After years of missed deadlines, the city has finally met a legal commitment to make 50% of the yellow taxis on the road wheelchair accessible. Taxi & Limousine Commission officials and advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities on Thursday hailed the latest development in a long-running federal class-action case — whose landmark 2013 settlement initially […]

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This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. As chair of the New York City Council’s Land Use Committee, Rafael Salamanca has the power to determine whether development projects live or die — and it’s made him a magnet for campaign donations […]

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The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo the frequent target of jabs from the other contenders. The chaotic debate came 10 days before the start of early voting on June 14, with the election on June 24.  It […]

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Outside a nondescript office building on Elk Street in Lower Manhattan, scenes of pain and anguish unfolded on the pavement throughout Wednesday as immigrants and their family members waited to see if their loved ones would return from what had been billed as routine procedures. The basement office hosts ICE check-ins, run by private subcontractor the […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached New York City and other parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, posing risks to residents’ respiratory health. The National Weather Service issued an air quality alert for New York City and nearby suburbs in […]

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