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Troubled Bronx Charity Continues to Receive Government Grants

New York lawmakers are giving more money to the Bronx Community Foundation, which has failed to spend it in the past.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 28, 2025
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After Criticism, Home Care Employer Will Look for Better Health Insurance

Workers are currently forced to pay for insurance that many don’t want.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 27, 2025
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Trump Targets Bail Reform in Latest Threat to New York’s Federal Funding

New York’s bail reform law didn’t eliminate cash bail and hasn’t led to increased crime or recidivism. The Trump administration is still targeting it.

Chris Gelardi   ·   August 26, 2025
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Councilmembers Demand NYPD Halt its Public Housing Surveillance Expansion, Following New York Focus Reporting

“New Yorkers did not agree to trade their right to privacy for the promise of free internet,” key committee chairs wrote to city officials.

Zachary Groz   ·   August 25, 2025
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New York Lawmakers Are Scrutinizing Home Care. We’ve Got Questions.

With a hearing on New York’s troubled home care program set for Thursday, here are five questions we’d like answered.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 19, 2025
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Has Mayor Eric Adams Built More Affordable Housing Than Bloomberg and de Blasio Combined?

The New York City mayor made the claim during a press conference in late July.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 19, 2025
Brooklyn Power Broker Files Raft of Lawsuits for Doctor Tied to Alleged Fraud

Frank Seddio is representing Jules Parisien in over 500 cases — despite the physician’s history of insurance fraud allegations.

Chris Bragg   ·   August 18, 2025
Progressive Lawmakers Urge Special Session to Address Trump’s Cuts, Breaking from Top Democrats

Whether legislators should return to Albany this year to tackle historic cuts to Medicaid and food assistance has become a thorny political question.

Jie Jenny Zou   ·   August 14, 2025
‘Zombie Debts’ Refuse to Die, Haunting New Yorkers for Decades

Fraud and falsehoods often don’t stop debt collectors from pursuing their targets for years.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 14, 2025
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Five Unanswered Questions About Eric Adams’s Expanded Surveillance at NYC Public Housing

Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote surveillance. Here’s what we still don’t know about the clandestine program.

Zachary Groz   ·   August 12, 2025
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Adams Quietly Uses Free Internet at NYCHA to Expand Police Surveillance

The Adams administration is using its flagship broadband program to give police real-time access to NYCHA camera feeds — without telling anyone.

Zachary Groz   ·   August 11, 2025
Did New York City Record Its Lowest Number of Shootings and Homicides in the First Half of 2025?

There were 351 shooting incidents, 413 shooting victims, and 149 murders during the first half of the year.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 9, 2025
21 Counties Have Closed Applications for New York’s Biggest Child Care Affordability Program

There are 1,500 families on the program waitlist in New York City alone, new state data shows.

Julia Rock   ·   August 8, 2025
Regulators Crack Down on a Troubled New York Solar Company

Attyx, formerly known as SUNCo, is set to lose its license to operate in the state over what regulators called “false and misleading” sales pitches.

Colin Kinniburgh   ·   July 23, 2025
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Four Months After Guard Strike, Prison Staffing Crisis Persists

The prison agency’s security ranks are 4,700 corrections officers and sergeants short of what it says it needs to run every program and housing area effectively.

Chris Gelardi   ·   July 22, 2025
New York’s Health Companies Could Pocket Millions Meant for Low-Wage Care Aides

Offering hard-to-use benefits instead of cash could help two state-funded companies dodge a 2011 law meant to boost care workers’ pay.

Sam Mellins   ·   July 21, 2025
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Eric Adams Withdraws From Event Honoring Anti-Muslim Activist

He was slated to be the guest of honor at an event featuring a Hindu nationalist activist who has called for violence and boycotts against Muslims.

Deep Kaushik Vakil, Sam Mellins and Meghnad Bose   ·   July 10, 2025
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Can Zohran Mamdani’s Agenda Survive Albany?

Mamdani’s plans for universal child care, fare-free transit, and affordable housing rely on Albany getting on board.

Sam Mellins, Julia Rock and Colin Kinniburgh   ·   June 26, 2025
This ‘Best-Kept Secret’ in Health Care Can Shave Down Your Medical Debt

Nonprofit hospitals are required to help those struggling with medical debt, but critics say their policies are poorly advertised and underutilized.

Jie Jenny Zou   ·   June 12, 2025
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New York Police Agencies Train Officers on a Discredited Medical Condition. Legislators Are Trying to Ban It.

Documents show that six county sheriffs’ offices and two state agencies have recently included excited delirium in their training.

Chris Gelardi   ·   June 11, 2025
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