New York’s $229B spending plan to increase minimum wage
Lawmakers in Albany passed a $229 billion spending plan that will increase...
Assemblywoman Latrice Walker has been on a hunger strike over bail reform
CITYWIDE — A passionate rally took place Thursday in Foley Square as state...
NYC DAs push for discovery rollbacks: Late-night tactics seek to gut reforms
CITYWIDE — Multiple New York City district attorneys, including Eric Gonzalez from Brooklyn...
Lawmakers urged to reject changes to New York’s discovery laws
STATEWIDE — Brooklyn Defender Services and The Legal Aid Society have called on...
Pols tour Rikers Island as the debate over bail reform continues
STATEWIDE — State lawmakers held a press conference on Thursday following an unannounced...
NY lawmakers want to boost funding for housing, child care
Leaders of New York’s Democratic-controlled Legislature want to boost...
Coming State Budget Seeks To Balance Progressive Programs, Spending Caution
This article was originally published on Mar 20 at 7:49pm EDT...
What’s at stake for New Yorkers, no matter who wins the presidential election
This story was originally published on Nov. 3 by THE CITY. Sign...
‘We are at the bone’: Carranza warns that NYC schools have little left to slash as state budget cuts loom
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering...