In scathing report, NYC Comptroller says city was not prepared for pandemic

The report says that the city had a supply of N-95 masks that had already expired years earlier and found dysfunction and no city-wide plan for dealing with a pandemic.

Primary Day 2021: A long wait for results in Democratic NYC mayoral race

With the debut of ranked-choice voting and absentee ballots still to be sorted, it could take weeks to declare a winner in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.

Pop-up Dumpster pools in streets, floating pools in rivers proposed for NYC

Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer has a proposal called Summer in the City, which calls for the city to install pop-up pools in neighborhoods that lack open spaces.

NYC's COVID-19 spending approaching $1 billion

New York City has either spent or committed to spend nearly a billion dollars on COVID-19-related costs as of Wednesday, FOX 5 NY has learned.

New York City schools closed until at least April 20

Mayor Bill de Blasio says that schools will be closed starting Monday until at least April 20th but he warned that they could remain closed for the rest of the school year.

New York City is accused of fraud over taxi medallion prices

New York Attorney General Letitia James has informed New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer that her office intends to sue the city for $810 million to help hundreds of taxi medallion owners who find themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole.

Almost 300 brand-new subway cars pulled from service

Almost 300 practically brand-new subway cars have been pulled from service because of a problem with the doors.

Comptroller Stringer Plan on Fixing Lead in Public Housing
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NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer says his office is taking a hard look at all the agencies that handle public housing to make it safe from lead for children and all residents.