City sanitation commissioner Gregory Anderson met with Chinatown business leaders to go over changes to the city's trash collection rules. The sanitation department has spent nearly seven years working to implement reforms to rein in the city's notoriously dangerous private waste haulers.
New York City is losing jobs, making life more difficult for Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he seeks to close a big budget deficit while emphasizing economic justice rather than growth. The city lost 20,000 jobs in 2025 to end the year with employment of 4.823 million, according to revised job numbers rele
When baseball returns to Yankee Stadium on Friday, two elevators at the neighboring subway station will remain on the disabled list — with their return to action still weeks away, according to the MTA. Contractors for the transportation authority have been replacing five elevators at 161st Street-Ya
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On the campaign trail, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to take a state mandate to slash class sizes seriously, saying it “will transform our students’ ability to learn.” “The question of compliance has
Assemblymember Micah Lasher, an Upper West Side Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would keep protests at least 25 feet away from houses of worship. A state proposal would put a 25-foot buffer zone around houses of worship. [ more › ]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 811 immigrants in New York City since August who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Of these “collateral” arrests — as the agency calls them — 85% involved people with no criminal history, according to newly obtaine
Hoboken, New Jersey Hoboken lawmakers say they want to regulate short-term rentals, while still letting owners profit from the World Cup tourism boom. [ more › ]
Hallway inside 132-05 Avery Ave. shows cluttered passage and debris blocking access, according to court records from September 2025. The city sued the owner over $300,000 in penalties as tenants described dangerous, overcrowded conditions before the blaze. [ more › ]
Members of District Council 37 rally at the capitol for pension changes for public employees. At the lectern is Donald Nesbit State lawmakers ponder a proposal by unions as part of ongoing budget talks. [ more › ]
NYPD pallbearers carry Officer Jonathan Diller's casket in Massapequa, Long Island, on March 30, 2024. The trial of Guy Rivera, which centered on the 2024 death of Officer Jonathan Diller, lasted more than three weeks. [ more › ]
A longtime pal of ex-Mayor Eric Adams who ran one of the nightlife mayor’s favorite haunts was indicted Wednesday in an alleged scheme to submit tens of millions of dollars of bogus no-fault car insurance claims. Zhan “Johnny” Petrosyants, 44, was taken into custody late Tuesday an
File photo of Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The parties are still working to get final approval for the deal, which has faced pushback from the Orthodox Jewish community. [ more › ]
Diesel-powered refrigeration units that have long spewed toxins into neighborhoods with some of the country’s highest rates of respiratory ailments are being phased out at the Hunts Point Produce Market. Officials on Wednesday unveiled the first 20 electric-hybrid transport refrigeration units that
Raymond Elders, 65, was arrested early Monday and charged with lighting off pipe bombs in his White Plains neighborhood. Raymond Elders, 65, was allegedly found with black and blue stains on his hands, holding a lighter. [ more › ]
Camelot Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, as seen on Google Street View. Prosecutors say Michael Naughton stole thousands from grieving families while operating without a license and leaving bodies in unsafe conditions. [ more › ]
Because it's too expensive and the scientists are losing their grants, here are your afternoon links: Run home from the club, SNAP incentives are heavily geared toward farmers markets, Trump says Kid Rock's helicopter flyby shouldn't have happened and more. [ more › ]
Then Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with Pre-K students at Friends of Crown Heights Education Center on Nov. 13, 2025, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. A new searchable map includes information on a program’s hours, location and whether free care is available. [ more › ]
The City Council released its own plan for filling the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit over the next two fiscal years, mostly through reestimating the city’s revenues and spending – a proposal Mayor Zohran Mamdani said would require cutting city services instead of bringing in new revenue. The sa
The City Council released its own plan for filling the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit over the next two fiscal years, mostly through reestimating the city’s revenues and spending – a proposal Mayor Zohran Mamdani said would require cutting city services instead of bringing in new revenue. The sa
The big four rating agencies aren’t happy with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Kroll, which each assign a letter grade to the bonds New York City sells to finance its debt, have warned they may reduce their rating because Mamdani intends to dip into the city’s r
