City Council

The mayor announced plans for a new facility during a hearing on Rivington House.

Incumbent Rafael Salamanca will face off against challenger Helen Foreman-Hines in the Sept. 13 primary.

Only two candidates for the seat have filed disclosures with the Campaign Finance Board so far.

The bill will mandate certain city buildings have comfortable, private rooms for moms to express milk.

The new bill will prohibit employers from asking for an employee's salary history.

Councilman James Vacca said it shows that Olegario Pabon's death was not a wakeup call.

Councilman Ritchie Torres said the changes negotiated by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito aren't enough.

Documents show an ongoing study of closing the jail, including something called 'Project Sean Connery.'

Putnam Avenue, between Grand Avenue and Downing Street, will now be known as Cecil A. Collymore Way.

Clergy United for Community Empowerment is a close ally of disgraced state Sen. Shirley Huntley.

The City Council aims to avoid a repeat of the last primary when thousands of voters were turned away.

"The Canoe," a seating area to the west of Ninth Avenue at West 36th Street, is now open to the public.

The bill is expected to be signed by the mayor and will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017.

The council voted unanimously for a tax incentive at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in Crown Heights.

The market received a $3.45 million capital funding grant for the generators from the City Council.