You get home, flick your lights on, run your air conditioner, charge your phone. As of this month, there’s a chance the electricity you’re using is generated from dams in Quebec, Canada, and arrived at your apartment via a line that snakes more than 330 miles long. A massive transmission line called
Eight years after New York State launched a high-profile task force to confront maternal deaths and racial disparities in childbirth outcomes, state auditors say health officials are only now making “significant” progress implementing reforms — even as Black women continue dying at disproportionatel
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Applications opened Tuesday for the inaugural year of New York City’s free childcare program for 2-year-olds. Part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affordability campaign for free universal childcare, 2-
A member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stands guard as police investigate a shooting at Taste of the City lounge on August 17, 2025 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Timothy Spence pleaded guilty to federal assault and firearm charges. [ more
A 2017 photograph of an offshore wind farm operated by Equinor in England. Prosecutors say a federal judge should overturn a “blatantly unlawful” deal to cancel a $795 million offshore wind lease. [ more › ]
Janette Sadik-Khan, seen here in 2016, played a central role creating the city's bike network. Sadik-Khan was a key architect of the city’s bike lane network and current streetscape. [ more › ]
Big changes are coming to 34th Street. The federal government had warned transit officials to not move forward with the project. [ more › ]
The Executive Office of Immigration Review rolled out so-called “mega master” hearings Monday in New York City immigration court, where a single immigration judge reviewed more than a hundred deportation cases that day. The new policy — which debuted recently in Illinois and Massachusetts — pl
A visitor looks at a 1852-1855 painting called 'The Horse Fair' by French artist Rosa Bonheur December 18, 2020 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art said SNAP recipients can enter free of charge starting in June. [ more › ]
<strong>COFFEE</strong> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthora">Anthora paper coffee cup</a> shows up in several hands on the show, so serve all of your warm beverages in those! Because the color and graphic design has cheapened, here are your early links
NYS Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris is honored during session on June 1, 2026. A proposed amendment would give state lawmakers power to draw new House maps for 2028. [ more › ]
Health care advocates rally in Albany on April 1, 2026, for legislation aimed at preventing any loss of medical coverage caused by recent changes in federal regulations. Their effort came up short. Many hoped the state budget would offer a life raft for the thousands set to lose premium-free insuran
When, a little over 10 years ago, the Mayor Bill de Blasio administration approached East New York City Councilmember Rafael Espinal to win his support for a plan to rezone East New York, many residents of the economically struggling Brooklyn neighborhood feared that a rezoning would lead to gentrif
There’s something different about just walking to work or to get your laundry, and then just disappearing. People are grabbed up who sometimes have never had an interaction with the immigration system before. They’ve never had a lawyer. These street arrests involve a lot of discretion in
Officials from the newly launched Office of Community Safety haven’t yet spoken with anyone from the NYPD about collaboration or shifting responsibilities to the office, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday. Council Speaker Julie Menin asked the commissioner during an executive budget heari
Lauren Phillips of the Bronx poses with her balcony solar panel. The legislation would let apartment dwellers rely on solar energy to partly power their homes. [ more › ]
Health workers in orange hazmat suits board the Dutch polar expedition cruise ship. The Dutch polar expedition cruise ship MV Hondius sits moored at the docks of Europoort in Rotterdam, under quarantine, two days after arriving in Rotterdam following a deadly Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed th
Michael Hill speaks with New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill for "Ask Governor Sherrill," broadcast from studios at Montclair State University. The World Cup. Delaney Hall. The world's eyes are on New Jersey this month. [ more › ]
An FDNY truck is seen in 2015. The FDNY and police responded to a Forest Hills, Queens fire where a woman was found unresponsive Friday morning. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The FDNY said the firefighter is in serious but stable condition with injuries that aren’t life-threatening. [ more ›
Eric Greene, 60, has been living in the Upper West Side in a single room for the last six years in a program run by Goddard Riverside. HUD is expected to issue a new funding request outlining the kinds of programs it will pay for next year by the end of Monday. [ more › ]
