Politics NY News Headlines Archive for April 1, 2026

Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor blasts Menin over budget response, says Council ignores bigger problems

By Sadie Brown & Shane O’Brien

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Opinion | Packaging waste in New York through the Affordable Waste Reduction Act

By Assembly Member Chantel Jackson

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No property tax hike or dipping into reserves: City Council counters Mamdani’s preliminary budget

By Adam Daly

Residents at Community Board 2 committee meeting on Greenwich Village affordable housing site

Politics

NYC community boards: What to know about these civic groups, how they operate and why there’s a reform push

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Activists rally in support of Fair Fares program expansion for free subway and bus rides

From Fair Fares to free fares? City Council proposes free subway, bus trips for over 1 million New Yorkers

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Council Member Joann Arioala is calling for free OMNY cards to be made available to all New York City students.

Queens

CM Ariola calls for ‘unlimited and universal’ free OMNY cards for NYC school students

By Shane O’Brien

Stacy Harvey

Inside Government

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with NYS Gaming Commission’s Division of Charitable Gaming Director Stacy Harvey

By Lea Tomaswick

New VillageCare CEO Shaun Ruskin

Health

VillageCare names Shaun Ruskin as its new president and CEO

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More from Around New York

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Opinion | Packaging waste in New York through the Affordable Waste Reduction Act

Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill.

Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever

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Trio sought for allegedly beating, robbing an E train rider in Elmhurst, attacking him a second time as he tried to get property back: NYPD

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7-month-old baby shot and killed in Williamsburg while on walk with mother