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A new poll shows the former governor with 32% support among likely voters. It’s not just name recognition, though, or the mayor vying for a second term wouldn’t be at just 6%, tied with Socialist Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, and behind State Senator Jessica Ramos at 7%, Comptroller Brad Lander at 10% and former Comptroller Scott […]

A series of recent violent attacks in the New York City subways have refocused attention on the question of if — and when — involuntary removal and hospitalization should be used to address what city officials have called a crisis of homelessness and untreated mental illness. New York City has pushed these measures as a

The launch of congestion pricing has put the MTA’s plan to stretch the Second Avenue Subway from the Upper East Side to Harlem one stop closer to its final destination. Days before the Jan. 5 start of the vehicle-tolling initiative that is looked to as a major source of funding for the $7.1 billion expansion

¿Quieres leer nuestra historia en español? Presione aquí. For months, THE CITY has investigated Home Healthcare Workers of America, the union that organized more new members than any other in New York City in the 18 months leading up to June 2024. Its growth happened amid a rapid expansion of Medicaid-funded care for the elderly

Want to read this story in English? Click here. En diciembre, THE CITY publicó una investigación acerca de Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA, por sus siglas en inglés), el sindicato de trabajadores con la mayor tasa de nuevos integrantes en Nueva York durante 18 meses en 2023 y 2024.   El aumento de su membresía

A former New York City Board of Elections lawyer  — whose complaint alleging Executive Director Michael Ryan subjected her to repeated comments about her ethnicity and gender spurred a city probe — asked a judge on Thursday to let her file suit. Stephanie Jaquez formally petitioned in Manhattan state Supreme Court for permission to proceed

One of the first things retired jails guard Gloria Murli tells Rikers visitors is to watch where they walk. “Just be careful,” she says, “They leave you little presents.” These presents are from the feral cats that live in alleys between trailers, under crawlspaces and inside emptied jail complexes across the island’s 413 acres. As

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City parents: Do you want to get involved in local and citywide education policy? An opportunity is just around the corner. Applications to serve on the city’s Community and City Education Councils, or CECs, will open on Monday, giving

A group of cannabis dispensary operators called on Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday to forgive tens of millions of dollars of high-cost loans that they say threaten the viability of their businesses. The loans were made by a social equity loan fund created by the Hochul administration to provide capital to dispensary owners, but that has

Mayor Eric Adams presented his fourth and possibly final State of the City address Thursday in Harlem, sharing a vision — but scant details on how — to make it easier to raise a family in the five boroughs.  As he walked out on stage at the Apollo Theater, the mayor rubbed the famous Tree