From the New York World : They have grandiose titles, but the city’s five borough presidents are actually invested with little power by th...

From the Wall Street Journal : When the city agreed to pick up the tab for the extension of the No. 7 subway line to ease the creation of ...

The things you learn from TV. Malcolm Smith's office is in back of a Popeye's restaurant. Only in Jamaica!

From Capital New York : On Monday, Earth Day, the mayoral candidates appeared at a forum hosted by the New York League of Conservation Vot...

From The Real Deal : A development site in the Court Square area of Long Island City is slated to hit the foreclosure auction block May 17...

From the NY Post : Hank Morris -- a top political adviser to disgraced ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi imprisoned in a pay-to-play pensio...

From the Daily News : New Yorkers think their local pols are rotten to the core. A new poll following the high-profile arrests of a raft...

From NY1 : Delivery cyclists are facing new rules of the road today. The City Council has updated the laws for commercial bicyclists in ...

Finally, an honest candidate for mayor!

From the Daily News : Former GOP honcho Vince Tabone has lawyered up -- and his new rep says the ex-operative will beat the bribery charge...

From the NY Times : Scores of elderly Russian immigrants played bingo under the chandeliers of a former funeral parlor in Brooklyn on a re...

From the NY Post : Blue-collar Mets stars have forsaken Yankee-style Manhattan condos to pitch their tents in two rental buildings on the ...

From Brownstoner : Anti-corporate messages have appeared on Citi Bike stations in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and some Brooklyn resident...

From DNA Info : An environmental group is looking to help Astoria go green — by coating its rooftops in white. The White Roof Project is...

From SI Live : Despite being approved by the state and city, a handful of local organizations have come together to try and prevent a Mans...

Will keep this short and sweet. Apartment Building at 89-19 170th St, 89-17 170th St, 89-15 170th St. I have complained a million times in...

From the Daily News : Real estate developers who are getting massive tax breaks to set aside a portion of their housing units for low- and...

From the NY Post : Central Park is about to get even more green. Six months after hedge-fund billionaire John Paulson pledged $100 milli...

Op-Ed from the Queens Courier : The Power of the Position BY CLAIRE SHULMAN Why the borough president, I am asked. The 1989 Charter h...

From the NY Times : Its friendly name and sizable budget suggest an altruistic resource for all five boroughs: the Community Outreach Unit...