With just under 500,000 residents, Staten Island is dealing with an overall smaller population of drug users than other boroughs. On Staten Island, 81 people died of overdoses last year, down from 157 ...

The complex could tap into additional federal funding, but it might mean allowing NYCHA to partner with private companies for management and renovations.

The democratic socialist will have to overcome a divided Democratic Party and Republican President Donald Trump, who has threatened to punish the city.

Democratic candidate Shirley Aldebol defeated Republican incumbent Kristy Marmorato in the race for the City Council seat covering Throgs Neck, Pelham Bay, Morris Park and City Island, according to ...

The two faces of a surging progressive movement came together for a power lunch over beef momos one day after Tuesday's historic mayoral election. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met with U.S. Rep.

Zohran Mamdani began his first morning as mayor-elect at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, keeping the same focus on affordability that defined his campaign as he unveiled a transition ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wasted no time Wednesday announcing the four cochairs of his transition committee. Afterward, the 34-year-old spoke with Gothamist senior politics reporter ...

New York officials including Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the defacement of a Brooklyn yeshiva Wednesday after red swastikas were spray-painted onto the building.

Olimos was killed just hours after 16-year-old Tyson Harps was fatally shot on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Saturday night. She is the 25th teenager to die from gun violence so far this year across ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman breezed to re-election, which his fellow Republicans say is a sign that Democrats’ tip to the left in neighboring New York City will cost them in suburban and ...

In New Jersey, some last-minute polling showed the race within a few points. In the end, Jack Ciattarelli, who ran as a Trump Republican, significantly underperformed compared to polls as well as his ...

He also said he has worked for Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit previously chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...