This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Dylan Lopez Contreras sat waiting for a copy of his class schedule in a sunny fourth-floor room of his Bronx high school as his counselor walked in, wearing a “Free Dylan” button attached to the s
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Dylan Lopez Contreras sat waiting for a copy of his class schedule in a sunny fourth-floor room of his Bronx high school as his counselor walked in, wearing a “Free Dylan” button at
Prosecutors unsealed an indictment Tuesday alleging the operators of city-funded migrant shelters skimmed $1 million from their no-bid contracts, and pocketed kickbacks from subcontractors they brought in to handle security and food. The charges filed by U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella in Brooklyn are
Prosecutors unsealed an indictment Tuesday alleging the operators of city-funded migrant shelters skimmed $1 million from their no-bid contracts, and pocketed kickbacks from subcontractors they brought in to handle security and food. The charges filed by U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella in Brooklyn are
Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Budget Rally in March. Debates over auto insurance, climate change have slowed down state budget talks. [ more › ]
The Public Campaign Finance Board meets Tuesday in Albany, including Vice Chair Brian Kolb, left, and Chair Barbara Lifton, right. The Republican gubernatorial candidate and good-government groups condemned the move. [ more › ]
Close-up of an police car, equipped with flashing lights and siren, used as transportation on New York City streets by NYPD. The incident happened at a public housing complex in Edgemere. [ more › ]
Migrants wait outside the Roosevelt Hotel hoping for a place to stay on Aug. 2, 2023, in New York City. The former official received some $7 million in contracts to guard New York City shelter. [ more › ]
Because the economy is working for some people, here are your early links: Donate your clothes, new Bigfoot hoax evidence, Army looking into why two helicopters stopped by Kid Rock's backyard and more. [ more › ]
After visiting her son on Rikers Island last June, Benjamin Kelly’s mother dialed 311 in a panic. He was hallucinating about an insect crawling up his nose, dead bodies in the walls and something reaching up from the floor to grab him, Angela Kelly told the operator. She urged the jail’s medical sta
A correction officer is accused of kicking an incarcerated person in the head and lying about what happened. [ more › ]
The Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station on the Upper East Side in May 2017 The defendant allegedly pushed the older man onto the tracks. The victim died days later. [ more › ]
Zohran Mamdani has been Hizzoner for just 88 days, and he’s already navigating the “poisoned chalice” of a big budget deficit he inherited while the credit agencies that could make it much more expensive for the city to borrow money are taking an increasingly dim view of its finances on his watch. H
Atsuomi Hotta preparing for dinner service at Uotora. For eight years, Uotora quietly served some of Brooklyn's best omakase. [ more › ]
Allison Lew and her 4-year-old son in their Brooklyn apartment. Lee is an organizer for New Yorkers United for Child Care. As Mamdani commits to expanding child care, parents say it’s making their plans to have a second child or return to the workforce more realistic. [ more › ]
UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the Capitol. The UFT is focused on lowering the age when someone can retire without a penalty. [ more › ]
An epic art show at the Lexington Avenue Armory made a young Marcel Duchamp, who was back in France, one of America’s first modern celebrities even before he first arrived in New York City for what became decades of painting, conceiving, chess-playing and love-making — though not always in that orde
New York City is going to court in a bid to shut down a controversial ride-hailing service that offers cheaper trips than Uber and Lyft — but which is accused of operating outside of Taxi & Limousine Commission regulations. City lawyers filed a lawsuit Friday in Manhattan state court against Yazam I
Nerdeen Kiswani, Palestinian-American activist and a co-founder and chair of a pro-Palestinian activist group, Within Our Lifetime, talks to during the pro-Palestinian rally outside The Trump Building on Wall Street, Manhattan, New York on March 19, 2025. Officials say he planned to throw Molotov co
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams left, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, center left, former Chief of Department John Chell, center right, and former Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, right, are seen during the press conference in Lower Manhattan, New York City on April 22, 2025. The
