewer system. Twenty years later, they are still waiting.

Eviction outreach at New York City Housing Authority developments that are managed by private developers under the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program was also inconsistent, according to an audit from city Comptroller Brad Lander.

There's good news for Canarsie and Coney Island residents, as the frequency of several outer borough buses are getting a much-needed boost.

The mayor recognized the anger of many citizens with the U.S. healthcare industry, but condemned the social media response regarding the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A former student at a prestigious Chabad yeshiva on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights says he was sexually abused by a fellow pupil “nearly daily” for half a year when he was 11 years old, according to a new lawsuit, reported The New York Post.

A 25-year-old man was shot on a Brownsville MTA bus early Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. ABC News reports that the bus was traveling west on Rockaway Avenue around 1:30am when shots were fired and he was struck in the neck.

Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers union rallied in Bath Beach on Sunday for higher wages. "I like to say we're ‘Blue Santa,’ which is delivering all the presents for everybody else, but can't even afford to buy presents," said a Brooklyn postal worker.