Jennifer Doherty is a journalist based in the New York metropolitan area. She primarily covers international trade and national security. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The Guardian, Law360, and elsewhere.
Outraged by the administration’s ghosting of their hearing on the rollout of the pied-à-terre tax, New York City councilmembers urge the mayor to answer their questions — or else.
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Days after he joked that his upstate vacation was well-timed for the week of the oversight hearing, the mayor’s spokesperson confirms no one from the administration is scheduled to testify.
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A new report contradicts the governor’s claims that congestion pricing has cleaned the air and healed kids with asthma.
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The city council speaker hasn’t announced herself as the mayor’s primary opposition, but recently, Mamdani’s advisors say, there have been tells.
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New York will soon repurpose doggie doodoo into compost to feed its parks.
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The police cite a 50 percent decrease in low-level arrests since the 2010s, say they are responding to calls from the communities they serve.
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Homeowners who are suing the city say they still expect to prevail when they argue their case against the tax on August 31.
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The city reached out to the Baumrinds, who were featured in a Sun story, but even the Department of Finance agent could only solve half the problem.
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Governor Hochul is calling on Mayor Mamdani to ‘take another approach’ but insisting the tax will be levied on owners of second homes in the city.
By JENNIFER DOHERTY
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A gadfly former deputy mayor squares up to City Hall for his sixth lawsuit this year. This time, it’s personal.
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City Council has put an oversight hearing on the calendar after a disastrous rollout for Mamdani’s signature tax-the-rich program.
By JENNIFER DOHERTY
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By storing radioactive waste offshore, the Department of Energy could skirt a local statute, the state said in its bid for nuclear investment.
By JENNIFER DOHERTY
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