New York City

Freshman Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones lost his bid for a second term Tuesday after choosing to run for a New York City seat rather than challenge another incumbent near his former home north of the city.  Jones, who in 2020 became one of the first two openly gay Black men…

Posted August 23, 2022 at 9:53pm Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, will be leaving Congress after losing a bruising Democratic primary to Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler. The race came about after a court-appointed special master created a redistricting map that put Nadler’s…

New York police are looking for two men who they say impersonated police officers, broke into a woman's home and robbed her of $10,000. Video from the incident late last month shows two men, with flashlights and wearing New York Police Department shirts, approaching the woman's Queens door. One of…

CQ Roll Call photojournalist Tom Williams spent the weekend in New York City covering the House primary campaigns in New York’s 10th and 12th districts. The post Roll Call on the Road: Big Apple appeared first on Roll Call...Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump, defeated U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary Tuesday after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district. Nadler’s victory ends a 30-year run…

This is the first in a series of eight profiles of American religious leaders who are still making an impact after the age of 80. (RNS) — New Yorkers of a certain age remember Ruth Messinger as a city councilwoman and later Manhattan borough president whose political achievements were, by…

Dive Brief: Miami-Dade County, Florida, submitted a request for proposals to redevelop approximately 17 acres in downtown Miami in a $10 billion public-private partnership, according to the RFP document. The redevelopment's vision includes affordable and workforce housing, a transit terminal, museum, library, park, county offices, recreational spaces, child care and…

New York health officials this week reported the state’s first known case of monkeypox in a patient aged under 18. A new weekly summary of Monkeypox Cases from the New York State Department of Health confirmed that the affected person resides outside of New York City, but did not specify where in…

The New York City mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has announced a new multimillion-dollar package to be spent as aid for asylum-seekers. In total, the office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to nonprofit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum-seekers, the office said…

A New York City restaurant is using a dining shed meant to help struggling restaurants through the COVID-19 pandemic as an art gallery, prompting a reprimand from the city’s Department of Transportation. Photo courtesy Google Maps Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A New York City restaurant is using a dining shed…