In a sweep, all five proposals on the back of New Yorkers’ ballots passed by a large margin Tuesday evening, giving a boost to Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his first year in office. With a majority of precincts reporting, each ballot proposal received at least 60% of the vote. The questions, drawn up by the […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Leaders from New York City’s public hospital system anticipate a crisis of coverage as federal healthcare policies force hundreds of thousands residents to lose their Medicaid plans. Drs. Ted Long and Jonathan Jiménez of NYC Health + Hospitals offered a preview this […]

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For the first time, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration used a new law to intervene on behalf of a Brooklyn family facing eviction they say is because of deed fraud. But the move may not have worked. A city lawyer filed papers Friday to try to prevent the impending eviction of a family in order to […]

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The nation’s two most important buyers of mortgage loans have imposed new rules for New York City’s rent-regulated buildings in the wake of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze that are making it impossible or extremely difficult for landlords to get financing. Government-backed Fannie Mae, which has become the lender of last resort for private rent-regulated […]

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Fundamentally, the commission’s goal was to put forth proposals that would allow government to keep pace with New Yorkers and make the bureaucracy less painful…  COGE Commissioner Emma Wolfe and Executive Director Ann Cheng visit the podcast to explain the questions on the back of every NYC ballot and make the case for how voters […]

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