It's Tuesday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani is legally obligated to expand a city-funded rental voucher program to cover more New Yorkers at risk of eviction.
And on the campaign trail, Mamdani pledged to comply with the law, which was passed by the City Council in 2023 and then challenged by Mayor Eric Adams.
But facing a yawning budget gap, Mamdani has since made an about-face and is looking for compromises that could save the city money.
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday blocked a lower court order that would have forced New York to redraw Staten Island’s congressional district ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
Earlier this year, a state judge ruled that Black and Latino voters are disenfranchised by the current boundaries of the 11th congressional district. Here's what residents of Staten Island's denser, more diverse North Shoretold us about their political priorities.
A Bronx public school student detained last year by federal authorities should be added to the list of immigration cases Mayor Mamdani is asking President Donald Trump to dismiss, immigration advocates and lawyers say.
Federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey man with intentionally damaging religious property after authorities say he repeatedly rammed his car into the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights earlier this year.
A man who burned an Israeli flag during a protest at Columbia University in 2024 is expected to pay $25 to the flag owner and do 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to low-level crimes yesterday.
While Mayor Mamdani looks to add new modular public bathrooms around the city, about 50 restrooms inside city parks are closed for repairs and renovations.
Jersey City leaders say they intend to bring affordable housing and community space to a property once slated to be the North American outpost of a famed French art museum — further distancing themselves from the previous mayor’s vision for the site.
