Policy & Government

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso launched Bushwick 1000, a multi-year program to secure employment for 1,000 unemployed young adults from Bushwick.

In an effort to close the jail complex, the city opened a health center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue to treat incarcerated New Yorkers. A Brooklyn outpost at Woodhull Hospital will follow.

The new portal consolidates application requirements, simplifies communication with the Health Department and provides real-time updates on application status.

The city's True Cost of Living report shows 62% of New Yorkers, or over 5 million people, do not meet the true cost of living, a crisis felt hard on communities of color.

Parts of Fifth Avenue will close on Earth Day, April 25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Families in school districts 18 and 23, which covers Canarsie, Remsen Village, Brownsville and Ocean Hill, can apply to the coveted spots, with offers released in August.

Sources identified the suspect as 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez, amNew York reported.

Next Mile NYC launches on Rikers Island, helping people in custody gain a CDL trucking license.

"Claire Valdez is a union organizer who worked minimum-wage fast food jobs and understands firsthand how this economy fails working people," Congressman Bernie Sanders wrote on X. " In my view, Congress needs more voices like Claire, who come from America's working class."

U.S. Rep Hakeem Jeffries and Nydia M. Velázquez separately secured millions of dollars to boost workforce initiatives and improve security measures in public housing complexes.