Politics & Government
Budget season opens with a $3 billion gap and few easy cuts
The numbers are modest and the second-order effects are not. What the record shows, and what the people affected say about it.
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Politics & Government
Power, procedure and consequence: how decisions get made in City Hall, Albany and Washington.
Politics & Government
Albany's housing compromise splits the city's own delegation
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.
Politics & Government
A charter revision commission takes aim at land-use review
Our City Hall bureau traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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Campaign finance board flags a surge in small-dollar matching
Our City Hall bureau traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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Redistricting returns to court, and incumbents recalculate
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.
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The comptroller's audit of school contracts lands hard
Filings, hearing transcripts and internal projections reviewed by our City Hall bureau, with the neighborhood detail the summaries leave out.
Politics & Government
Public advocate presses for an independent Rikers monitor
Our City Hall bureau traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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State senate hearings put utility rate cases on the record
A reported account from the City Hall bureau, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
Politics & Government
Union contracts, settled at last, reset the city's payroll math
The numbers are modest and the second-order effects are not. What the record shows, and what the people affected say about it.
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Borough presidents seek a formal role in zoning decisions
A reported account from the City Hall bureau, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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A ballot question on ranked choice for state races advances
Our City Hall bureau traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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Ethics board rewrites its rules on outside income
A reported account from the City Hall bureau, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
Politics & Government
The mayor's reorganization shifts homelessness policy again
Filings, hearing transcripts and internal projections reviewed by our City Hall bureau, with the neighborhood detail the summaries leave out.
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Congressional delegation unites on a rare transit ask
The numbers are modest and the second-order effects are not. What the record shows, and what the people affected say about it.
Politics & Government
Turnout data show a primary electorate older than the city
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.