Samantha Maldonado

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced an effort to expand child care across the state, including a free program for 2-year-olds in New York City starting in the fall. “The cost of child care is too damn high,” Hochul said at an event at a YMCA in Flatbu... See more

Members of the City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted for Julie Menin, who represents Manhattan’s Upper East Side, as their next speaker. The City Council speaker leads the 51-member body. She sets the legislative agenda by deciding which bills come ... See more

Less traffic. Faster buses. More subway riders. Those are just some of the outcomes of the first year of congestion pricing in Manhattan’s downtown core, with the anniversary of its launch marked Monday by elected officials and street-safety activists. Th... See more

In 2024, the city’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped to levels not seen since 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic — a sign, environmentalists say, that new climate policies are making a difference. The city’s latest annual greenhouse gas inventory shows a ... See more

Do First Amendment rights exist in privately owned public spaces? David O’Keefe, a retired prosecutor, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an attempt to establish those rights, after a clash during an anti-Trump protest. Privately owned public spaces — or... See more