New York City

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Applications opened Tuesday for the inaugural year of New York City’s free childcare program for 2-year-olds. Part …

The Executive Office of Immigration Review rolled out so-called “mega master” hearings Monday in New York City immigration court, where a single immigration judge reviewed more than a hundred deportation …

When, a little over 10 years ago, the Mayor Bill de Blasio administration approached East New York City Councilmember Rafael Espinal to win his support for a plan to rezone …

Officials from the newly launched Office of Community Safety haven’t yet spoken with anyone from the NYPD about collaboration or shifting responsibilities to the office, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said …

There’s something different about just walking to work or to get your laundry, and then just disappearing. People are grabbed up who sometimes have never had an interaction with the …

During the last mayor’s term, Sadé Singh was a face of the city’s push to allow more housing across the boroughs. Now, building that housing on her own property may …

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an official review of the city’s charter focused on government efficiency and also dissolved the charter commission announced in the final hours of former Mayor Eric …

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate …

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday endorsed political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier in her primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, shaking up the race for the Upper Manhattan and Bronx House …

For the past seven years, Lillian Pagan has lived a largely peaceful existence in The Bronx’s River Park Towers. Her apartment, which looms over the Major Deegan Expressway, is filled …