With the state budget deadline looming this weekend, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera reiterated his views on the Good Cause Eviction bill, which he wants included in the fiscal year 2024 spending plan. more

The tangible impacts of climate are undeniable, whether it’s the unseasonably warm winter we’ve been having or the sewage and stormwater backups that regularly cause flooding on the Major Deegan Expressway, and in our own buildings and homes. more

To the editor: Last year, home care advocates won a hard-fought battle to gain a $3 an hour increase above minimum wage. more

Bronx Community College received a two-year grant for over $1.5 million from the New York State Workforce Development Initiative to support the “Uptown Future of Work Center” program. more

At least one local elected, a union and a community organization applauded a state committee’s rejection of Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s chief judge nominee in a narrow vote last week. more

To the editor: When Gov. Kathy Hochul won her election last November, Democrats across the state expected that she would select a chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals who would support basic elements of the Democratic platform — including reproductive freedom and the right to organize. more

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has warned lawmakers they will soon hit a fiscal cliff due to a decrease in ridership among other things. But there may be some help coming from Albany. more

‘You know what’s more expensive for families than even paying their rent? Childcare,’ said Gov. Kathy Hochul, who visited the Bronx Children’s Museum Jan. 11 to speak about her plan to make child care fairer and  more affordable. Bronx borough president Vanessa Gibson, deputy city council speaker Diana Ayala, state Sen. Luis Sepulveda, assembly members Amanda Septimo, Latoya Joyner and Yudelka Tapia and Bronx Children’s Museum founding executive Carla Precht were in the audience. more

Gov. Kathy Hochul last week outlined how she plans to make New York “a more affordable, more livable and safer” state by investing in crime prevention, climate change mitigation, affordable housing and emerging technology. more

Nurses left their patients’ bedsides on Monday morning at two major hospitals in New York City and took to the streets as they made good on a promise to strike after contract negotiations fell apart. more