Members of the nation’s largest legislative staff union, the Association of Legislative Employees (ALE), rallied on the steps of City Hall alongside elected officials and labor unions on Sept.
Full Council will convene to investigate growing concerns over AI and examine potential legislative action and safeguards to protect New Yorkers Speaker Menin sent letters to Anthropic and OpenAI requesting…
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support of Council, city housing…
The City Council passed a bill Thursday aimed at getting the city to crack down on dog poop that is repeatedly left on the same sidewalks.
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a "Low-Traffic Neighborhood," would be a model for the world, says the area's Council member.
The Council leader is not buying the city's excuses for paring back the crucial upgrades.
Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents' concerns about new development.
Council approves additional measures celebrating the Feast of San Gennaro, honoring the life and contributions of Alvin Ailey, and creating a new registry of historical African American burial sites Council also voted…
Fourteen months after Donald Trump signed the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill to provide billions in tax cuts while seeking to reduce the cost of programs like SNAP food aid and Medicaid, the South Asian Council for…
NEW YORK – New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin today called for permanent protections to ensure continued public access to the City-owned plaza adjacent to Guastavino’s, following allegations that the luxury…
Council’s $1 million investment in the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will fund free field trips for New York City students, with a focus on eighth graders, and expand educational programming NEW YORK — Ahead of the 25th…
The New York City Council is putting $1 million toward expanding student programming at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, an investment that officials say will support field trips for up to 20,000 students as the city marks…
City councilmembers grilled local health officials over the Mamdani administration’s response to a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side this summer that killed 11 people and ranked among the…
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City Council Speaker Julie Menin is urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to revisit age verification for Citi Bike riders, arguing the city should be able to enforce the bike-share program’s minimum age without…
Queens City Council Member Phil Wong is furious and calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to make flood prevention a priority after constituents in his district experienced severe flooding and property damage…
The price is "astronomical," said one Council Member.
NEW YORK – Today, the Mamdani Administration filed a lawsuit against the RESPECT Check Act, which would require the City to issue workforce stabilization payments totaling up to $10,000 to paraprofessionals employed by…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration sued the New York City Council on Wednesday over its newly enacted bill to pay paraprofessionals one-time $10,000 payments, saying it both runs afoul of a state law that restricts…
City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Wednesday rejected calls for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary commemoration of the Sept.
A bipartisan group of City Council members excoriated the Mamdani administration on Tuesday for ditching a gripe-filled hearing on the botched rollout of the mayor’s new pied-à-terre tax.
Five days after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was confident his officials could juggle a City Council hearing with an ongoing lawsuit over the pied-à-terre tax rollout, his administration declined to show up Tuesday,…
Council launch the start of the Park-Webster Avenue Neighborhood Plan The plan will kick off engagement process to develop community-driven vision for needed neighborhood investments and potential housing growth THE…
Tucked away behind the beltway highways and surrounded by a steady stream of large delivery trucks, the Fulton Fish Market Cooperative, operating within the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center supplies fresh and frozen…
A coalition of privacy advocates, local lawmakers and artists gathered outside Moynihan Train Hall, across from Madison Square Garden, on Aug.
Taskforce brings together community leaders, census experts, advocates, and trusted voices to develop best practices and recommendations for the Office of the Census ahead of 2030 Census NEW YORK – New York City Council…
Council Member Gale Brewer (pictured in a photo illustration) was set to introduce a resolution, but has scrapped it in advance of a Sept.
Hundreds of union members, elected officials and Amazon workers gathered outside City Hall Thursday afternoon to demand the passage of Council Member Tiffany Cabán's Delivery Protection Act, which aims to reshape New…
Package invests in small business owners, protects consumers from rising insurance costs, and improves quality-of-life with sanitation and neighborhood cleanliness initiatives NEW YORK – Today, the New York City Council…