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New Yorkers played central roles in developing such technological innovations as air-conditioning, toilet paper and the atomic bomb. But when confronted with one of civilization's most ubiquitous inventions -- the [...]

Mayor London Breed has told city officials to issue citations and encourage homeless people to leave town by offering free bus tickets. The homeless men who huddled in tents on [...]

Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency in New York City jails and suspended parts of a law banning solitary confinement, a day before it was to take effect. [...]

Only four homicides have occurred in the city this year. Although luck has played a role, the city is bringing a high level of precision to its strategy to prevent [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn, Michael Brice-Saddler and Peter Hermann WASHINGTON - Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) unveiled new crime and policing legislation Monday intended to crack down on 'organized retail theft' [...]

On the coldest night of the winter, Mazou Mounkaila was sleeping under an overpass in the Bronx when the ambulance crew arrived. The wind chill was minus 4 degrees. Paramedics [...]

The Latest Mayor Eric Adams on Friday signed into law a ban on discrimination in New York City based on a person's weight. The law adds weight and height to [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn and Michael Brice-Saddler WASHINGTON - D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Wednesday broadened her efforts to 'reimagine' downtown with the launch of a framework for luring more [...]

Byline: Paul Schwartzman WASHINGTON - As a first-time mayoral candidate in 2014, Muriel Bowser minced no words when she opposed efforts to weaken a century-old federal law restricting how high [...]

Byline: Theresa Vargas WASHINGTON - Finally, Eboni Harris has a home where she's not afraid to pull back her children's covers and see mice scurry out. Finally, she has enough [...]

New Yorkers will be asked to place trash on the curb later to reduce the amount of time that mountains of trash fester on the streets. For more than 50 [...]

On Dec. 8, Mayor Eric Adams released 'Get Stuff Built,' a report on the building and land use approval streamlining task force (BLAST). The task force was convened from more [...]

Elected on the premise that he could reduce violent crime, Mayor Eric Adams continues to be confronted with a stubbornly high number of gun offenses. With the number of shootings [...]

In his quest to get more workers back to the city, the mayor tried to reassure employers that he was taking steps to address crime, especially on the subways. The [...]

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to revamp the homeless shelter system, but some of the main players have not changed. In 2015, David Levitan's company was listed as one of [...]

The directive, which affects 56,000 employees, faced immediate opposition from some Jewish and Catholic leaders, who sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to reconsider. New York [...]

Byline: Julie Zauzmer Weil The District is preparing to embark on an unprecedented effort to combat homelessness. At a moment when the decades-long homelessness crisis seems to have reached a [...]

In response to the rapid influx of COVID-19 variant cases over the course of the holiday season, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced further efforts by the city [...]

In the first state of the town address since he was re-elected mayor, Will Haynie had a message for the world about Mount Pleasant: We're back to normal. In a [...]

By Barry Waldman Contributing Writer Now entering its 50th year, the state's third largest city with 111,000 residents, North Charlestonis running a tight fiscal ship and focusing on growth, said [...]

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer has introduced his One Fresno Housing Strategy intended to improve housing affordability in response to the county's increasingly hot, and unaffordable, housing market. The proposal spans [...]

Byline: Bob BauderJan. 14--Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's biggest initiative to date is full of big numbers. The $3.5 billion plan, dubbed OnePGH, is looking to raise about $50 million a [...]

It was one of New York City's deadliest streets, a combat zone where one pedestrian after another was mowed down trying to get across. Cars and trucks hurtling down Queens [...]

This appeared in Tuesday's Washington Post: --- Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, D, took painstaking care in pointing out to the D.C. Council her 'grave concerns' with legislation establishing an extravagant [...]

Byline: Peter JamisonSweeping changes to campaign-finance regulations in the nation's capital are on track to become law, after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) opted not to veto legislation passed by [...]

Byline: Peter JamisonSweeping changes to campaign-finance regulations in the nation's capital are on track to become law after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) opted not to veto legislation passed by [...]