The Charter Revision Commission voted to place five proposals on the November ballot — four aimed at simplifying and speeding up the development approval process for affordable housing, and one that would move local elections to align with state and federal races. “We have worked exhaustively to find solutions that meet this moment, and I […]

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Former NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon on Monday filed notice of his intention to file a $10 million lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams and former Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard after they suggested in recent days that he suffered from cognitive issues while running the department. Since Wednesday, Sheppard, who served as Deputy Commissioner for Public Information […]

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This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. Two health care companies are positioned to keep tens of millions of dollars that are meant to benefit the army of low-wage home health aides who care for disabled and elderly New Yorkers. The […]

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This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. After spending 125 days in El Salvador’s notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison, Merwil Gutiérrez, a 20-year-old asylum seeker detained in The Bronx, was released last Friday to Venezuela with more than 200 other detainees, Documented […]

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After years of planning, a new jail bed unit in Bellevue Hospital for seriously ill detainees from Rikers Island has been mostly ready to open since January — but sits empty because jail officials say they don’t have enough officers to operate it, and state inspectors say it is still not safe enough.  The 104-bed […]

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