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A look at city data by Gothamist reveals that there's a discrepancy between housing being built in New York and the needs of families.

An effort by Park Reservoir cooperators to hold a special election to replace the Mitchell-Lama co-op’s board was thwarted by a state agency.

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres introduced legislation last week aiming to advance accessible and comprehensive mental health care services. The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Act of 2024 seeks to modify the existing Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.

The families seeking asylum at Van Cortlandt Motel were quietly moved out of the Naica operated shelter last month and spread across several shelters in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. It has been a painful transition for those families.

The City Council has given Speaker Adrienne Adams the authority to take legal action against the Adams administration over the CityFHEPS program.

Mayor Eric Adams touted the creation of 270,000 private-sector jobs and removing $2 billion in medical debt off the books while he attacked the evils of social media during his third state of the city address last Wednesday at Hostos Community College.

Last year's increase came even as the NYPD saw more than two thousand fewer calls during those months, 104,710 vs 106,572.

The City Council is poised to override Mayor Eric Adams' veto of the controversial police-stops bill.

The “How Many Stops Act,” legislation intended to increase police transparency was vetoed by Mayor Eric Adams last Friday. And now Speaker Adrienne Adams and several council members, including Eric Dinowitz, have vowed to override that veto.

Most members of the City Council refused to say how they’ll vote on overriding Mayor Adams’ veto of the How Many Stops Act — which is evidence of how undemocratic the Democrat-dominated body has become.