Library Vital to Immigrants Squeezed by City Budget

More than one social service agency is closing doors or shutting programs because of the financial uncertainty created by the city's annual ritual of proposed cuts and last-minute restorations.

Patrons of Camaguey Restaurant hold nuanced views on mayoral control, charter schools and teacher evaluations—and feel the state of the schools is more important than who's mayor.

Eleven candidates have signed up for the Q&A session in the city's only mainland borough.

A primer on the races and the candidates.

Some 2013 races are shaping up to feature multiple candidates. Others look so far like one-choice affairs.

The audience knew what the candidates wanted. But what did the people of Van Dyke want in return?

Our How To NYC series continues with a look at help available for everything from food to heat to medical care.

Some of the top firms advising candidates for state and local office also lobby those offices for clients like corporations and unions. Some believe the potential conflict demands reform.

Some data and details from our reporting on campaign consultants who help politicians get elected and also lobby those officials on behalf of companies, unions and other interests.

One way that you can help in disasters and other civic emergencies is by joining your local Community Emergency Response Team.

If patrons of Camaguey restaurant are any indication, voters in Mott Haven are undecided about the mayor's race, but do know what they want in the next mayor: the good of Bloomberg without the bad.

Some mayoral candidates want to restore programs that place homeless families in regular housing. But one think-tank believes those programs drive shelter demand.

Though federally funded, NYCHA is in part steered by choices at the municipal level. What public-housing policy choices will New York's next mayor have to make?

So far, most residents haven't found what they're looking for—or even done much looking.

The lavish last hurrah featured an hour-long riff on the Tonight Show, news of a new Coney Island concert arena and a scatological shot at the press.

Disposing of household products is not always as easy as putting them in your trashcan or recycling bin.

Observers stress sharing prosperity, strategic use of capital funds, better community boards, and more transparency.

A federal judge's order and record numbers of minority recruits hint that change is coming to the FDNY. But veteran black firefighters are taking a wait-and-see approach.

State Sen. Eric Adams faces virtually no opposition in his bid for borough hall—the latest step in his evolution from controversial activist to political leader.

East Brooklyn Congregations and allies typically work behind the scenes. But they've made headlines in 2013 by forcing candidates to provide detailed housing, school and policing proposals.