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New York City has opened its first pet-friendly homeless shelter, meaning that people in need of shelter will no longer have to give up their pets to find a place to stay.

City Planning approved a rezoning for more than 7,000 new apartments in the East Bronx, where the MTA is building new Metro North stations.

A Brooklyn socialist pol who has blamed Israelis for instigating Hamas terrorists' barbaric attacks on the Jewish state has been named co-chair of a new City Council task force whose goal is fighting hate.

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Street vendors were gone from the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as the city enforced a ban aimed at improving pedestrian safety on the iconic East River crossing that is a popular tourist destination. Dozens of street vendors hawking art, food and tourist tchotchkes crowded the bridge’s Manhattan approaches until they were cleared out under the new city regulation, which was first proposed in ...

NEW YORK — Street vendors were gone from the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as the city enforced a ban aimed at improving pedestrian safety on the iconic East River crossing that is a popular tourist destination. Dozens of street vendors hawking art, food and tourist tchotchkes crowded the bridge’s Manhattan approaches until they were cleared out under the new city regulation, which was first ...

The New York City Council recently voted to pass a package of bills centered around menstrual products, education and access.

NYC elected officials joined a coalition of vendor advocates last week to demand street vendor reform citywide and promote their bills. 

The Bronx’s Parkchester complex — once whites-only — is among the most frequent subjects of complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of government rent aid, as collected by a grassroots collaborative.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she's willing to "personally engage" with the AMPTP and the Writers Guild to get negotiations resolved quickly.