A standoff between a gas company and state government has caused a moratorium on new gas hookups in Brooklyn. On one side: National Grid — which provides gas to 1.8 million customers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island — wants a new pipeline that would increase gas supply in downstate New York. On […]
A New York City law banning so-called gay conversion therapy would be repealed under legislation introduced Thursday over concerns that a pending federal lawsuit could lead to a decision unfavorable to the LGBTQ+ community if the case were to make it to the Supreme Court. Council Speaker Corey Johnson introduced the repeal in what he […]
This story was originally published on Sept. 13 by THE CITY. Pushback against adding a banking chip to new IDNYC cards intensified Thursday, with a demand from immigration, civil liberties and consumer groups to scrap the effort and introduction of a City Council bill to block it. The coalition of groups — which include the New […]