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Politics & Government 9 City Hall, Albany, and the people who actually decide. Latest Mamdani Sweeps the Primaries and Reshapes the City's Power Map See the coverage → Public Safety & Justice 2 Crime, courts, policing, and what the numbers really say. Latest Mamdani turns his coalition on Congress See the coverage → Housing & Real Estate 8 Rent, development, and who gets to live here. Latest Mamdani Sweeps the Primaries and Reshapes the City's Power Map See the coverage → Transit & Streets 5 The trains, the buses, the bike lanes, the potholes. Latest Mamdani's Congressional Sweep See the coverage → Business & Economy 2 Jobs, industries, and the money moving the city. Latest NYC Rent Guidelines Board Freezes Rents on One- and Two-Year Leases See the coverage → Immigration 5 The story as the city of immigrants actually lives it. Latest Supreme Court TPS Ruling Ends Legal Status for 40,000 Haitian New Yorkers See the coverage → Education 1 The schools, from the DOE down to the classroom. Latest City Council passes a $112 billion budget, restoring library cuts See the coverage → Health & Environment 0 Public health, the climate, and the air on your block. See the coverage → Culture, Food & Nightlife 0 The restaurants, the scene, and the reason you stay. See the coverage → Sports 0 Every team in the city and the state, one desk. See the coverage →

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