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Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws

June 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 24, 2024, 10:53 p.m.

Advocates are fighting for more funds for language access programs in the city’s budget this year.

Government

Comptroller Proposes City Charter Reforms to Limit Budget Leeway for Mayor and Council

June 7, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 7, 2024, 7:42 a.m.

Seeking to take advantage of the standoff between the Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council, Brad Lander proposes to enshrine budget reserves, savings targets and debt service limits into the charter.

Mayor Eric Adams visits Rikers Island to meet with staff and detainees on Thanksgiving 2022.

Jails

Mayor Retains Controversial Rikers Commissary Contractor, Defying Comptroller’s Objection

March 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 29, 2024, 10:04 a.m.

The Keefe Group won a $33-million deal despite an expose by THE CITY of rampant overcharging of detainees and Landler’s finding of the contract failures.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the selection of Brian Benjamin for lieutenant governor on Aug. 26, 2021.

Courts

Appeals Court Brings Back Brian Benjamin Bribery Charges

March 8, 2024, 12:38 p.m.March 8, 2024, 12:39 p.m.

The three-judge ruled that the case doesn’t need explicit language to prove a quid-pro-quo relationship.

Rikers Island

Comptroller KOs Controversial Correction Commissary Contract

March 4, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 4, 2024, 11:56 a.m.

Months after THE CITY’s investigations showed Keefe Group was engaging in dubious practices at Rikers Island, Brad Lander’s office has said no to the food and grocery provider’s DOC deal — but the mayor could overrule.

A mop buckets sits at the 8th Avenue L train terminus.

Labor

Comptroller Sues Over Millions in Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges

Feb. 22, 2024, 6:00 a.m.Feb. 22, 2024, 12:49 p.m.

The subway cleaners disinfected stations during the height of the pandemic. Two city lawsuits allege that they were underpaid.

People ride a free Department of Correction bus from Harlem to visit loved ones detained on Rikers Island.

Jails

Comptroller Presses for Answers on New Contract for Criticized Rikers Commissary

Dec. 20, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 20, 2023, 10:17 a.m.

Lander points to investigation in THE CITY that revealed routine overcharging as he waits to review a $33-million no-bid contract announced months ago.

Brad Lander

Adams Accuses Lander of ‘Tying Our Hands’ by Vetting Emergency Migrant Contracts

Dec. 5, 2023, 6:09 p.m.Dec. 5, 2023, 8:34 p.m.

The idea that the istration needs unfettered ability to contract without oversight, 20 months after asylum seekers started arriving in significant numbers, “strains credulity,” the comptroller told THE CITY.

Rent

Why Are NYC Rents So High? It’s Complicated

Aug. 4, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

COVID spurred many tenants to vacate city apartments, but changing rent laws and rising interest rates are among factors now encouraging people to stay put — with few new apartments available.

Environment

Could Clean Air Centers Come to NYC?

July 17, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 14, 2023, 5:53 p.m.

The idea of giving people a place to escape from air pollution has been tried on the West Coast, and is being considered here after the sky turned orange in June.

City Comptroller

Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws

Comptroller Proposes City Charter Reforms to Limit Budget Leeway for Mayor and Council

Mayor Retains Controversial Rikers Commissary Contractor, Defying Comptroller’s Objection

Appeals Court Brings Back Brian Benjamin Bribery Charges

Comptroller KOs Controversial Correction Commissary Contract

Comptroller Sues Over Millions in Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges

Comptroller Presses for Answers on New Contract for Criticized Rikers Commissary

Adams Accuses Lander of ‘Tying Our Hands’ by Vetting Emergency Migrant Contracts

Why Are NYC Rents So High? It’s Complicated

Could Clean Air Centers Come to NYC?

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