How Mamdani can help workers using his office
As nearly 15,000 NYC nurses went on strike yesterday, Mayor Mamdani showed up to demonstrate support. It’s a powerful gesture when elected leaders express public solidarity with workers’ demands, in…
Affordable housing strengthens communities and local economies
Many households that are cost-burdened are not high-income earners paying for luxury housing — they are low-income residents with limited affordable housing options. As a result, many low-income families spend…
Mamdani names new media commissioner, undoes Adams’ 11th hour press access changes
Mayor Mamdani tapped former City Councilman Rafael Espinal to lead his media office on Monday — and made it one of Espinal’s first orders of business to revoke ex-Mayor Eric…
More workers are stuck in part-time jobs, in warning for the economy
In a slowing labor market, even people with jobs are increasingly making do with less-than-ideal arrangements. They’re stuck in part-time positions or patching together multiple jobs to make ends meet,…
Brendan Boyle: The U.S. must choose partnership with NATO
Out of the ashes of the Second World War, the United States led the creation of several global institutions to ensure we would never again have to fight such a…
Boosting local jobs aids affordability
For generations, the hardworking New Yorkers who have built our city were drawn here, or stayed here, because of access to opportunity and jobs. For all the conversations about how…
Five Democratic-led states sue HHS over frozen welfare funding
Five Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration for freezing their share of federal food, housing, and childcare assistance dollars, saying officials failed to justify the sweeping actions that could…
An Indonesian man was deported on Christmas after being arrested at a routine immigration appointment in Philly
A longtime Philadelphia resident who was arrested by ICE at a routine immigration appointment has been deported to Indonesia, his family said. Rian Andrianzah, 46, walked into a Philadelphia office…
The first assistant to DA Larry Krasner is retiring. He has some advice for his boss.
Robert Listenbee, the first assistant district attorney under Larry Krasner and a largely behind-the-scenes enforcer of the office’s progressive agenda, is retiring after nearly eight years as the office’s second-in-command.…
Today in History: January 9, Americans arrive in Lingayen Gulf during World War II
Today is Friday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2026. There are 356 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 9, 1945, during World War II, American…