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On July 30, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the City Council’s disapproval of the land use application for a bid to build a casino and entertainment complex at the current Bally’s Golf Links site at ...
Rosa, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, former Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, and local community members came together to celebrate the completion of an $8.5 million renovation of Rainey ...
This week- Can New York Redraw Its Congressional Map?, U.S. DOJ Sends Questions to State Board of Elections, N.Y.C. To Keep Closed Primaries, N.Y. Not Likely to See Musk’s Third Party on Ballot ...
New York State’s redistricting process following the 2020 Census failed to live up to the reforms envisioned by voters who endorsed the 2014 constitutional changes. Instead, the redistricting process ...
Last year’s Dominican Day Parade Breakfast hosted by U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Image Credit: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mark Chiusano On the same day last month that heavily ...
Today, after many developments in the law, there are significant liability risks to the City for injuries caused by trees.
Illustration: Jeff Hopkins. When municipalities are sued in tort, two of the most powerful bars to recovery are the public duty principle and the governmental function immunity defense. When these two ...
This week- U.S. Senate Bill Limits Congressional Reapportionment Base to Citizens, N.Y.C. Charter Revision Election Recommendations, Dropping Out of an Election, Around the Nation, Upcoming Events ...
How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the ...
A long-standing feature of American tax policy is the exemption granted to nonprofit organizations, the largest of which is the exemption from local property taxes. The exemption, with origins back to ...
Mayor Eric Adams. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Pei Pei Cheng de Castro & Jennifer Hopkins On November 6, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly executed a ...
Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law. Christopher Columbus is in trouble. Political pressure to remove Columbus monuments most recently dates from 1992 during the preparations ...