City dwellers and council members gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday morning to call for more places to go when you ...

The New York City Council passed several pieces of legislation on Thursday, one of which would create a task force ...

The New York City Council has approved a controversial plan to study the impact of slavery on the city and consider ...

Nearly 200 years after slavery was outlawed in New York, proponents of a New York City reparations package tell The New York ...

Slavery was outlawed in New York in 1827 and federally in 1865 with the 13th Amendment. Polls have shown the majority of adults are against reparations.

NEW YORK - New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing the ...

The city has seen a surge in people dropping of pets for adoption after seeing the opposite during the pandemic.

New York City lawmakers passed legislation to establish a task force to study reparations, a model for the rest of the country.

A bipartisan group of New York City councilors is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to temporarily suspend 'sanctuary' policies ...

African American Burial Ground in New York City (Carol M. Highsmith/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Council Members Christopher Marte (District 1) and Dr. Nantasha Williams (District 27 ...

NEW YORK - New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing the impact of slavery and racial injustices in New York City, including a bill ...

The police have been ticketing vendors for violations over the past year, upsetting sellers who say they are just trying to ...