During the last mayor’s term, Sadé Singh was a face of the city’s push to allow more housing across the boroughs. Now, building that housing on her own property may be impossible. Singh, who lives in St. Albans, Queens, wanted homeowners like herself to be able to build backyard cottages and apartme
A United Airlines airplane lands in front of the Manhattan skyline. The flight was two hours into its trip to Palma de Mallorca when a suspicious Bluetooth device name prompted a turnaround and police sweep. [ more › ]
Protestors and New Jersey State Police clash outside Delaney Hall, a private prison being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark ICE agrees to restore visitation for detainees at Delaney Hall, which had been suspended more than a week. [ more › ]
An FDNY spokesperson said Sencion would be suspended at the end of his medical leave. Officials say Abel Sencion, 34, attacked the officer late Wednesday for no apparent reason. [ more › ]
The proposal would continue to freeze current gas delivery rates for customers until March 31, 2028. If approved, the extension of the current rates would run from April 1, 2027 to March 31, 2028. [ more › ]
ICE agents use chemical irritants as they clash with protestors outside of the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall, where ICE is housing detained immigrants, on May 28, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The move follows a week of sometimes violent clashes between protesters and ICE officals. [ more
A view of Pre-K students at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 13, 2021 in New York City. The city released the first 550 locations for 2-K before applications open June 2. [ more › ]
On Thursday afternoon, the wives of detainees on a work strike at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark started to receive frantic calls. Guards were beating men with batons and deploying pepper spray in one of the units, they said. “They were all screaming, but I could hear him say,
A program that has helped connect tens of thousands of New Yorkers to federal, state, and city benefits is under threat after it wasn’t earmarked for any funding in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest budget proposal. NYCBenefits launched in 2023 and works with three dozen providers across the city to hel
Rep. Adriano Espaillat spoke at a rally for then-candidate Mamdani in October 2025. Mamdani has now endorsed two challengers of Democratic incumbents and opposes Rep. Nydia Velázquez's handpicked successor. [ more › ]
Two parents and their children sued the Administration for Children Services in a federal class action lawsuit Thursday, alleging the agency “abused” its emergency powers to separate them without approval from family court. State law generally allows emergency removals in situations where the time s
NEW YORK, NY (May 29, 2026) – The leading nonprofit newsroom covering New York City has changed its name to emphasize the importance of professional journalists in an age of algorithms and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019 as THE CITY, the 25-person media outlet has won multiple awards for it
It's almost World Cup time. The city released its plans for managing Midtown traffic during eight matches. [ more › ]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday endorsed political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier in her primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, shaking up the race for the Upper Manhattan and Bronx House seat where the mayor grew up. Mamdani made a joint appearance with Avila Chevalier, a fellow Dem
NYPD Lieutenant Edwin Raymond speaks with his attorney John Scola, left, during presser in front of One Police Plaza. Edwin Raymond previously sued the NYPD over alleged arrest quotas that disproportionately affected Black and Latino men. [ more › ]
rownstone apartments in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America on July 6th, 2024. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the defendants spent several years hatching a plan to steal the building for their own benefit. [ more › ]
Ground crew load medical supplies onto a United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) operated charter plane bound for Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the World Health Organization (WHO) coordinates delivery as part of the response to an Ebola outbreak, at Jomo Kenyatta Internati
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate goals — all eight weeks after the tax and spending plan was first due on April 1. The deal allows Hochul t
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate goals — all eight weeks after the tax and spending plan was first due on April 1. The deal allows Hochul t
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an official review of the city’s charter focused on government efficiency and also dissolved the charter commission announced in the final hours of former Mayor Eric Adams’ term. The cheekily-titled Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE – a nod to the Trump admi
