The Daily Dirt: Obstacles for Mamdani housing, tax plans
Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces some hurdles to get his housing plan and pied-à-terre tax through Albany. The housing plan, we keep hearing, is coming soon. A major issue will be how he intends to build 200,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years with union labor. His mayoral campaign’s...
Out-of-service escalator at Jamaica Station frustrates AirTrain passengers
An out-of-service escalator at Jamaica Station in Queens is reviving complaints that date back years.
Councilmember Chi Ossé released after Bed-Stuy protest over fraught eviction case
Council member Chi Ossé is arrested at a demonstration in Bed-Stuy. His office says the protest was related to a "deed theft" case involving of one of his constituents. [ more › ]
Secret Tax For New Yorker’s Fleeing To Florida, Texas
Thinking about leaving New York? You're not alone, but be careful, there's a lot of hidden costs. Some are paying way more than expected.
23 Long Island schools flunk state standards — with 2 landed among bottom 5%...
Nearly two dozen Long Island schools are flunking state standards, according to a fresh New York Education Department review. Two particularly flailing local schools — one in Hempstead and the other in Riverhead — landed among the bottom 5% in the state, the Department of Education found, according to Newsday. The state determination involves numerous factors, including student attendance, high-school graduation rates, grades and the...
Taking a closer look at New York state prisons
The murder of Robert Brooks in December of 2024 shook the state’s prison system – and it was, perhaps, confirmation of a belief many had whispered to me in the past: New York State’s prisons were chaotic, violent and deserving of a closer look. As NY1’s investigative...
Bronx and Warwick tickets hit lottery jackpot in same night
Two lucky tickets hit in Bronx and Warwick as TAKE
Hochul insists she’s done raising taxes — but unions and lefties want more
POESTENKILL, NY – Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted — again — Tuesday that she’s done raising taxes now that Albany leaders are on board with her plan to impose a new levy on multi-million dollar second homes in New York City. “Not for me,” Hochul said when pressed by The Post on whether she was still entertaining more new taxes as part of the weeks-delayed state...
Liberty Mutual accuses Queens clinic network of $845,000 No-Fault billing scheme
Liberty Mutual says a New York clinic network quietly run by laypersons billed it more than $845,000 in bogus auto injury claims. That is the thrust of a lawsuit the insurer filed on April 20, 2026 in federal court in Brooklyn, opening a new front in the long-running battle between auto carriers and the medical billing mills that orbit New York's No-Fault...
See chronic absenteeism in NY school districts, ranked
Chronic absenteeism improved in hundreds of school districts across New York during the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data. Chronic absenteeism among elementary and middle school students improved in 333 districts statewide last year. It was flat in 15 and worse in 317. Among high school students, absenteeism improved...
