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Detroit Launches $9.5 Million Push to Clear 6,300 Sidewalk Repairs by 2026

City leaders cast the push as a quality-of-life upgrade for safer, more accessible blocks.

NYC Launches Five-Year NYCHA Climate Plan With 20,000 Heat Pumps

LADOT Removes 'Don't Poop on Buses' PSAs, Says Videos Were Intended for Onboard Screens

New York City Launches $4 Million Pilot for Modular Public Bathrooms

Mamdani Orders 45-Day Plan to Close or Retrofit NYC’s Emergency Migrant Shelters

Days Before Election, Adams Unveils Plan to Grow NYPD to 40,000 by 2029

Houston Approves $16 Million Purchase for East Downtown Homeless Navigation Center

Chicago Mayor Rejects 'Illegal Aliens' Term, Comparing Label to 'Slaves' in Briefing Clash

Houston Council Delays Vote on $16 Million Homeless ‘Superhub’ to Oct. 29

Oakland Expands Illegal-Dumping Cleanups to Seven Days a Week

Morelia Unveils Fiestas Patrias Program After Skipping Traditional Bando Solemne

Arbitration Panel Approves Pay Hikes and Civilianization Plan, Maintains Oversight

Adams Hails Trump Border Measures as Trump Officials Criticize His Sanctuary Policies

San Francisco Supervisors to Vote on Two-Hour RV Parking Cap With Permit Program, RV Buyback, Housing Subsidies

Philadelphia Sanitation Strike Suspends Trash Collection as Dumpsters Relocate

Dresden Council to Vote on Reversing Fountain Shutdown Amid Budget Dispute

San Francisco Mandates Counseling for Access to Drug Supplies in New Policy Shift

New York City to Close Roosevelt Hotel Shelter as Migrant Arrivals Drop

Former Twitter CFO Ned Segal Appointed San Francisco's Chief of Housing and Economic Development

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Signals Openness to Trump’s Immigration Plans