Op-ed: How Mamdani can make NYC green AND affordable

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 1/8 5:03A Carter Strickland , John Surico

Floods in October claimed the lives of two more basement residents, a visceral reminder that poor New Yorkers suffer the most from extreme weather and that housing is intertwined with climate. Coming just weeks before an election in which climate...

Hochul to expand free child care in New York City, handing a win to Mamdani

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/8 3:51A Nick Garber

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Thursday to significantly expand free child care across the state, including new efforts in New York City — handing a major, if partial, victory to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on a promise of universal...

Business leaders parse Mamdani’s first moves

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/7 11:33P Nick Garber

For months, New York’s business community has wondered whether Mayor Zohran Mamdani would keep his warm posture toward the private sector, or govern as the democratic socialist boogeyman they feared. The answer, from his first days in office, has...

The peril of Mamdani and Weaver’s communist college kids’ field trip in New York City

NYPost.com (Opinion) 1/7 7:54A Jonathan Turley

Zohran Mamdani and his cadre engage in chest-pounding about their intentions to "seize the means of production" while living off their parents. Their problem: socialism has never succeeded.

Julie Menin elected council speaker, pledges to be ‘proactive’ in powerful post

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 1/7 7:43A Nick Garber

Julie Menin was unanimously elected Speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, elevating the Upper East Side moderate to one of the most powerful posts in the city in which she can both bolster and hamstring Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. Menin...

Mamdani appoints civil rights attorney to lead city human rights commission

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/7 6:40A Julianne Cuba

Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped Christine Clarke, chief of litigation and advocacy at Legal Services NYC, to run the city's Commission on Human Rights. Clarke, who now leads Legal Services' strategic advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers,...

NYC fights sale of bankrupt rentals after Mamdani blasts living conditions

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/7 5:46A Jonathan Randles, Bloomberg

Newly-inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing agenda is facing its first test as the city balks at the  bankruptcy sale  of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments owned by Pinnacle Group, where residents have railed against...

Conway kicks off campaign for NYC House seat with anti-Trump ad

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 1/6 9:34A Raga Justin, Bloomberg

George Conway, an attorney and prominent critic of President Donald Trump, on Tuesday launched his congressional campaign Tuesday with an ad focused on his adversarial relationship with the president. Conway, a Republican who switched to the...

Developer secures land for city's largest public EV charging station

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 1/6 7:25A C. J. Hughes

Plans for what is being billed as the city’s largest public charging station for electric vehicles are a big step closer to reality. Wildflower, a frequent developer of EV-focused projects, has purchased a 2.5-acre squiggle of land near John F....

Developer buys Queens site for massive EV charging station

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 1/6 7:25A C. J. Hughes

Plans for what is being billed as the city’s largest public charging station for electric vehicles are a big step closer to reality. Wildflower, a frequent developer of EV-focused projects, has purchased a 2.5-acre squiggle of land near John F....

NYPD boss makes it clear who she reports to after Mamdani order stokes questions

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 1/6 7:15A Brian Price, Tara Guaimano and M

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch appeared side by side at a joint news conference related to public safety in Manhattan on Tuesday, a day after the mayor addressed questions about their working relationship...

Former state senator sues to block NYCHA's Chelsea housing redevelopment

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 1/5 11:33P Aaron Elstein

A former state lawmaker claims the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to have a private developer raze and rebuild a public housing complex in Chelsea is illegal. In a lawsuit, former state Sen. Thomas Duane argued that NYCHA’s proposal to...

Two of New Jersey’s largest health care providers plan to merge

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 1/5 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Two of the largest health care providers in New Jersey plan to merge. RWJBarnabas Health announced Monday that it reached an agreement to merge with Englewood Health, absorbing its flagship hospital and 100 outpatient locations in northern New...

Mamdani sets record straight: NYPD commissioner reports directly to him

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 1/5 8:18A Brian Price

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani clarified his relationship to the commissioner on Monday days after signing a new executive order that dusted up questions about the reporting structure within his administration.

On Politics: Why Mamdani and Hochul need each other

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 1/5 5:26A Ross Barkan

For most New York City residents, the most consequential political relationship of 2026 will probably not be Zohran Mamdani’s with Donald Trump, no matter how much justified attention it has attracted. Rather, it will be Mamdani’s ties to Gov....