Two City Council leaders are requesting a probe into whether the NYPD has been violating New York City’s sanctuary laws, which are supposed to bar local authorities from participating in federal immigration enforcement.  In a letter sent Monday, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Oversight and Investigations Committee Chair Gale Brewer asked the Department of Investigation to […]

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In a crowded mayoral primary, the last thing you may be thinking about is what judge to vote for.  Every year, judicial vacancies open up across New York City’s court divisions, but few judicial races are competitive and most will not appear on the ballot in June’s primary elections.  But some city voters will vote […]

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As Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs which prisons to close this year amid declining incarceration rates and a corrections staffing crisis, advocates and formerly incarcerated people are calling for one of New York’s most infamous facilities — Attica — to shutter its gates for good. The state budget finalized in May includes a plan to close […]

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New stores are opening across the city at an impressive pace, many of them in locations now newly accessible to certain businesses because of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” rezoning revamped archaic rules. Construction of new multifamily buildings is also finally picking up, a year after the legislature and the governor finally agreed on […]

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Mayoral candidate and State Senator Jessica Ramos joined FAQ NYC in March to lament that “there is, I think, a little bit of amnesia happening. I do think the press could do a better job of highlighting the myriad of ways in which Andrew Cuomo has created the mess that he now claims he is […]

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