While rents fell during the Covid pandemic, they climbed even higher two years later. While some contend what is needed to ease New York City’s affordable housing crisis is more units at any price ...

Kevin Parkinson, a former principal, is Jackson’s new Ward 7 councilman. His goal: rebuild trust by making city services work ...

New York City knows it has a waste management problem. The average city household generated 1,899 pounds of trash in 2023. Only around 17 percent of the city’s curbside waste is recycled ...

As of 1 April 2025, it is mandatory for residents of New York City to compost certain waste items. This is part of a program run by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) called Curbside Composting ...

City trash collectors Trenton Jeffress, left, and Richard Dickenson throw trash into a garbage truck on Kelton Avenue on Oct. 2 in Schenectady. Penalties for not placing stickers on bulky items ...