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Gov. Kathy Hochul is tuning into the public’s mood with acuity, addressing critical issues like affordability and public safety that resonate deeply with New Yorkers. Her State of the State proposals, geared toward tax cuts, bolstering subway safety and enhancing mental health care, demonstrate a keen awareness of the electorate’s immediate concerns as she steers […]

Mayor Eric Adams said he had a “productive conversation” with Donald Trump on Friday that touched on a number of issues, including the effect of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement on public safety and ways to attract manufacturing jobs to the city.  Adams, in a brief statement, thanked Trump for taking the time to speak to

Health officials are lauding early progress on the state’s overhaul of a growing Medicaid-funded home care program, pushing back against industry efforts to thwart the transition. The Department of Health last week kicked off a highly anticipated consolidation of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, or CDPAP, a home care program that allows people to

Gov. Kathy Hochul has greenlit seven hospital partnerships across the state in an attempt to help struggling safety-nets turn around their finances. The initiative, first announced in last year’s state budget, is designed to incentivize financially stable institutions to help cash-strapped medical institutions to improve the quality of care and their financial sustainability.  For example,

MEDICAL DEBT: Some New Yorkers started seeing medical debt wiped out beginning last week under a city-backed debt forgiveness program, the mayor’s office announced on Friday. Letters will start arriving in the mail informing 35,000 people that at least some of their medical debt – totaling $80 million – has been erased, the administration said.

More than 100 workers at the city’s largest youth homeless services provider have initiated proceedings against their employer over alleged union busting activity. 1199SEIU, the biggest union in the city, which represents 190 health workers at Hell’s Kitchen-based Covenant House New York, has filed a federal complaint claiming the nonprofit violated national labor laws by

Gov. Kathy Hochul is leaning into NYPD overtime spending for her subway safety strategy, amplifying the city’s already historic overtime spending on law enforcement. Some transit and good governance observers, however, say they are skeptical of the cost-effectiveness. Beginning Monday, the state will kick in $77 million to fund three months of police overtime for

Gov. Kathy Hochul is leaning into NYPD overtime spending for her subway safety strategy, amplifying the city’s already historic overtime spending on law enforcement. Some transit and good governance observers, however, say they are skeptical of the cost-effectiveness. Beginning Monday, the state will kick in $77 million to fund three months of police overtime for

An embattled mall owner with a number of troubled shopping centers across the country appears to be behind the acquisition of four Penn District office buildings, records show. Mehran Kohansieh, who also goes by the name Mike Kohan and founded the Long Island-based firm Kohan Retail Investment Group, which specializes in shopping malls and retail

An embattled mall owner with a number of troubled shopping centers across the country appears to be behind the acquisition of three Penn District office buildings and a fourth in Chelsea, records show. Mehran Kohansieh, who also goes by the name Mike Kohan and founded the Long Island-based firm Kohan Retail Investment Group, which specializes