The money is distributed to various localities throughout the state and much of it can be used to assist undocumented immigrants and the homeless, according to state law.
Continue reading →The introduction of the legislation comes as the Republican presidential primary is heating up and as Republicans are trying to draw attention to an uptick in crime throughout the country since the COVID pandemic. That could give Jordan some pause when…
Continue reading →Adams met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with leaders in the protest movement against proposed judicial changes in that country, but said he didn’t offer any of his own opinions in his exchanges with people on either side of the i…
Continue reading →Adams, who’s traveling in Israel until Wednesday, said during a call with reporters that addressing the situation stateside “comes down to the right to work — something you’ve heard me say over and over again in New York.”
Continue reading →According to their advocates, using figures from the city, academia and the press, it costs $383 a day to house people in hotels versus upwards of $72 per day for funding a more robust housing voucher program.
Continue reading →Hochul’s announcement comes the same day she announced the federal government authorized the rental of Floyd Bennett Field as a shelter for asylum seekers and just days after her team and Mayor Adams’ administration butted heads in court over the city’…
Continue reading →Among the housing options under consideration by NYC to deal with the migrant crisis are the Park Slope Armory, the parking lots at Citi Field and Aqueduct Racetrack, Flushing Meadows Corona Park and even city streets, which would be closed off to traf…
Continue reading →As it now stands, there are two safe injection sites in operation, one in East Harlem and another in Washington Heights. Both are run by the non-profit, OnPoint NYC, and were given permission to operate in 2021 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s admin…
Continue reading →Levy, who served in the press office of Attorney General Letitia James before joining the Adams administration, said he’d be focusing more energy toward the city’s agencies “to get out their message as much as possible” in the newly created post.
Continue reading →For weeks, the city’s political class has floated the idea that Bowman, a progressive, was seriously mulling a run against his fellow Dem, Adams, who is far more moderate in his political leanings. In order to run, Bowman, who lives in Yonkers, would h…
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