Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against Hochul Home Care Plan

Published   Feb 04, 2025 04:49PM

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing fierce opposition to her overhaul of a popular but pricey home care program that allows people with chronic medical issues to choose their own caregivers and pay them through […]
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NYPD Car Chases Drop by 66% in First Weeks of Policy Shift


NYPD vehicle pursuits have dropped by two-thirds in the two weeks since Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced a policy to restrict their use, she said yesterday. The revised policy, announced Jan. 15 but not set to be fully implemented until Sa ... Read more

Rikers’ Controversial Commissary Deal Will Be Opened to Al


The city’s Department of Correction says it will open the bidding process to any contractors who want to operate its jail commissary after a series of articles by THE CITY exposed high prices and poor service by a private no-bid vendor, the ... Read more

Prepping for NYC Election Season, Your Party-Pick Deadline a


This article is adapted from our Jan. 30 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Hello and welcome to the first edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsle ... Read more

Scores of People Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial Are Stuck on Rikers Island

Published   Feb 03, 2025 10:05AM

At least 127 people found unfit to stand trial by psychiatrists are languishing on Rikers Island because there is no space at state-run mental health facilities, THE CITY has learned.  Jail insiders say that number has gone up in recent years, after usually hovering around 100. Department of Correction officials have never publicly shared historical […]
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‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in


There are three new signs now along West 125th Street in Harlem, where shoppers and diners move in and out of chain stores including Whole Foods, CVS, Starbucks, Chipotle and Golden Krust.  One on Lenox Avenue marks the former location of ... Read more

NYC’s Hydropower, Construction Trade and Avocados Threaten


President Trump’s tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in almost immediate price increases for produce in New York City stores, could send energy prices up, and threaten the finances of city-based companies that s ... Read more

‘Nobody’s in the Streets’ Now in Brooklyn’s Little H


This story was originally published by The Haitian Times. Over the 15 years that Pierre Jean has lived in Brooklyn, his daily earnings as a taxi driver have often reflected people’s activities and movements. Last Friday, as he stood outside ... Read more