When he overturned former Mayor Eric Adams’ buffer zone executive order, Mamdani said he would embrace new legislation that would effectively accomplish the same thing. He…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will veto a controversial bill approved by the City Council last month instructing the police department to establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools…
New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and her allies are weighing their options after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would veto a controversial bill that…
City Hall officials met last week with union and labor leaders who are pushing Mayor Zohran Mamdani to veto a controversial City Council bill that would…
At a conversation about “the future of being Jewish in New York,” three of New York City’s most prominent Jewish elected officials raised alarm bells about…
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NEW YORK (WABC) — The New York City Council has passed a measure to protect houses of worship during protests.Whether it protects free speech rights is…
City Council Speaker Julie Menin presides over the Council’s stated meeting at City Hall on March 26, 2026. Photo by John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit The…
New York’s Planned Parenthood affiliates are concerned that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal to create protest buffer zones around houses of worship and reproductive health facilities…
