Public Safety
Posted inDevelopment
Those living next to a construction site in Prospect Lefferts Gardens say the vibrations and noise are “as if a train were running through.”
Posted inHousing
Landlords in Fatal Fire Racked Up More Than 1,000 Violations Across NYC
The city housing department has repeatedly sued the owners of a Manhattan building where three people died in a blaze last week, alleging “immediately hazardous” conditions at properties in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.
Posted inJails and Prisons
Three Rikers Deaths, Similar Failures: Officers Off Post, Medical Care Bungled
A new report details how missed safety checks, contraband drugs and lapses in medical care preceded the deaths of three detainees in late 2025.
Posted inPublic Safety
Unspent State Funds for Youth At Risk of Gun Violence Are Needed Here, City Leaders Say
As youth gun violence in the city remains elevated from its pre-pandemic levels, a state program has left hundreds of millions unspent — and kept any of that money from coming here.
Posted inPublic Safety
Mamdani Vetoes School Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
A separate protest bill affecting houses of worship has a veto-proof majority in the City Council.
Posted inPublic Safety
Unions Met With Mamdani Team Over Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
The mayor is under pressure to veto a controversial Council bill calling for security perimeters to keep protesters away from schools and educational facilities. A related bill targeting religious sites passed with a veto-proof majority.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
Mamdani Allies Want Veto for Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
A bill keeping demonstrators away from houses of worship is veto-proof, but critics want the mayor to reject a similar measure targeting educational facilities.
Posted inJails and Prisons
Delayed Bellevue Jail Unit to Open as Rikers Med Facility is Shut
City plans to close aging jail hospital as long-delayed $241 million replacement launches.
Posted inPublic Safety
Mamdani Soft-Launches Community Safety Initiative With Just a Handful of Staffers
After campaigning on the creation of an ambitious $1.1 billion new department, the mayor announced he’s launching a three-person new office he called a “first step.”
Posted inJails and Prisons
The Revolving Door Between Rikers and City Hospitals
Jail clinicians sometimes send people in crisis to city hospitals — only for them to be returned to Rikers Island within hours.

