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A view of traffic signs after congestion pricing began in New York. The report is the latest to examine the effects of congestion pricing. [ more › ]
Police said the man began to experience a life-threatening medical emergency shortly after being taken into custody and rejecting medical assistance. Police said an internal investigation is underway and have not released the man’s name. [ more › ]
New York Central Synagogue on Lexington Avenue Public officials condemned the incident and says people should be allowed to worship in peace. [ more › ]
“What you’re looking for … is the person’s soul, the essence, what their perspective on the world was, as well as what people thought of them and what motivated them. … One of the things I always try to do is find the ‘Rosebud’ moment in a person’s life that changed them, that made them who they wer
New York City is expanding outreach to homeowners in flood-prone areas of Queens to see whether they would consider selling their homes to the government as part of a climate adaptation program. The program, called Resilient Acquisitions, targets neighborhoods where flood mitigation measures are lim
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. This year’s startling collapse of New York City’s reading scores, followed by last year’s big gains, has some experts asking: Did something go wrong with the test itself? There is no clear evidenc
“A most bewildering and frightening awareness of man’s position in a technological society he found he neither understood nor controlled … brought fears and a sudden exhilaration. In every man there is a corner of rebellion against the machine, and the blackout allowed us a brief period of fre
President Donald Trump stands with Bruce Blakeman, County Executive of Nassau County, in 2025. Gov. Kathy Hochul attacks campaign challenger over support for Trump policies. [ more › ]
Henry Hudson’s ship, a trio of possible oystermen, and a helmeted woman bearing sword and shield. They’ve been elements of the unofficial borough flag for Staten Island for more than a decade, hanging at City Hall in Manhattan and Borough Hall on the island. On Thursday, it became official.&nb
Nearly 2,000 homeowners who the Mamdani administration threatened with a new pied-à-terre tax have already been told they won’t have to pay because their primary residences were erroneously tagged as possible second homes, city officials admitted this week. They were among the 4,290 owners who
People ride in pedicabs towards the sunset from Central Park as temperatures warmed up on Easter Sunday on April 4, 2021 in New York City. The City Council legislation would move regulation to the Taxi and Limousine Commission and require meters after 172 complaints last year. [ more › ]
New Yorkers can once again enjoy dining in restaurant roadside sheds year-round and enclosed sidewalk cafes during the coldest months of the year under a package of bills the City Council passed Thursday in a move to expand outdoor dining. Many of the city’s streets were lined with curbside ta
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Tenant advocates and nonprofit lawyers have filed motions opposing a landlord lawsuit against the city’s Rent Guidelines Board. [ more › ]
Detainees can be seen in the windows of Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility on May 23, 2026. The Trump administration previously did not publicly disclose news of Jose Chajon-Raxon’s death. [ more › ]
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When New York City officials launched a big shakeup in reading instruction three years ago, they had a key ally at their side: the city’s teachers union. Now, shortly after a plunge in reading sco
A person knocks on a door in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in January, 2026. The lawsuit claims the Administration for Children’s Services violated the woman's constitutional rights. [ more › ]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is documenting the process of freezing her eggs on social media. The 36-year-old congressmember’s decision to freeze her eggs — and share it publicly — marks another milestone in her personal and political evolution. [ more › ]
WNYC's David Brand in West New York We crossed the river and met up with the one person who has the answer. [ more › ]
A stock photo of an NYPD cruiser A second teen dies in a Bronx apartment shooting just this week. [ more › ]
ICE belatedly confirmed the death of a third immigrant at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, more than a week after a local member of congress told the public he was informed of the man’s death. But the DHS account conflicted with what ICE previously told U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez during an i
