With the help of New York’s environmental review law, local NIMBYs halted an approved housing project, adding to delays and costs in a city facing a housing shortage.
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
Peanut the Squirrel charmed a large internet audience that helped fund an animal sanctuary. Then the government seized him.
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Two brothers are asking the Supreme Court to stop their town from using eminent domain to steal their land for an empty field.
According to a new lawsuit, NYPD officers have been illegally accessing sealed juvenile arrest records.
Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.
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Congestion and slowdowns in the airspace around New York City account for up to 75 percent of all airline delays, yet efforts to depoliticize its management remain stalled.
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Recent footage shows a federal agent attempting to search a citizen’s bag without their consent, despite precedent saying that’s illegal.
The cases of Joey the Player and the Long Island Serial Killer show how systemic neglect and the failure to pass an immunity bill have left violent criminals on the loose for far too long.
Subsidies for journalism will divorce reporters from the need to even try to win readers and viewers.
The Manhattan Institute's Charles Fain Lehman misleadingly equates a survey's measure of "cannabis use disorder" with "compulsive" consumption that causes "health and social problems."
Supporters say the measure will uphold “social justice,” but research shows licensing requirements don’t always work as intended.
The state has thousands of unauthorized shops but fewer than 200 licensed marijuana sellers.
Researchers examined garbage placed in public receptacles in Washington, D.C., and New York City and found that the locales’ bans on flavored tobacco products have unquestionably failed.
The bill would banish insurance companies from the state if they invest in companies profiting from oil and gas.
The city's Rent Guidelines Board approved a nominal 2.75 rent increase for one million rent-stabilized apartments. That's below the year's 3.3 percent inflation rate.
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Facing an opponent who has been credibly described as a sexual predator, Biden instead emphasizes Trump's cover-up of a consensual encounter.
This isn't the first time a student event has been canceled over alleged safety issues.
Government school advocates say competition "takes money away" from government schools. That is a lie.
That take on the former president's New York conviction echoes similarly puzzling claims by many people who should know better.
The lack of a clear rationale for charging Trump with 34 felonies raises a due process issue that is likely to figure in his appeals.
In a surprise move, the governor axed a plan to start charging drivers $15 tolls to enter lower Manhattan starting at the end of June.
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Bans have resulted in what some have called the "whitewashing" of American juries.
The former president's loss of his Second Amendment rights highlights an arbitrary restriction that applies to many people with no history of violence.
Whatever Trump did after the 2016 presidential election, it seems safe to say that it did not retroactively promote his victory.
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There was a glaring mismatch between the charges against the former president and what prosecutors described as the essence of his crime.
The ACLU, another polarizing organization, was willing to defend the NRA in court. That should tell you that some things aren't partisan.
The judge said the jurors need not agree about the "unlawful means" that Trump allegedly used to promote his 2016 election.
Closing arguments in the former president's trial highlight the mismatch between the charges and the "election fraud" he supposedly committed.
This week the judge presiding over Trump's trial ruled that jurors do not have to agree on any particular legal theory.
To convert a hush payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are relying on a chain of assumptions with several weak links.
Dexter Taylor is now a "violent felon," even though his hobby was victimless.
Contrary to what prosecutors say, the former president is not charged with "conspiracy" or "election fraud."
Under the prosecution's theory, Trump would be guilty of falsifying business records even if Daniels made the whole thing up.
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New York prosecutors are relying on testimony from several people who do not seem trustworthy.
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To convert a hush money payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are invoking an obscure state election law that experts say has never been used before.
