Bill de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget includes funding increases pre-K, police precincts and CUNY.

A new directive from Comptroller Scott Stringer sets standards for reporting IT workers' hours.

The plan would create 80,000 new units through mixed-income models and preserve 120,000 units.

The city wants 53,000 "full day" pre-K seats in September, but a six-hour day is hard on some families.

The city is investigating the death of Juan Sanchez, a 4-year-old boy who possibly consumed rat poison.

The deal, which is designed to save the city $3.4 billion, will now have to be approved by each union.

The deal would extend retroactively to 2009, giving teachers billions of dollars in back pay.

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch blasted the city's offer of no raises.

Officials said labor talks remained ongoing, as the mayor canceled a major housing policy talk.

More than 21 percent of New Yorkers lived in poverty as of 2012, according to the mayor's office.

City Hall and construction unions discuss a new labor tier with workers for affordable projects.

Tens of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments are occupied by tenants earning more than $200,000.

The Land Use Committee approved the Domino project Thursday in exchange for new affordability standards.

Carriage horse Spartacus fell on 59th Street just below Central Park Wednesday afternoon. 

Nearly 42,000 families applied for public school pre-K seats, a 36 percent increase from last year.