John Samuelsen is always on. But in rare moments of downtime from organizing workers or traveling to organize workers, the Transport Workers Union international president likes to read. Currently, ...

Since the spring of 2022, New York City has stood up a sprawling system of emergency shelters and makeshift tent cities to house the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers who have come through the ...

Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities turned out in big numbers against the governor in 2022. Now, prominent leaders are ...

There are about 200 owners and workers in the Central Park horse carriage industry the City Council just passed a bill to ban ...

City Council leaders championed the horse carriage ban as a humane and safe move after years of debate, voting Thursday to ...

I’m going to come out in the next couple of weeks and talk about things that I think are important that the administration ...

With so many people flocking to the Park, that promise is under real strain. After years of relative tranquility, in the past ...

A recent confrontation at Guastavino’s, the Manhattan luxury private event venue, highlights the problem of privatizing public space in New York City. Guastavino’s treated city-owned land at its ...

New York’s practice of fusion voting allows candidates to run for elected office on more than one party line – and to get creative in the process. Voters are most accustomed to seeing candidates run ...

Unlike during primary season in New York, when many hot state legislative contests are in New York City or elsewhere downstate, the most tightly contested races in November are taking place in many ...

Former Rep. Pete King has seen Long Island Republicans, particularly in Nassau County, at their zenith and their nadir. He ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been playing some off-hours basketball at the police academy – and it turns out he crossed Eric Adams and blocked his shot. Mamdani has officially canceled his ...