JEFFERY C. MAYS

Yusef Salaam, exonerated as part of the Central Park 5 in 2002, appeared to be heading toward a City Council victory as voters embraced more...

Primaries were being contested Tuesday for a range of New York City Council seats, district attorneys in the Bronx and Queens, and offices throughout New...

The Queens district attorney and several City Council members face more conservative challengers who are criticizing them on issues including public safety.

Three moderate Democrats are running to replace Kristin Richardson Jordan, one of the city’s most left-leaning politicians, who is not seeking re-election.

City officials say that the arrival of 65,000 asylum seekers has presented the city “with challenges never contemplated, foreseeable or indeed even remotely imagined.”

Mayor Eric Adams has said the arrival of more than 59,000 asylum seekers has “destroyed” the city, but financial problems loomed before their arrival.

Kathleen Corradi, New York City’s first-ever director of rodent mitigation, will oversee efforts to drive down the rat population.

Yusef Salaam, one of the wrongly imprisoned Central Park Five, is running in a competitive City Council race in Harlem. He described the former president’s...

Speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Eric Adams called for the federal government to aid cities dealing with a surge of migrants.

Progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans are clashing on what may be the most ideologically diverse City Council ever.