Budget

Who at City Hall Is Taking Away Agency Money?

Feb. 26, 2025, 4:55 a.m.Feb. 25, 2025, 9:53 p.m.

The director of the Mayor’s Office of Sports, Recreation and Wellness gets paid through the Parks Department. A Council member is pressing for more names.

7 trains sit in an MTA maintenance facility near Citi Field.

How to New York

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 29, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

The sprawling transit agency’s much talked about, multi-year, major-projects plan almost always takes a winding route to the finish line.

Budget

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

Jan. 28, 2025, 4:34 p.m.Jan. 28, 2025, 5:16 p.m.

State Attorney General Letitia James and counterparts sue to ensure Medicaid and other dollars continue to flow.

Manhattan

What Doom Loop? Healthy Office Rentals and Tax Assessments Show Manhattan’s Strength.

Jan. 22, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

High-end commercial towers drive a post-pandemic recovery for the nation’s leading business district.

Transit

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Dec. 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 20, 2024, 11:20 a.m.

Work to bring elevators to the No. 6’s Middletown Road stop is set to begin in February, nearly a decade after a federal lawsuit said it had to be done.

Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul take questions about the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory, Aug. 8, 2023.

Government

Budgeting Past the Graveyard: Adams and Hochul Spend Boldly Despite Likelihood of Trump Funding Cuts

Dec. 2, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 1, 2024, 8:53 p.m.

Both houses of Congress and the White House will be controlled by Republican leaders who’ve vowed to cut spending. But New York’s officials aren’t changing course yet.

Education

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

Nov. 20, 2024, 5:12 p.m.Nov. 25, 2024, 11:11 a.m.

Félix Matos Rodríguez also continued to emphasize career development efforts. Meanwhile, the medical school is transitioning to be an independent CUNY college.

Three-time commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks at Mayor Eric Adams' budget modification briefing, Nov. 20, 2024

City Hall

Mayor Adams Announces Budget Adds — and New Head of NYPD

Nov. 20, 2024, 2:50 p.m.Nov. 20, 2024, 4:37 p.m.

At what was expected to be a fairly routine briefing on tweaks to city spending, the mayor announced Jessica Tisch would be getting her third commissionership.

Aging pipes were exposed while workers in the Financial District dug up part of the street.

Elections

Voter Guide: Ballot Question 5 Mandates More Detail for Budgeting on City Maintenance

Oct. 15, 2024, 9:29 p.m.Oct. 15, 2024, 9:29 p.m.

The question relates to how the city decides what needs fixing, and how much to spend to do so.

Budget

Who at City Hall Is Taking Away Agency Money?

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

What Doom Loop? Healthy Office Rentals and Tax Assessments Show Manhattan’s Strength.

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Budgeting Past the Graveyard: Adams and Hochul Spend Boldly Despite Likelihood of Trump Funding Cuts

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

Mayor Adams Announces Budget Adds — and New Head of NYPD

Voter Guide: Ballot Question 5 Mandates More Detail for Budgeting on City Maintenance

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