New Yorkers said yes to four citywide ballot measures Tuesday night, approving a slate of proposals intended to reshape how the city approaches affordable housing development.  The sweeping changes stem from proposals 2-5, which aim to increase housing production by streamlining land use reviews and modernizing the city’s development process. All four proposals passed with […]

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A look at Fermi, a startup co-founded by ex-US Energy Secretary Rick Perry that aims to build one of the world's largest datacenter campuses in Texas by 2038  —  Fermi, a buzzy startup that recently went public, is positioned to benefit from AI data-center boom and potential nuclear-power renaissance

It was a neck-and-neck race in Throggs Neck, but it appears Democrats have gained back a City Council seat in that Bronx district. The contest was one of a handful of competitive races in New York’s most politically mixed neighborhoods. Two first-time Democratic candidates won City Council seats in Queens and Brooklyn while one of […]

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Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. At just 34 years old, he will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City and one of the most prominent democratic socialists holding elected office in […]

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