City Government

Adams Ends COVID Vaccine Mandate for City Government Workers

Feb. 6, 2023, 4:59 p.m.Feb. 6, 2023, 4:59 p.m.

A reversal comes as judges order some fired employees reinstated — but first, most of them have to reapply for their jobs.

Budget

Yankee Stadium Parking Company Payments Owed to City Climb to $162M

Dec. 21, 2022, 5:03 a.m.Dec. 21, 2022, 11:04 a.m.

A Bronx parking deal on city-owned land since 2010 has failed to yield city taxpayers a single dime, while the bill owed continues to grow — by $17 million in 2021 alone.

NYCHA

Mayor Adams Promises ‘Thorough’ Look at How His Team Handled Riis Arsenic Discovery

Sept. 6, 2022, 8:10 p.m.Sept. 6, 2022, 8:44 p.m.

Eric Adams is promising transparency as his istration probes how things got so cloudy in the first place.

City Government

One in Five Jobs Unfilled at Health and Buildings Departments, City Council Finds

Sept. 6, 2022, 7:32 p.m.Sept. 6, 2022, 7:32 p.m.

Preliminary stats from Councilmember Gale Brewer ahead of a Friday hearing show deep holes in staffing at key city safety agencies.

Politics

Eric Adams Has a Secrecy Problem

April 20, 2022, 7:56 p.m.April 20, 2022, 7:56 p.m.

From tweaked tax returns to ethics advice given to top officials, the current mayor is breaking from predecessors’ practice of releasing records — and from his own promises to be open with New Yorkers.

Queens

Security Scramble at COVID Rikers-Release Hotel Where Woman Alleged Sexual Assault

March 13, 2022, 9:43 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

Exodus Transitional Community has received $51 million under a city contract that ballooned during the pandemic, without outside reviews or reporting of crisis incidents

City Hall

How Does Eric Adams’ $98 Billion First Budget Add Up?

Feb. 16, 2022, 9:58 p.m.Feb. 16, 2022, 10:02 p.m.

Broad cuts, and flat NYPD funding, meet new investments to fulfill campaign promises and promote equity.

Government

Albany Readies to Renew Remote Meeting Option for New York Government Bodies

Jan. 13, 2022, 4:46 p.m.Jan. 13, 2022, 4:46 p.m.

With a law allowing Zoom sessions expiring even as omicron spreads, Gov. Kathy Hochul has a bill on her desk that would virtual sessions for as long as pandemic emergency lasts.

City Hall

De Blasio Violated Fundraising Ethics Rules Even After Warning — Yet Mayor Faced No Penalty

Dec. 8, 2021, 8:22 p.m.Dec. 8, 2021, 8:23 p.m.

Letters released after a protracted battle to shield them from public view show ethics board cited the mayor in 2014 and again in 2018 for asking real estate industry players with pending city business to give to his Campaign for One New York nonprofit.

Elections

New Yorkers Will Get to Vote on Plans to Advance Racial Equity in the City

Dec. 7, 2021, 9:58 p.m.Dec. 7, 2021, 9:58 p.m.

Proposals ranging from creating a new watchdog agency to rewriting the top of the City Charter to measuring the “true cost of living” are expected to be approved soon for next year’s ballot. Here’s what you need to know now.

City Government

Adams Ends COVID Vaccine Mandate for City Government Workers

Yankee Stadium Parking Company Payments Owed to City Climb to $162M

Mayor Adams Promises ‘Thorough’ Look at How His Team Handled Riis Arsenic Discovery

One in Five Jobs Unfilled at Health and Buildings Departments, City Council Finds

Eric Adams Has a Secrecy Problem

Security Scramble at COVID Rikers-Release Hotel Where Woman Alleged Sexual Assault

How Does Eric Adams’ $98 Billion First Budget Add Up?

Albany Readies to Renew Remote Meeting Option for New York Government Bodies

De Blasio Violated Fundraising Ethics Rules Even After Warning — Yet Mayor Faced No Penalty

New Yorkers Will Get to Vote on Plans to Advance Racial Equity in the City

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