Mayor Mamdani spoke at a "rental ripoff" hearing earlier this month. With an appeal to the state’s high court, Mamdani reverses a campaign pledge. [ more › ]
On Friday, Quiana Nichol received an email that filled her with dread. For three years, the 26-year-old has lived in an Elmhurst apartment that has been partially subsidized by a federally funded Emergency Housing Voucher. But the email warned that funding for the voucher she uses to pay most of her
Because people here love crispy chicken, here are your afternoon links: A lot of NYPD officers could retire with full pensions now, J.D. Vance's guy from Atlantic City, medieval period drama shot in Ridgewood and more. [ more › ]
Educators say AI has already forced drastic changes to how they teach. The chancellor said the “traffic-light approach” seeks to harness the tech's benefits while mitigating its risks. [ more › ]
Installation view of the Raphael exhibition. A once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the Italian Renaissance painter's works in New York [ more › ]
Fixing Rikers Island won’t happen fast. Manhattan federal court Judge Laura Swain says it could take up to seven years to turn around the city’s troubled jail system after she recently appointed a former Vermont prisons chief to lead the overhaul. Nicholas Deml, who also once served in the CIA, must
A Trump-appointed federal judge in New York’s Southern District denied a City Council staffer’s request for release from immigration detention Monday, ruling his pending Temporary Protected Status didn’t shield him from arrest and deportation. Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a personnel services data
The MTA outlined plans Monday to keep the extension of the Second Avenue Subway to East Harlem on track — even as it battles the Trump administration in federal court over funding for the $7 billion project. The transit authority’s board will vote Wednesday to award the third of four contracts for t
People gather around "Dinosaur", the 16-foot-tall (about 4.9 meters) aluminum pigeon sculpture by Ivan Argote, on the Spur of the High Line in New York on March 21, 2026, during a community farewell event ahead of its removal. Fans of Iván Argote’s 21-foot “Dinosaur” sculpture want it to stay in pla
A stock photo of an NYPD cruiser Kevin Crosby, 49, was charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence. [ more › ]
A portion of the Second Avenue subway that was dug out in East Harlem in the 1970s. That project was canceled amid the city's financial crisis. The MTA plans to get approval for a $1.1 billion contract from the agency's board next week. But officials said if a judge rules against the agency in a law
Because people are digging through ancestry records to get backup passports, here are your afternoon links: Calvin Tomkins dies at 100, nice apartment in The Dakota for sale, "Bachelorette" guys react to the big news and more. [ more › ]
NYPD officers have hit street vendors in Manhattan and Brooklyn with at least seven criminal summonses for vending since a new law went into effect 10 days ago that’s supposed to eliminate such charges. The seven summonses reported to the Street Vendor Project appear to be an early indication that t
Gov. Kathy Hochul has made affordability the centerpiece of re-election campaign. Hochul laid out a handful of significant changes she’s urging lawmakers to make to the state’s landmark 2019 climate law. [ more › ]
Protesters demonstrated Saturday against a planned ICE detention center in Roxbury, NJ The lawsuit ratchets up the bitter fight over a 1,500-person site in a deep-red part of the Garden State. [ more › ]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs an Executive Order establishing the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs and appoints Taylor Brown as Director at the Brooklyn Community Pride Center on Friday, March 13, 2026. The civil rights attorney brings a background in LGBTQ+ legal fights and personal ex
Changes coming to the east side of Prospect Park will keep cyclists from tangling with pedestrians and motorists in areas like this one. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made moves to expedite the installation of new bike lanes across the city, many of which were sidelined under his predecessor Eric Adams.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is continuing a part of his predecessor’s budgeting legacy: using New Yorkers’ water bills as a piggy bank for the city budget. The Mamdani administration is following a pattern set under former Mayor Eric Adams by calling for the collection of $313 million in charges imposed on
Michael Griffin, a member of the Jersey City Council, said police will be more engaged with communities with the end of fixed-post patrols. The new mayor, with a new public safety director, touted the reforms as ways to build community trust. [ more › ]
New York City's 'trash revolution' will very likely be televised. Gregory Anderson, a public service veteran with sanitation department experience, will oversee the aggressive containerization of city trash. [ more › ]
