The legislation, which will make thousands more permits available, is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s vendors get on the right side of the law. Source: New York Times
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Inside the Fight to Keep Mamdani’s Promise of 200,000 Affordable Homes
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2025
As Zohran Mamdani prepares to take over as mayor of New York, his team and allies have been pushing back against proposals that could make it more difficult to build new homes in the city. Source: New York Times
City Council Introduces Bill to Create Mamdani’s Community Safety Agency
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2025
The proposed Department of Community Safety would send mental health teams to respond to 911 calls, rather than the police, according to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans. Source: New York Times
A Moderate From Manhattan Claims Enough Support to Lead City Council
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2025
Julie Menin, a councilwoman from the Upper East Side, was seen by some supporters as a necessary check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist with an ambitious policy agenda. Source: New York Times
City Council Approves Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2025
The New York plan would open up 54 blocks of Long Island City, which are mostly warehouses and parking lots, to housing. Source: New York Times
New York City Council Advances Plans to Build 26,500 Homes
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2025
The plans, which seek to rezone parts of Jamaica and Long Island City, came up for votes as an election focused on the city’s housing crisis was nearing its end. Source: New York Times
What to Know About the Federal Indictment Against Letitia James
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Ms. James, a Democrat and New York’s attorney general, is a longtime nemesis of President Trump, She is charged with committing bank fraud to obtain favorable loan terms. Source: New York Times
For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president. Source: New York Times
In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2025
Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support. Source: New York Times
In Central Park, Pedestrians, Horses and E-Bikes Battle for Space
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2025
Critics say the park’s drives have become increasingly chaotic as e-bike riders move through at high speeds. Source: New York Times
Hudson Yards Developer May Get Another $2 Billion Boost From New York
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2025
The tentative deal comes on top of the billions in government aid that already benefited the firm, Related Companies, when the first phase was built. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Watchdog Agency Is Investigating Deaths in Police Custody
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2025
Nine people have died this year, about half the toll at this time last year. Advocacy and legal groups say the city is still not doing enough to ensure the safety of its detainees. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams Joins Growing Call to Ban Carriage Horses in New York City
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams’s declaration of support for eliminating the distinctive vehicles from Central Park follows a similar move by the group that runs the park. Source: New York Times
In Rebuke of Eric Adams, City Council Overrides 3 Vetoes
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2025
Measures eliminating criminal summonses for unlicensed vending and giving higher pay to grocery delivery workers had been overruled by the mayor. Source: New York Times
NYC Elections Board Rejects Council’s Push to Keep Housing Measures Off Ballot
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2025
The City Council, which would lose some power if the measures were approved, had argued that the ballot language was not clear enough to put before voters. Source: New York Times