Courts & Law

Eric Adams Becomes First NYC Mayor Indicted While in Office

Greg B. Smith, Yoav Gonen / The CITY Sep 26, 2024 Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment today charging Adams with bribery, soliciting contributions from foreign nationals and wire fraud. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

NYC Continues To Add to Its Little-Known Mass Grave Site

Gwynne Hogan / THE CITY Sep 5, 2024 Critics say the city is likely to keep using Hart Island as a cemetery of last resort, despite soliciting public input on its future. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

NYPD Commissioner Buried Police Brutality Cases

Eric Umansky / ProPublica Jun 29, 2024 New York City’s Police Commissioner Edward Caban has repeatedly used a little-known authority called “retention” to prevent officers accused of misconduct from facing public disciplinary trials. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Hochul’s 11th-Hour Backtrack on Congestion Pricing in New York City

Jose Martinez, Ella Napack / THE CITY Jun 6, 2024 The MTA has already paid $507 million to TransCore in infrastructure costs related to the years-in-the-making congestion pricing plan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

NY State Crime

Adam Zyglis May 20, 2024 Dig deeper

Economic Justice

NYC Housing Authority Paid $708 to Replace a Lightbulb

Greg B. Smith / THE CITY Feb 27, 2024 The micro contracts awarded to vendors at the center of the NYCHA bribery scandal are rife with inflated and wildly inconsistent costs, an analysis by THE CITY finds. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigration

A Cold Winter for Migrant Families at Floyd Bennett Field

Gwynne Hogan / THE CITY Nov 27, 2023 Parents say they swaddle their children in bedsheets but can’t stop them from shivering through the night. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

New York City Record Rain

Dave Granlund Oct 2, 2023 Dig deeper

Environment

41 Million Americans Are Simmering on Urban Heat Islands

Katie Myers / Grist Jul 27, 2023 New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Activism

Mutual Aid Organizers in NYC Save Asylum-Seekers As The City Fails Them

Rebecca Chowdhury / Prism Jul 21, 2023 Mutual aid groups in NYC support asylum-seekers where the city has failed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

NYC Officials Were Unprepared for the Airpocalypse

Lylla Younes / Grist Jun 9, 2023 Students and the elderly suffer, as officials fail to prepare for the air quality crisis, which made NYC the most polluted city in the world. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

The Question No One Is Asking about Jordan Neely’s Death

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig May 11, 2023 Both Neely and Penny were let down by the NYPD. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )