Last year, the body produced 858 bills during the same period. The NYC Council is introducing far less legislation this year compared to 2024, and critics contend its because central staff is ...

Councilmember Yusef Salaam, who represents the area and exerts tremendous influence over whether or not One45 will pass in the Council, expressed myriad concerns about the project. But he but also ...

New York City Council seats were redistricted two years ago, but a southern Brooklyn seat will have a first real test of how much its politics have shifted this June. Democratic socialist Council ...

“Unlike career politicians who rely on popular slogans and empty promises, I am action-oriented. I am running for NYC Council to bring real accountability, smarter budgeting, and policies that make ...

One Queens politician has some creative ideas on how to make the most of the thousands of composting buckets the city is dumping on New Yorkers — as some of her colleagues in the City Council ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has thrown her political weight behind two left-wing City Council members’ reelection bids, marking her first foray into this year’s local elections as ...

A roughly 20-block stretch of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue could get some 4,600 new units of housing under a rezoning plan that key City Council panels passed Monday. The plan covers parts of the ...

The City Council has seen a shocking drop-off in productivity, with its 51 members this year introducing 86% fewer bills than in 2024, The Post has learned. Council members have introduced only 11 ...

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A Madison Square Garden-backed PAC is spending roughly 33 VIP Knicks playoff tickets’ worth – $99,000 – on three Democratic New York City Council candidates in competitive primaries this June.