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Manhattan Lawmaker Takes Aim At 1960s Law That Blocks Medicaid Funds For Psych Care
Under Medicaid, the federal government picks up half of the costs and state government the other half.
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Big Changes To Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less Is More' Hold Up?
For decades, New York state law allowed parole officers to toss people back into jail for low-level infractions like missing a curfew.
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Hundreds Halt Bridges To Renew Excluded Workers Fund, But An Uphill Battle Lies Ahead
Workers are pushing state officials for more money for the program to aid tens of thousands who’d been left reeling.
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Most Hate Crime Charges In NYC Get Dropped Before Conviction, Stats Show
Hate crime charges usually get pleaded down or dropped entirely by the time of conviction.
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More Money? Pushy Landlord? Your Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Questions Answered
On March 21 at 6:30 p.m., THE CITY will host a virtual Open Newsroom event to address the current rent crisis in New York.
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NYC Courts Issue Rules To Ram Through Gun Cases, Under Political Pressure
“Everything that everybody is entitled to, they are still entitled to,” Grasso said. “We’re just looking to move everything faster."
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After Massive Fire, Thieves Ransacked Apartments And Cops Won't Help, Queens Tenants Say
“Now we want your help,” she said in Spanish, fighting back tears, her voice quivering. “Help us so that justice is done. We want justice."
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Do Police Help Or Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors? New City Council Members Take A Stand
Organizers urged investing some of the NYPD’s $10 billion-plus annual budget into resources like housing and income security for survivors.
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NYC Looks To Environmentally Friendly Jobs In A Cloudy Economic Climate
“Green jobs, that’s an obvious place where a recovery strategy can lean into trends that are already at work,” Parrott said.
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‘Universal' Counsel: Advocates Want To Nix Income Caps For Housing Court Help
As THE CITY has reported previously, Right to Counsel has helped more than 65,500 New Yorkers who faced eviction stay in their homes.
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Trump Still Runs A Public Bronx Golf Course More Than A Year After City Hall Cancellation
The Trump Organization’s golf case before the city isn’t the only bit of unfinished business with New York officials.
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Retired NYC Workers Celebrate Medicare Coverage Switch Court Win
Fire department retiree John Gilleny said, “I’d like to say that the statement that you can’t beat City Hall is untrue.”
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Midtown Office-To-Apartment Conversion Concept Gains Hochul And Adams Support
The push to convert office space into apartments has the potential to transform the nation’s largest business district.
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Dough Owed: Tax Man Seizes Brooklyn Pizza Joint Backed By Mayor Eric Adams' Ex-Con Pal
But Robert Petrosyants and Ofshtein were sued in October by the owners of 327 Gold St., where Forno Rosso is located.
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Cabbies Call Out Firm Behind Repo Notes As Debt Vote Delayed Over Foul-Mouthed TLC Chair
“Back off the drivers! Leave us alone!” Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, yelled into a bullhorn.
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Mayor Eric Adams Lifts Restaurant Vaccine Checks. Some Owners Might Keep Them Anyway
Some proprietors are deciding to keep a vaccine mandate in place, or thinking about it, unsure of how their customers will react.
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Ida Fund For Excluded Flood Victims Re-Opens After Doling Small Slice Of $27M
Affected New Yorkers can now apply to the $27 million program through April 29.
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MTA Will Retool More Express Buses For Leg Room After Complaints
“At least the MTA is taking a step forward on these buses because if they don’t, it’s going to be very, very uncomfortable.”
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MLB Lockout Batters Yankee Stadium-Area Businesses Still Reeling From The Pandemic
Players in the league have been locked out by team owners since their collective bargaining agreement expired on Dec. 2.
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New York Republicans Urge Support For Ukraine Refugees, After Taking Immigration Hard Line Alongside Trump
Yet in Congress, Zeldin co-sponsored legislation designed to bar federal funding for resettlement initiatives for Syrian refugees.
