That number is up from 21 last July. New York City’s waitlist alone has surged to over 17,000 — a tenfold increase in less than a year.
The city could lose $239 million from the policy, which is supported by business groups while unions remain on the sidelines.
Some climate activists want the mayor to take a stronger stance. He previously said the state’s climate law “is not a suggestion. It is a mandate.”
The administration will soon send legislators a plan to meet a mandate capping class sizes, said NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels.
Sold as a pandemic-era emergency program, the state’s theater tax credit has quietly sent hundreds of millions to short-run flops and blockbuster hits.
Over the last three months, ICE attorneys in New York state have petitioned to send half of the African asylum seekers who had immigration hearings to Uganda.
ConEd says New York’s battery boom could overload the grid. The industry and its allies are pushing back.
The Senate and Assembly’s budget proposals include many of the mayor’s desired revenue-raisers and give the city a larger cut of state funds.
The mayor narrowed his big business tax proposal in the hopes of making it easier to pass.
When the governor doesn’t commute sentences, and the legislature won’t act, the carrot-and-stick system of rehabilitation disintegrates.
As Small Business Services commissioner, Kenny Minaya will be charged with slashing fees and helping street vendors.
As Zohran Mamdani prepares to unveil property tax reforms, he must weigh a plan he inherited from his predecessor.
It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.
The threat of a new appeals board pushed Vickie Paladino to approve a new development.
Civil service exams can slow down government hiring by months or even years. New York City is one of the only areas of the state that hasn’t opted into a program to bypass the process.
The mayor’s Tin Cup Day speech hinges on a bold claim about the city’s relationship with the state.
A foreclosure case in Brooklyn highlights ties between the courts and political party clubhouses.
New York Focus identified more than a thousand cases where a disputed interest formula increased a home’s bidding price at auction, allowing a bank to obtain it for a pittance.
Vornado Realty Trust has a stake in Halmar’s proposal to rebuild the Manhattan rail hub.
The state’s top education officials head to the hot seat Thursday for a lengthy budget hearing. Here are some questions we’d put on the table.