Menin voted speaker of City Council
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Manhattan Councilmember Julie Menin was unanimously elected to be the next speaker of the City Council on Wednesday.
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Families, attorneys and lawmakers slam ‘cruel’ Rikers visiting process
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Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what they described as a cruel, degrading and potentially unconstitutional process for visiting people locked in the dangerous jail complex.
Read MoreDrivers unionize at second Queens Amazon warehouse
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More than 200 drivers at an Amazon warehouse in Queens announced they were unionizing on Tuesday morning, the second set of drivers to do so in the borough in the last year.
Read MoreNYPD officer violated city law by helping feds, report finds
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An NYPD officer recently violated the city’s sanctuary city law and gaps in the department’s policies leave it vulnerable to similar violations in the future, a new report from the New York City Department of Investigation found.
Read MoreCouncil passes bill to spur use of Rikers work release program
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The City Council this week unanimously passed a bill that would require the Department of Correction to be more transparent about its use of a work release program meant to reduce the number of people housed on Rikers Island.
Read MoreCouncils slams city over overcrowding at youth detention centers
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Leadership for the city’s two juvenile detention centers faced heavy scrutiny by the City Council during an oversight hearing on Monday after recent reports found that children under their supervision were without bedrooms and missing classes.
Read MoreSecretive NYPD surveillance tech purchases made public
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Hundreds of pages detailing secretive contracts the NYPD held with surveillance technology firms were released for the first time this week, five years after the City Council passed a law requiring the department to report their use of the tech.
Read MoreMajor Queens rezonings move forward after Council votes
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The city’s plans to transform large swaths of two of Queens’ most bustling neighborhoods both cleared Council votes on Wednesday, setting the stage for the rezoning of nearly 300 blocks of the World’s Borough to encourage the construction of nearly 27,000 new homes.
Read MoreFate of OneLIC uncertain hours before key Council vote
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The fate of a plan to rezone and reshape 54-blocks of Long Island City is uncertain just hours before it’s scheduled to come before a key vote in the City Council.
Read MoreJamaica rezoning clears Council committees with less housing but a lot more money
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The plan to rezone a large swath of bustling Downtown Jamaica cleared two crucial City Council committee votes on Thursday with nearly 500 fewer housing units than initially planned and significantly more in community benefit funds to help meet the demands of local councilmembers.
Read MoreCouncil unconvinced of city’s plan for major Queens development
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The plan to rezone and redevelop 54 blocks of Long Island City came before the City Council on Wednesday where the local representative whose opinion on the project matters the most still isn't fully onboard.
Read MoreCouncil celebrates judicial ruling keeping ICE off Rikers
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The City Council on Tuesday celebrated its victory over the Adams administration, successfully suing to prevent a mayoral executive order allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Rikers Island from taking effect.
Read MoreWith 2027 out of reach, Council passes bills to move Rikers’ closure along
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With the city lagging years behind its legally-mandated 2027 deadline to shutter Rikers Island, the City Council on Wednesday passed a suite of bills that they say will at least help get the effort to close the notorious jail complex back on track.
Read MoreMayor vetoes Council bill that decriminalizes illegal vending
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Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a bill that would have eliminated criminal penalties for street vendors that the City Council passed with a veto-proof majority in June.
Read MoreCity must start implementing Council’s housing voucher expansion, court rules
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The Adams administration has to start enforcing a law the City Council passed in 2023 that expanded a key city rental assistance program, an appellate court ruled on Thursday.
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