Fifteen home health aides started what they called an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry and the vulnerable patients who rely on their round
Federal agents wait outside a courtroom at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. The governor said she’s expanded her proposal to limit local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. [ more › ]
Thousands of revelers who dressed as Santa Claus and other famous characters participate in the annual SantaCon pub crawl in 2025 Federal investigators say organizer Stefan Pildes bilked tens of thousands of people by claiming the proceeds were going to charity. [ more › ]
Around 11 p.m. one night in January, a Long Island couple was driving back to their home in Hicksville when Nassau County police pulled them over for having a suspended registration. The officers searched the car and claimed to have found drugs inside. The couple was held overnight at the prec
A federal judge said she is “very, very troubled” by a pattern of errors and foot-dragging by city lawyers in a class-action lawsuit over in vitro fertilization benefits for gay men covered by the city’s health plan. The suit, filed in May 2024, alleges the city is violating the rights of gay male e
Because Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande made a song about it, here are your early links: Rama Duwaji apologizes for old tweets, Chris Christie gets a new apartment near Union Square, steer clear of the Motel 6 in Piscataway and more. [ more › ]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani The mayor is set to unveil a new plan to try to drive down insurance costs for landlords and reduce the need for rising rents. [ more › ]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday will unveil a city-backed insurance program for subsidized and rent-stabilized buildings across the five boroughs. The privately run, not-yet-launched program — which Mamdani will announce at the Citizens Housing and Planning Council’s annual luncheon in the afternoo
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is backing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s nominee to run the Department of Investigation a day ahead of what some expected to be a close confirmation vote. The speaker’s support for former Brooklyn federal prosecutor Nadia Shihata became crucial after she came un
Members of the community leave flowers, balloons and candles in memory of Kaori Patterson-Moore. Prosecutors say Amuri Greene fired into a crowd from a moped in East Williamsburg, killing an infant and wounding her 2-year-old brother. [ more › ]
The entrance to the liquor store where police made a chaotic arrest Wednesday. The man whom the police punched and wrestled to the ground was released. [ more › ]
Residential luxury towers on "Billionaires Row," a stretch of 57th Street crowded with supertall luxury towers. Efforts to impose a tax on luxury second homes once faced fierce opposition, tracing the changes in the city’s political landscape. [ more › ]
Because developers love economic efficiency, here are your afternoon links: Bus lane enforcement, pilots text the darndest things, breathe the right way and more. [ more › ]
Thousands of revelers dressed as Santa Claus and other famous characters, participate in the annual SantaCon pub crawl on Saturday, December 13, 2025, in New York City, United States. A Gothamist investigation found only a fraction of the organization’s proceeds were donated to registered nonprofits
Martha Cooper. Cooper's retrospective at the Bronx Documentary Center celebrates the artist who created the graffiti "bible." [ more › ]
A wildfire in the area of West Deptford burned about 160 acres this weekend. Persistent drought conditions and snow-hampered prep work pose challenges to Garden State firefighters. [ more › ]
Ciro Sollazzi, 67, could be among the new beneficiaries for a housing voucher if the city expands the cityFHEPS program. The Mamdani administration said a package of laws to expand CityFHEPS is too costly. [ more › ]
Sweeping reforms to New York’s pension system long sought by public sector unions appear likely to be part of the final state budget, with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins all publicly backing fixes to what is known as Tier 6. A
Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a news conference during a tour of the new Sol Apartments building on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The proposal targets luxury pied-à-terre properties, which could raise $500 million as state budget talks run weeks late. [ more › ]
New York City lawmakers are pushing to overhaul how people jailed on Rikers Island cast their votes after just 335 of roughly 6,000 eligible detainees cast absentee ballots in the last general election, officials said Tuesday. Lawmakers want to make it easier for people in custody to request absente
