NYC Transition

NEW YORK—Melissa Mark-Viverito became New York’s first Latino to hold citywide office Wednesday. City Council unanimously chose the East Harlem council member as its next speaker at its charter meeting ...

NEW YORK—A day before the City Council vote for its next speaker, Mayor Bill de Blasio rejected a ...

NEW YORK—On Tuesday Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed his seven-member press team. Five members of the press team ...

Thousands of people lined up on the grounds outside Gracie Mansion Sunday for a handshake and a picture ...

NEW YORK— During an impromptu protest outside police headquarters, a handful of New Yorkers opposed the return of ...

NEW YORK—Praised for the speedy launch of his transition team and for the unique process that the transition ...

NEW YORK—Ray Kelly’s tenure as commissioner of the largest police force in the United States was defined by ...

NEW YORK—Just under 24 hours after taking the oath of office at City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...

Bill de Blasio became the 109th mayor. Former President Bill Clinton, who stressed the urgency of addressing inequality, ...

NEW YORK—With his hand on a bible once owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a smile on his ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn in at noon Wednesday becoming the 109th mayor of New ...

Bill de Blasio kicked off the new year living a dream: taking the oath of office to become ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio named veteran labor negotiator Robert Linn as labor relations director Tuesday, just hours ...

NEW YORK—The red digits on the countdown clock in City Hall flashed zeros—the days left in Mayor Michael ...

NEW YORK—The city’s religious leaders took turns to thank Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his service to the city ...

NEW YORK—Just 48 hours before taking office, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio appointed his schools chancellor, Carmen Farina, a ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio appointed former United States Attorney Zachary Carter as the city’s chief lawyer Sunday.

20 years ago, more than 2,200 people were murdered each year in New York City. That number is ...

NEW YORK—As the mayor of New York City for 12 years, Michael Bloomberg used hard data to drive ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio appointed Gladys Carrion as the commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) ...

BROOKLYN—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio launched a campaign to support his universal pre-k plan on Thursday. The campaign, called ...

BROOKLYN—Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio appointed former Albany budget chief Dean Fuleihan as his budget director Wednesday. Fuleihan will ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio appointed the city's next budget director on Wednesday, tapping , Dean Fuleihan to oversee ...

NEW YORK—Mayor Michael Bloomberg embarked on the first leg of his farewell tour Tuesday. Brooklyn was the first ...

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn into office on Jan. 1 after securing a historic victory in ...

The mayoral election in 2013 will be remembered for a lot of things, but no issue proved to ...

NEW YORK—Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio appointed Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as his deputy mayor for health and human services on ...