New York and the nation have reached a critical juncture. As many reckon anew with our country’s history of systemic racism, police brutality, and mass incarceration, it is time to take a fresh, clear ...

Overtime spending has been a persistent budget challenge in New York City for more than a decade, rising from $1.66 billion in FY 2015 to $2.71 billion in FY 2025. The New York City Police Department ...

While gun violence in New York City has declined since its peak in the 1990s, shootings persist and are heavily focused in a small handful of neighborhoods including the South Bronx, Brownsville, East ...

Every winter thousands of tenants in New York City struggle to ensure their landlord provides adequate heat in their homes, leaving them with no reprieve during frigid nights. Living with no heat can ...

Since the 1970s – as New York City’s housing challenges have shifted from abandonment and disinvestment to gentrification and skyrocketing rents – the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and ...

New York City is at a critical moment in its clean energy transition. Rising electricity demand, aging infrastructure, affordability pressures, and increasingly severe weather are converging as the ...

New York City is at the brink of an energy affordability crisis—one that poses a growing threat to both household budgets and public health. As climate change drives more extreme temperatures, the ...

Since the moment COVID-19 arrived in New York City, the burden of the pandemic’s many challenges have fallen heaviest on women, especially women of color. The majority of frontline workers—the New ...

New York City’s chief financial watchdog, Comptroller Mark Levine briefs the public on the City’s multi-billion dollar shortfall in Fiscal Year 2026 and the even larger $10 billion budget gap in FY27.

Playgrounds are essential community spaces in every city neighborhood. They are places where children can socialize, learn, experiment, be active, and exercise their imaginations. They are places ...

Job quality is a critical issue in New York City, where the cost of living is among the highest in the country and large gaps persist in income, opportunity, and access to stable employment. While New ...

Allegations from the public that New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) officers have used excessive or unnecessary force increased significantly during the Adams Administration, [1] increasing ...