As some City Council members push to bring job protections and paid sick leave to food delivery workers, industry giants Uber and DoorDash are spending millions of dollars to influence next month’s Democratic primary — backing some incumbents, seeking to topple others and investing in open seats. The tech platforms’ spending blitz follows a first-in-the-nation […]

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday that the department is not reconsidering its cooperation with federal law enforcement entities on criminal investigations as the Trump administration radically amps up immigration enforcement inside of New York City. Tisch made the comments at a City Council hearing on the NYPD’s budget for the fiscal year that […]

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ICE agents continued arresting immigrants after routine immigration court proceedings in another Lower Manhattan courthouse Thursday. THE CITY witnessed seven arrests throughout the morning Thursday, which followed another seven arrests yesterday at an immigration courthouse across the street at 26 Federal Plaza.  The Trump administration has said the arrests are part of a new nationwide […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Community and charity organizations in New York are gearing up to shoulder the fallout from potential cuts to Medicaid and federal food assistance. Many in the state are wondering: Can they actually fill […]

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A 13-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn dominated by gas stations, storage facilities and auto services can now be home to thousands of new homes in apartment buildings, thanks to a rezoning the City Council approved Wednesday. The rezoning, part of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, has the potential to yield about 4,600 […]

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