Meagan Flynn

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) unveiled a proposal to revive “anti-loitering drug-free zones,” a policy that was repealed in 2014 amid constitutional concerns.

The D.C. mayor introduced the bill as the city experiences some of its worst spikes in violent crime in the past 20 years.

Mayor Bowser made the announcement while describing broader goals for D.C.’s Comeback Plan at the Bloomberg CityLab conference.

Nina Albert, a Biden appointee at the General Services Administration, has been asked to take over D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development.

Delays with housing vouchers have cost some D.C. families an apartment. In more extreme circumstances, outreach workers said, homeless people have died waiting.

Workers who had been excluded from pandemic aid such as unemployment during the pandemic are also expected to receive $20 million in cash assistance.

The collection of complaints for the first time shows the breadth of alleged sexual misconduct experienced by D.C. employees.

The Anacostia Riverkeeper will aim to reschedule probably next spring.

The House Oversight Committee advanced the bill with broad bipartisan support, queuing it up for potential consideration in the full House this fall.

Keith Pettigrew, the CEO of Alexandria’s housing authority and a former D.C. public housing resident, takes over an agency beset by years of mismanagement.