10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (394+ words) Fifty years ago this month, a president of the United States famously told New York City to “drop dead” (as one tabloid put it) in rebuffing City Hall’s request for an emergency loan to prevent the Big Apple from falling…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (292+ words) In the last 25 years, New York has faced more terrorism than any other city in the country. We’ve dealt with an array of lone wolf attacks and thwarted plots in the quarter-century since 9/11, thanks in no small part to the…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1195+ words) The brutal cold snap gripping New York this winter has left utility customers feeling the burn of skyrocketing heating bills. National Grid customers in NYC are outraged over skyrocketing heating bills, coinciding with the utility giant’s Monday announcement of “record…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (277+ words) The NYC Blizzard of 2026 is doing everything forecasters had said it would this weekend, dumping huge amounts of snow across the five boroughs and bringing the city to a near standstill. At least 15 inches of snow was reported at multiple…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (452+ words) New York’s housing crisis is often framed as a question of supply, and there is no doubt we need more housing at every income level. However, as lawmakers negotiate the FY 2027 State Budget, there is another emergency unfolding in plain…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (384+ words) New York City has made a serious commitment to address family homelessness, and it is spending enormous resources on its efforts. With an estimated 100,000 people in shelter, including tens of thousands of children, the focus and efforts are well placed....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (381+ words) NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday that January and February saw the fewest number of shootings and murders on record for the first two months of the year — but crime is trending upward in the subways. According to authorities, the…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (588+ words) The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) closed on financing last week for a $92.5 million renovation project for two apartment buildings in Manhattan’s East Village, taking the city one step closer to a comprehensive renovation of the housing complex. The…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (394+ words) This law enlarges monetary damages for the wrongful death of a loved one. It authorizes juries in wrongful death cases to award monetary damages not only for financial losses like medical costs, funeral expenses, diminished inheritance, and loss of love…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (553+ words) My husband and I woke up this morning in our Upper West Side apartment — and not on the streets — because of civil legal services. We had lived in our apartment for nearly 18 years. We’re working people: I was a bookkeeper,…...