Mayor Bill de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $92.28 billion preliminary budget for New York City for the fiscal year 2022, presented during a press briefing Thursday, focuses on a path to recovery and closing a substantial budget gap, all while addressing the disparity brought on by the ongoing pandemic. The pandemic has brought $5.9 billion of unexpected costs as unemployment skyrocketed to 20…

Reporter John Chandler provides an update regarding Mayor de Blasio’s plan to fulfill economic deficits as a result of COVID 19.

Mayor Bill de Blasio scheduled a press conference Saturday morning to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. U.S. representatives were quick to call for Trump’s removal following a violent and deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday. The mayor of New York City joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state leaders who have once again called...

New York City’s public school system will conduct special social, emotional and academic behavioral screenings next year for students in 27 neighborhoods hard hit by coronavirus, officials said. Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said the screenings, beginning in September, will allow educators to get a jump start on treating mental health issues related to the virus or the disruption of schooling…

Following the release of a city report examining the NYPD’s response to the George Floyd protests, both the mayor and NYPD are acknowledging the report’s findings. News 4’s Chris Glorioso has the latest on how Mayor De Blasio, Commissioner Shea, and community activists are reacting to the report.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced major changes on Friday to the way schools in the country’s largest district admit some of its students by reforming the screening process at selective schools throughout the five boroughs. The changes, taking effect for the upcoming academic year in selective middle and high schools, “ensure our classrooms reflect the great...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday he is working toward reopening city schools, which he said would involve even more coronavirus testing, and provided an overall reopening plan. During his daily coronavirus press briefing, the mayor provided no timeline for a schools reopening, other than saying it will possibly happen in the “upcoming weeks” and that it…

New York City could soon be in an orange zone micro-cluster based on state guidelines, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Tracie Strahan has the latest on the city’s COVID fight. .

New York City Schools to close starting Thursday and shift to all-remote after city reaches 7-day positivity rate average of 3%. News 4 has team coverage.

Among the people braving another day of long lines for early voting was New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who joined the end of a half-mile-long queue at his Brooklyn polling location in the early afternoon. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio accused the city’s Board of Elections of being “clearly not prepared” for the heavy turnout for early voting. He urged the board to expand weekend early voting hours, bring more voting machines online before Election Day and make more staffers available to help voters. The mayor said he’s going to vote Tuesday at the Park Slope...

New York City will take legal action Thursday to stop the Trump Administration from withholding funding for cities that the Justice Department has designated as “anarchist jurisdictions.”

A property dispute in Brooklyn left commuters high and dry, looking for another ferry route all weekend and most of the day Monday. Rana Novini reports.

Plans to move homeless residents staying at an Upper West Side hotel to another location have been put on hold — at least for now. Shelter residents who have been housed at a New York City hotel due to the pandemic were expected to be moved to another hotel as soon as Monday — this as neighborhood groups against the…

Plans for shelter residents who have been housed at a New York City hotel due to the pandemic to move to another hotel as soon as Monday was put on hold — at least for now. Katherine Creag has the latest.

Shelter residents who have been housed at a New York City hotel due to the pandemic could be moved to another hotel as soon as Monday as opposing neighborhood groups against the move take the fight to court. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio hinted at loosening restrictions in some red zone clusters in New York City as early as next week. Andrew Siff reports.

NYPD Chief of Patrol Fausto Pichardo abruptly announced his retirement to the surprise of all his colleagues, Adam Kuperstein reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants federal immigration authorities to ban its officers from portraying themselves as local police, saying the practice drive victims and witnesses of crime “into the shadows and create fear.”

New York City has laid out a new plan to remove homeless individuals from hotels in places such as the Upper West Side but the plan is creating more pushbacks from residents who support the move and from those who don’t. The city’s Department of Homeless Services on Friday said shelter residents in the Lucerne hotel will be moved...