CITYWIDE — COUNCILMEMBER LINCOLN RESTLER, who represents neighborhoods from Greenpoint to Boerum Hill, introduced legislation on Dec. 18 to establish a Department of Community Safety as an ...

NEW YORK — THE CITY COUNCIL on Thursday passed Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s Cool Homes For All legislation, which requires landlords to provide cooling systems for tenants at their request, ...

The proposed Department of Community Safety would send mental health teams to respond to 911 calls, rather than the police, according to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and ...

(The Center Square) — Good government groups urged the New York City Council on Tuesday to reject a plan to give themselves a pay raise and appoint an independent commission to evaluate compensation ...

Legislation introduced in the City Council this week would cap the price for renting a Citi Bike to be competitive with the cost of the subway. Under a bill introduced Thursday, Citi Bike’s parent ...

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Adams administration from removing part of a protected bike lane in Brooklyn. The order prevents the city from altering three blocks of a ...

A progressive City Council member pushed a bill on Thursday to create a controversial “Department of Community Safety” pushed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani that would reshape the way the city responds ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After emigrating from South Africa 20 years ago, Jocelyne, 50, moved to Staten Island where she rented an apartment and started a new life. However, that life was upended in ...