The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed by President Biden in August, is the single largest investment the country has ever made to protect our environment, lower our greenhouse gas emissions, and tackle the climate crisis. While much of this is accomplished by way of tax credits for businesses and homeowners, there is also good news for renters, as well as important measures for communities who have for too long paid the steepest price for poor environmental policies.
Community officials and advocates gathered at City Hall on Wednesday to call for legislation that would ensure more accountability and transparency from the
Gov. Hochul on Tuesday proposed making it easier for judges to set high-dollar bail for some criminal defendants revisiting an issue that could raise hackles from criminal justice reform advocates and Democrats in the state Legislature.
When I tested positive for HIV in 2004, I thought it was a death sentence. I was sick, scared, and alone, going through the New York City shelter system and