David L. Lewis

After two years of occasionally rancorous negotiations, the MTA and the union representing 34,000 transit workers have announced a tentative deal to give the rank-and-file 2 percent raises in each of the next three years. That's on top of a retroactive 1 percent raise that covers the last two years.

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Owners and animal-rights advocates are debating different ways to replace Central Park's horse-drawn carriages with tourist-friendly vehicles.

Today there are 13,000 homeless families living in the shelter system — will subsidies help?

In the first 100 days, Mayor de Blasio put some points on the board. But there were no bold new ideas for the days ahead.

The U.S. Attorney says his office will review open cases and see why Gov. Cuomo's ethics commission was shut down ion a budget deal.

De Blasio said he wanted a diverse administration. Did he succeed?

As the de Blasio administration attempts to reset the troubled relationship between police and communities of color, WNYC measures the progress in one neighborhood in central Brooklyn.

In 12 years at Queens Museum, the director had a reputation for serving the community.

Political party leaders are already dialing for dollars thanks to Wednesday's Supreme Court decision striking down some limits on campaign contributions.

The Obama administration has deported more illegal immigrants than than any other administration in U.S. history. Now advocates are turning up the heat. 

City officials paid tribute to outgoing Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty who left the department after more than five decades on Friday.

As the budget deadline looms, the governor is sounding a different tone as city and state officials try to agree on a plan.

The mayor said "They are all our children, they all deserve a solution" during a speech at Riverside Church in Harlem on Sunday.

Con Ed's 4,300 miles of gas mains leak more than any other system nationwide, according to a WNYC analysis.

The city is growing jobs faster than the country. But they are not the middle-class jobs of a generation ago.

Says 'Alternative' Would Be OK, As Long As It Gets The Job Done

Mayor de Blasio says he governs with single-minded focus, as in the fight over pre-k. But his critics call it a lack of vision.

Financial sector leaders have long been some of the biggest supporters of the charter-school movement, a fact that has been red meat for charter school opponents.

Mayor Bill de Blasio added one of the city's most aggressive social-service advocates to his administration, one of three appointments announced Friday.

To get a labor deal, Mayor Bill De Blasio also has to negotiate his way through a process that requires separate talks on wages, health care and retirement benefits. Oh, and on that l...