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We accept interns on a rolling basis, though we mostly put together cohorts along a three-season calendar of fall (Sept-Dec), spring (Jan-May), and summer (Jun-Aug). To apply, email editor Ben Max ...

This past week, amidst flooded streets, blackouts, overheated jails, and subway failures, New Yorkers saw the consequences that result from a failure to engage in strategic long-term planning for the ...

New York City voters will be using the new ranked-choice voting system for the June party primary elections for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President, and City Council. Voters will be ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (photo: governor's office) Friday brought sad but unsurprising news in Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s decision to call off impeaching Governor ...

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the author (photo: Rodneyse Bichotte/Facebook) Abortion is a matter of life and death for a woman. Those who are pro-choice like me know that access to safe ...

(l-r) top: Mark Levine; Elizabeth Caputo; Brad Hoylman; bottom: Kim Watkins; Ben Kallos; Lindsey Boylan The six Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President competing in this June's primary — ...

As congressional representatives seek re-election this year, there is one member of Congress who doesn’t need to worry about having an opponent: Rep. Ritchie Torres. At the time of this writing, there ...

In anticipation of the Department of City Planning’s certification of Industry City’s rezoning proposal, Community Board 7 has been hosting a series of town halls to inform and engage the public in ...

(photo: imagery ©2019 Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Sanborn, USDA Farm Service Agency, Map data ©2019 via Google Maps fair use policy) As an organizer directly impacted by incarceration, I often ask ...

The 2019 New York City Charter Revision Commission is deliberating whether to propose to voters in November that a requirement for a comprehensive city plan be added to the charter. Should New York ...

Not long ago, closing the Rikers Island jails was a radical idea. Today, however, less than four years after we launched the #CLOSErikers campaign, New Yorkers have reached political and popular ...