Mayor's Office

What You Need to Know Now About the 2021 Elections in New York City

Jan. 18, 2021, 7:44 p.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 3:28 p.m.

Feeling lost already? Here are the basics about who is running for what, what’s at stake and other essentials to help New Yorkers follow the staggering election season unfolding this year.

Environment

What’s the Big Idea for Governors Island? A Climate Research Hub and New Development

Nov. 12, 2020, 8:52 p.m.Nov. 13, 2020, 12:07 p.m.

Leaders on the island have floated grand plans for the harbor retreat, including a center for climate change education. Finding a partner to build and operate the resiliency hub, however, remains a hurdle.

ability

Key Government Stats Missing After Blown Reporting Deadlines — With COVID to Blame, Says City Hall

Oct. 21, 2020, 9:24 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Virtually every municipal agency has skipped legally mandated deadlines for filing reports, say record-keepers. Among the absent: progress updates on de Blasio’s signature homeless, climate and maternal health agendas.

Health

What New Yorkers Should Know About COVID-19 Testing Heading Into the Fall

Sept. 14, 2020, 9:10 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Schools are starting in-person learning next week. Six months after the start of the virus crisis in the city, we answered a few basic questions about testing right now.

Politics

What Do You Want to Ask the Mayoral Candidates? Here’s Your Chance

Sept. 14, 2020, 8:47 p.m.Sept. 14, 2020, 8:45 p.m.

THE CITY will be meeting in the weeks ahead with the growing crop of 2021 City Hall hopefuls. Tell us what’s on your mind and what you want to know. Your responses will help us come up with some challenging questions.

Chirlane McCray

Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Aug. 17, 2020, 8:33 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:41 a.m.

The city’s First Lady officially has eight employees who ThriveNYC and other projects. But at least 14 people on the government payroll work on her team, ahead of a potential Brooklyn borough president run.

NYPD

De Blasio’s ‘Stalled’ Pet NYPD Neighborhood Policing Plan Draws Outside Look

July 23, 2020, 6:13 p.m.July 23, 2020, 7:32 p.m.

In January, the Police Department quietly hired a white-owned consulting firm to “revisit” the signature reform effort the mayor touts as a cure-all for cop-civilian clashes.

Coronavirus

City-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Lagging in Results Turnaround

July 20, 2020, 8:47 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:40 a.m.

The city says results arrive in 3 to 5 days. But that’s not what some New Yorkers are finding — or even what some of the free testing locations promised when we called.