A group of Queens elected officials gathered at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica on Wednesday, March 19, to rally against a Republican-led budget resolution that they say could jeopardize Medicaid benefits for hundreds of thousands of local residents. The Medicaid Day of Action press conference, part of a coordinated series of events held… Read More ..read more

The New York State Senate has passed Senate Bill S.1194-A, a bill aimed at improving consumer protection and promoting transparency in utility pricing.  Sponsored by Senator Joseph Addabbo, the bill mandates that gas and electric corporations notify their customers at least 45 days in advance before implementing any increase in service rates or charges.… Read More ..read more

Mayor Eric Adams has announced the start of the public review ULURP process for the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, an ambitious proposal to rezone a significant portion of Downtown Jamaica and deliver thousands of homes and thousands of jobs to an area that has faced decades of disinvestment. Adams announced the beginning of the ULURP… Read More ..read more

Officials from all three Nassau County towns came together in Floral Park to fight back on recent state initiatives to push for more regulated zoning. The town supervisors for Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay were joined by other town officials and local leaders on Tuesday, March 18, as they openly challenged proposed legislation… Read More ..read more

President Trump's executive order on Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut down the cabinet department she oversees drew immediate backlash from New York Congressional Democrats. Trump's order instructs McMahon to return authority over education back to the states, according to published reports. However, permanently eliminating the agency requires an act of Congress,… Read More ..read more

Randy Mastro will be working for Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after all. The mayor announced late Thursday afternoon that Mastro would join the Adams administration as the new first deputy mayor. The appointment comes months after a failed effort to make Mastro—a former member of the Giuliani administration—the city's chief corporation counsel.… Read More ..read more

Mayor Eric Adams charged on Thursday that his administration has made massive strides in getting those living with homelessness out of the subway system, even as some critics say the impact has been minor. Hizzoner made the announcement at the 34th Street-Herald Square subway station on March 20 while standing alongside NYPD Chief of… Read More ..read more

A law allowing hundreds of thousands of noncitizens living in New York City to vote in municipal elections was struck down on Thursday by the state's highest court. The 6-to-1 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals found that the law should be voided because it violates the state Constitution. In the… Read More ..read more

Assembly Member Steven Raga has helped secure $750 million in funding for the preservation of Mitchell-Lama housing in the New York State Legislature's "One-House" state budget proposals. The one-house proposals, released as rebuttals of Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive budget proposals, mean that official negotiations over the 2025 State Budget can begin in earnest. Raga,… Read More ..read more

Protesters still fuming over ICE's detainment of Columbia University student and pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil once again took their frustrations to the streets of Manhattan Wednesday. The crowd roared outside of 40 Wall St., the home of the Trump Building, taking President Trump's administration to task for ordering Khalil's apprehension, calling it an attack… Read More ..read more