New York and the nation have reached a critical juncture. As many reckon anew with our country’s history of systemic racism, police brutality, and mass incarceration, it is time to take a fresh, clear ...

While gun violence in New York City has declined since its peak in the 1990s, shootings persist and are heavily focused in a small handful of neighborhoods including the South Bronx, Brownsville, East ...

Superstorm Sandy laid bare the vulnerabilities of New York City’s coastal communities and infrastructure. The storm resulted in the deaths of 43 city residents and caused damages estimated at $19 ...

Overtime spending has been a persistent budget challenge in New York City for more than a decade, rising from $1.66 billion in FY 2015 to $2.71 billion in FY 2025. The New York City Police Department ...

Every winter thousands of tenants in New York City struggle to ensure their landlord provides adequate heat in their homes, leaving them with no reprieve during frigid nights. Living with no heat can ...

Since the 1970s – as New York City’s housing challenges have shifted from abandonment and disinvestment to gentrification and skyrocketing rents – the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and ...

Since the moment COVID-19 arrived in New York City, the burden of the pandemic’s many challenges have fallen heaviest on women, especially women of color. The majority of frontline workers—the New ...

New York City is at a critical moment in its clean energy transition. Rising electricity demand, aging infrastructure, affordability pressures, and increasingly severe weather are converging as the ...

Allegations from the public that New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) officers have used excessive or unnecessary force increased significantly during the Adams Administration, [1] increasing ...

New York City’s economy, though quite complex and diverse, has been driven in large part by the securities industry (more colloquially, Wall Street) for the past half century. As a result, the city’s ...

Playgrounds are essential community spaces in every city neighborhood. They are places where children can socialize, learn, experiment, be active, and exercise their imaginations. They are places ...

Lengthy court case processing times have grown worse in recent years and are contributing to DOC’s increased jail population. Aligning with national standards would save up to $877 million annually ...