State Legislature

Two people walk together down a residential block in Jamaica.

Neighborhoods That Most Need Basement Apartment Legalization Left Out of State Pilot

April 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 28, 2024, 11:46 a.m.

Six of 15 districts in the program to allow subterranean apartment conversions are in Manhattan, a borough with only 1% of the city’s basement and cellars in smaller homes.

Former State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver left Federal Court while he faced corruption charges.

Prisons

Sheldon Silver’s Lonely Last Days Reveal Isolation of Dying Federal Prisoners

March 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 26, 2024, 9:59 a.m.

The former Assembly Speaker was once one of the most feared men in New York state politics. But as the clock ticked out on his life in federal prison, his wife wasn’t able to get an approved visit.

Construction workers erect a mixed-use skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Rent

Albany Housing Inaction Boomerangs on Increasingly Pricey City

March 14, 2024, 4:59 a.m.March 13, 2024, 7:38 p.m.

Rents are rising, apartment development starts drop and construction jobs decline, new statistics show.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks at Columbus Circle about improving bus service as part of the congestion pricing rollout.

Transit

Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say

Feb. 8, 2024, 5:25 p.m.Feb. 10, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

A new $90 million proposal would increase service frequency and triple the number of bus routes that offer fare-free rides.

The Bronx Point development will provide hundreds of affordable apartments.

Albany

Hochul Reups Housing Hopes but Mostly Plays Safe in High-Stakes State of the State

Jan. 9, 2024, 4:53 p.m.Jan. 9, 2024, 4:53 p.m.

The annual speech by New York’s governor outlines proposals from swimming pools to slowing shoplifting but no new taxes — and big questions about apartment development and budget deficits.

How to New York

What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year

June 22, 2023, 4:36 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:01 p.m.

New school holidays and criminal record seals are in. But many proposals related to tenant protections, developer tax breaks and speed limits have gone nowhere.

istration for Children's Services

NYC Child Welfare Agency Says It s ‘Miranda Warning’ Bill for Parents. But It’s Quietly Lobbying to Weaken It.

June 5, 2023, 5:40 p.m.June 5, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

Despite publicly claiming to a measure that would require child protective services agents to read people their rights, the city’s istration for Children’s Services has privately proposed gutting the bill.

The Deed Finders

Backed by State AG Letitia James, Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Combat Deed Theft

April 27, 2023, 1:24 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:44 p.m.

Since 2014, thousands of New Yorkers have filed deed theft complaints, but many are hard to prosecute. Now that could change.

Education

High School Journalists Demand Albany Expand Press Protections

April 13, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 13, 2023, 10:55 a.m.

New York teens who work on student newspapers note that under current law, their freedom of speech can be curtailed by school s at any time for any reason.

Zoning

More Housing Density in New York City? Not So Fast, Say Some City Lawmakers on Key Hochul Proposal

April 11, 2023, 5:03 a.m.April 10, 2023, 9:17 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lift a state land use rule is meeting opposition from some Manhattan and Brooklyn legislators.

State Legislature

Neighborhoods That Most Need Basement Apartment Legalization Left Out of State Pilot

Sheldon Silver’s Lonely Last Days Reveal Isolation of Dying Federal Prisoners

Albany Housing Inaction Boomerangs on Increasingly Pricey City

Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say

Hochul Reups Housing Hopes but Mostly Plays Safe in High-Stakes State of the State

What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year

NYC Child Welfare Agency Says It s ‘Miranda Warning’ Bill for Parents. But It’s Quietly Lobbying to Weaken It.

Backed by State AG Letitia James, Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Combat Deed Theft

High School Journalists Demand Albany Expand Press Protections

More Housing Density in New York City? Not So Fast, Say Some City Lawmakers on Key Hochul Proposal

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