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The Mamdani administration is following a pattern set under former Mayor Eric Adams by calling for the collection of $313 million in charges imposed on the Water Board to lease the city’s water and sewer system. thecity.nyc/2026/03/19/wat…

The incoming commissioner will have to oversee the continued rollout of mandatory bins with lids as the city moves to fully containerizing its residential trash. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/gre…

Last year, @THECITYNY wrote about the MTA's plan to replace a vast portion of its subway fleet. The MTA today put out a request for proposals for more than 2,300 new cars, enough to replace those on every lettered line but the 7. From May 2025: thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/sub…

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development on Wednesday launched new resources to help homeowners find out which ADUs — sometimes called granny flats — are allowed on their properties. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/adu…

The Board of Elections has ignored most of a watchdog’s recommended reforms for the agency and its leader, Michael Ryan, is now the subject of a new civil rights lawsuit. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/mic…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint Gregory Anderson, who is currently the deputy director of state operations in Albany, as the city’s next sanitation boss, officials confirmed with THE CITY. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/gre…

NEW: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint Gregory Anderson, a state-level operations official as the city’s next sanitation boss, officials confirmed with THE CITY. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/gre…

NEW: Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first public school student detained by federal immigration officials during Trump’s second term, was released Tuesday night after spending 10 months in federal custody, according to his legal team. W/ @Chalkbeat.org buff.ly/pm3Jtu1

Eight times since 2019, NYPD officers shot or tased someone while responding to a 911 mental health call — despite completing the department’s crisis intervention program, a review by THE CITY found. thecity.nyc/2026/03/09/cri…

Residents at a public housing complex in Yorkville are poised to reject options to switch to a different financial model that NYCHA said would fund millions in repairs, opting instead to keep their existing funding set-up, according to a preliminary vote. buff.ly/pHHMO3V

New York City’s law department asked the State Supreme Court to let the city stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a 2024 civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. buff.ly/S1q3BMa

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development on Wednesday launched new resources to help homeowners add ancillary dwelling units to their properties — and began once again accepting applications for a program to finance the projects. thecity.nyc/2026/03/18/adu…

The MTA on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that accuses the federal government of withholding $60 million in contractually obligated money for the nearly $7 billion extension of the Second Avenue Subway from the Upper East Side to East Harlem. thecity.nyc/2026/03/17/mta…

Too much winning? MTA sues Trump administration over funding for 2 Avenue Subway expansion — after feds took the ‘L’ in legal fights over congestion pricing and Hudson River rail tunnel. NEW in @THECITYNY thecity.nyc/2026/03/17/mta…

The Department of Sanitation conducted several stakeouts in high-poop neighborhoods, but caught just two owners in the act of leaving a pile behind. thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/dog…

The largest union of New York City transit workers has launched its latest legal challenge against the MTA over its staffing of booths in subway stations. thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/sub…

NEW: The Department of Sanitation conducted several stakeouts in high-poop neighborhoods, but caught just two owners in the act of leaving a pile behind. thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/dog…

NEW: The largest union for New York City transit workers has launched its latest legal challenge to keep the MTA from shuttering booths in subway stations. thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/sub…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to build more modular public bathrooms in NYC. But if the still-unbuilt Fort Washington Park bathroom, slated to cost $3.5 million and originally included in the 2022 city budget, is any example, his bathrooms may be years away. thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/pub…

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