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Democrat Phil Wong won the open District 30 seat, succeeding his boss, term-limited councilmember Bob Holden. Wong, Holden’s ...

Fought fiercely by the City Council, which would lose some sway over development, the items promise to fast track some ...

The number of voters casting ballots in the tense three-way race for mayor between Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis ...

Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a ...

Mushlin, who chaired the subcommittee that developed the proposal, said the goal is to ensure that judges better understand the realities of life behind bars and the consequences of their decisions ...

Machinery at The Bronx’s Mitchel Houses did not get inspected for 17 years, despite a pact to get all public housing heating ...

Newly registered voters, like the ones who helped power Zohran Mamdani to his primary win, turned out in droves — while ...

Since his primary upset, Mamdani has attempted to make inroads with older voters and Black voters. Some have been persuaded — ...

Though the Puerto Rican population in New York City has declined, candidates for mayor are still vying for their votes.

Voters are deciding on a proposal to bypass the City Council on planned developments in the neighborhoods that have built the ...

The push comes as the Adams administration has dragged its feet on implementing previous reforms while ramping up criminal ...