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Association for a Better New York

An Emergency Plan to Fix New York City’s Subway Is Ready to Go… So What’s Next?

The funding for short-term fixes to the city's subway system has finally been secured.
By Madina Toure
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson speaks at the Association for a Better New York's power breakfast for the first time.

NYC Council Speaker Blasts Officials Over Subway Problems

Corey Johnson wants the mayor and the governor to stop playing politics and focus on fixing the subways.
By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a campaign rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders at Terminal 5 in Manhattan.

De Blasio: Danger of NYC Becoming ‘Exclusive Place’ Still Looms

The mayor said he would fight for New York to remain an inclusive city and blasted the president's tax plan.
By Madina Toure
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 19: Nicole Malliotakis, Republican New York City mayoral candidate, speaks during a press conference outside City Hall, July 19, 2017 in New York City. She discussed what she described as 'the lack of transparency surrounding Mayor de Blasio's travel expenses.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GOP Mayoral Candidate Attacks De Blasio’s Quality of Life Record

By Madina Toure
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a press conference in March 2015.

NY Attorney General Vows to Sue if GOP Health Care Bill Passes

By Madina Toure
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 17: People walk along a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) platform on July 17, 2014 in New York City. Three days before workers were expected to walk off the job, state officials and union leaders have said that a strike has been averted. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced details of the deal saying that it calls for 17 percent raises over six and a half years. Over 300,000 people use the train service on the weekdays. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cuomo Calls LIRR Derailment ‘A Minor Accident’ at Unveiling of Latest Infrastructure Proposal

By Will Bredderman
Sen. Charles Schumer at a press conference attacking then-candidate Donald Trump in May.

Schumer Says Trump Will Cause a Recession if He Doesn’t Fund the Gateway Project

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio with Comptroller Scott Stringer at a press conference.

Bill de Blasio Says ‘It’s Breathtaking How Little’ His Top Democratic Rival Knows

By Will Bredderman
Comptroller Scott Stringer speaks at the Association for a Better New York breakfast in Midtown.

Stringer Offers Scathing Assessment of de Blasio Record of Helping City’s Vulnerable

By Madina Toure
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito outside Trump Tower.

The City Council Analyzed How Much Trump’s Immigration Policies Would Cost NYC

By Jillian Jorgensen
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. in the Mall At Bay Plaza in the Baychester section of the Bronx.

Bronx BP, a Potential 2017 Challenger, Knocks de Blasio’s Housing Plan

By Jillian Jorgensen
A homeless woman begs for help on the street (Photo: Jewel Samad for AFP/Getty Images)

De Blasio Unveils ‘Most Comprehensive’ Anti-Homelessness Program to Date

By Will Bredderman
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Bill Bratton Punches Back at Comptroller and City Council

By Jillian Jorgensen
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Heastie Says No Criminal Justice Reform Would Mean Speakership ‘Would Be in Vain’

By Will Bredderman
Assemblyman Carl Heastie.

Influential Business and Civic Group Backs Carl Heastie for Speaker

By Ross Barkan
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaking to reporters. (Photo: Jillian Jorgensen)

Bratton Touts Drop in Crime But Acknowledges Growing Anger at NYPD

By Jillian Jorgensen
Public Advocate Letitia James.

Letitia James: Every New Yorker Should Have ‘A Safe and Secure Pension by 2030’

By Jillian Jorgensen
Bill de Blasio this morning during a surprise appearance at ABNY.

De Blasio Makes Surprise Stop at ABNY Breakfast

By Jill Colvin
Joe Lhota at the ABNY breakfast this moning.

Joe Lhota Claims ‘Progressive’ Mantle in Mayor’s Race

By Jill Colvin
(Photo: Josh Hallett)

AT&T CEO Says Lessons Learned in New York City Informed Wireless for the World

By Patrick Clark
(Photo: Getty)

Governor Cuomo: NYC Soda Ban ‘Can Only Do Good’

By Colin Campbell
Eric Cantor (Photo: Getty)

Eric Cantor: ‘I’ve Not Seen The Willingness On The Other Side To Compromise’

By Hunter Walker
Frances Stark, "Osservate, leggete con me," 2012. Three-channel digital video for projection, black and white with sound, 29:34 minutes. (Photo by Thomas Mueller/Gavin Brown's Enterprise)

How ‘The New Deal’ Helped Eric Cantor Meet His Wife

By Hunter Walker
Howard Rubenstein. (Illustration by Joao Maio Pinto)

Howard Rubenstein: Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Recipient

By Janon Fisher
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