Bill de Blasio

Skylines and Streetscapes: How New York City Physically Changed in de Blasio Era

Dec. 29, 2021, 1:57 p.m.Dec. 29, 2021, 1:57 p.m.

Supertalls proliferated. Cars gave way to busways. Outdoor dining everywhere. Nine neighborhoods have been rezoned. Here’s how the physical city morphed in the last eight years.

Covid-19

Subway Service Delays Feared as Omicron Hits the Express Track

Dec. 22, 2021, 9:07 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:48 p.m.

The number of subway workers testing positive for COVID-19 has spiked, according to internal MTA data obtained by THE CITY. “It’s putting a tremendous strain on service, because you have so many absences,” said one union official.

Special Education

Special Education Tuition Hearings Shift to NYC Trials Agency in Push to Tackle Case Backlog

Dec. 22, 2021, 7:28 p.m.Dec. 22, 2021, 7:28 p.m.

De Blasio moves the long-troubled complaint system with more than 16,000 open cases to the Office of istrative Trials and Hearings with a mandate to clear the docket within two years.

Covid-19

More COVID Testing Needed for New York’s Youngest Kids, Parents Plead

Dec. 21, 2021, 9:06 p.m.Dec. 21, 2021, 9:06 p.m.

Elected officials slammed Mayor de Blasio Tuesday for closing 20 city-run sites before the Omicron surge and called on him to quickly increase testing capacity — especially for youngsters under 4. Meanwhile, the mayoral inauguration ceremony was postponed.

City Hall

Checking Bill de Blasio’s Big Promises: THE CITY’s Scorecard on Eight Years of Ambitious Pledges

Dec. 20, 2021, 9:29 p.m.Dec. 20, 2021, 9:33 p.m.

From affordable housing to waste reduction to high-paid jobs to commercial rent control, we look at where the results stand on some of the outgoing mayor’s major plans touted in annual State of the City and Earth Day addresses.

Schools

Some NYC Schools Shift to Remote Learning Option as COVID Surges Again

Dec. 20, 2021, 8:57 p.m.Dec. 21, 2021, 11:13 a.m.

School leaders are taking matters into their own hands to respond to positive cases and staffing shortages. Meanwhile, calls are rising to increase COVID testing within schools as absence rates grow.

Covid-19

Long COVID Test Lines and Result Delays Frustrate New Yorkers as Mayor Eyes More Centers

Dec. 20, 2021, 8:04 p.m.Dec. 20, 2021, 10:11 p.m.

De Blasio pledged on Monday to open 20 new fixed-location testing sites — as many as he shuttered in recent weeks. Meanwhile, throngs endured chilly slogs for tests and grappled with delayed or lost results as Omicron fueled record positive-case rates.

Covid-19

De Blasio Promises ‘More and More’ COVID Testing Centers After Closing 20

Dec. 19, 2021, 7:08 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:01 a.m.

With Omicron propelling record infections and long pre-holiday lines outside testing facilities, the mayor and Mayor-elect Eric Adams scrambled to assure New Yorkers that we’ll get through the “fast and temporary phenomenon” of the variant.

Solitary Confinement

Adams Vows to Bring Solitary Confinement Back to Rikers Island, Scrapping Reforms

Dec. 16, 2021, 4:55 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:01 a.m.

“Enjoy the reprieve now!” the incoming mayor declared Thursday as he announced Louis Molina would head the Department of Correction. The family of Layleen Polanco, whose death at Rikers galvanized the anti-solitary movement, slammed Adams.

Affordable Housing

De Blasio’s SoHo Overhaul OK’d, Clearing Path for Affordable Housing and More Legal Artists’ Lofts

Dec. 15, 2021, 7:20 p.m.Dec. 15, 2021, 7:48 p.m.

The City Council’s approval of the downtown Manhattan rezoning marked a late-term legacy victory in the mayor’s push to reshape one of the city’s whitest and wealthiest neighborhoods. Meanwhile, opponents fumed, even amid last-minute changes.

Bill de Blasio

Skylines and Streetscapes: How New York City Physically Changed in de Blasio Era

Subway Service Delays Feared as Omicron Hits the Express Track

Special Education Tuition Hearings Shift to NYC Trials Agency in Push to Tackle Case Backlog

More COVID Testing Needed for New York’s Youngest Kids, Parents Plead

Checking Bill de Blasio’s Big Promises: THE CITY’s Scorecard on Eight Years of Ambitious Pledges

Some NYC Schools Shift to Remote Learning Option as COVID Surges Again

Long COVID Test Lines and Result Delays Frustrate New Yorkers as Mayor Eyes More Centers

De Blasio Promises ‘More and More’ COVID Testing Centers After Closing 20

Adams Vows to Bring Solitary Confinement Back to Rikers Island, Scrapping Reforms

De Blasio’s SoHo Overhaul OK’d, Clearing Path for Affordable Housing and More Legal Artists’ Lofts

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