As Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration races to get people living on city streets indoors amid a deadly cold snap, the Department of Social Services is moving ahead with a new rule that advocates warn will make it even harder for people to find shelter.  The rule change, which was put in motion by former Mayor […]

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In October 2024, a Rikers Island social worker came forward with a bombshell accusation: officers were routinely isolating severely mentally ill men in their cells for weeks and even months, a process known as “deadlocking.”    Days later, the city’s main oversight agency, the Department of Investigation (DOI), announced an inquiry into the allegation.  More than […]

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Midway through his campaign for mayor, Zohran Mamdani told the New York Times that the one issue on which he had changed his mind was that he had come to realize the importance of the private sector in solving New York City’s severe housing crisis. Now, his housing plan being developed by Leila Bozorg, now […]

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The death toll for New Yorkers found outside during the record cold stretch has climbed to 17, according to an update by Mayor Zohran Mamdani Wednesday morning. Preliminary assessments indicate that 13 of those deaths were related to hypothermia, while three were related to substance overdose, the mayor said. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner […]

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has selected former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her re-election running mate, launching the first all-women slate to campaign for New York State’s top offices. “I’m grateful to begin building the next chapter of New York’s future with Adrienne Adams, our next lieutenant governor,” Hochul said in a statement. “Raised by […]

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