If housing violations arise, it’s on tenants to defend their rights. It’s a system that may not be effective at preventing ...

Despite the rules' emphasis on cellar and basement apartments, they appear to be separate from the rules the city still needs ...

New York City lawmakers spent big on social services. But the budget still leaves the city exposed to cuts by the Trump ...

New York City voters will be asked to vote this fall on major reforms to the ways housing gets approved, including changes that would reduce the City Council’s final say on new development and ...

Roller coasters and senior citizens are rarely a good match. But a hair-raising ride seems to have ended well for some ...

Here's what I know: rich people aren't fleeing New York City, working families are. And if we continue hemorrhaging everyday ...

The Democratic nomination, I understand, is casting a very, very wide shadow over this case,’ a lawyer close to the case says ...

If nothing else, Elizabeth Lewinsohn’s failed bid for a New York City Council seat highlights two great needs: housing and idealistic candidates.

Powerful storms brought intense rainfall to the New York Tri-State Area on Monday, triggering a flash flooding in Manhattan and state of emergency in New Jersey. Footage captured by shocked commuters ...

However for New York City Council members it isn’t their families who have the connections, but rather their bosses. Former staffers won the primary elections in more than half of the vacant council ...

A proposed ballot question would give NYC’s five borough presidents some serious power over housing and land use decisions.

Wilfredo Lopez, Elsie Encarnacion and Clarisa Alayeto are vying for a chance to represent New York City Council District 8, as Diana Ayala has reached her term limit.