Fire damage at the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church. Prosecutors say John Jones intentionally set fire to the South Bushwick Reformed Church. [ more › ]
An FDNY firetruck in New York City Firefighters responded to reports of an explosion just before 12:30 p.m. in the Norwood neighborhood. [ more › ]
The CoreSite NY2 data center facility in Secaucus, New Jersey. More than 25 Garden State towns have outlawed data centers. One is facing the first lawsuit attempting to overturn the ordinance. [ more › ]
A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who said the death wasn’t disclosed to the public by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because the agency recently changed how it reports deaths of detainees. Menendez described the reported death,
City officials said the former Pfizer headquarters that was being converted into residential apartments is at risk of collapse. The Department of Buildings inspected 180 other worksites in the aftermath of the structural failure at a Midtown office-to-housing project. [ more › ]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with Pre-K students at Friends of Crown Heights Education Center on November 13, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. The Mamdani administration said 5,700 families applied for the city’s inaugural preschool pr
Nearly three families applied for each free childcare seat for 2-year-olds in New York City’s program rolling out next month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday. Just over 2,000 families are receiving coveted offers in the debut of the marquee “2-K” initiative, out of more than
Because that's a lot of black SUVs on the road, here are your early links: Eric Adams selling data centers, mysterious cheap tickets to Olivia Rodrigo, Luigi Mangione wants his trial broadcast live and more. [ more › ]
Heyyy, they’re walkin’ here! The city’s Transportation Department has hit an app that tracks New Yorkers’ block-by-block walking routes with a cease-and-desist letter. DOT wants the free app, called WalkNYC, to walk away and come back with a new name. That’s because WalkNYC has the name of DOT’s tra
The Mamdani administration and a major insurer agreed to pay up to $53 million to reimburse retired civil servants who said they’d been wrongly charged copays for medical visits. The settlement stems from a 2022 class-action lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan alleging the city imprope
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in November 2025 in New York City. Ruling says New York can prohibit cooperation between local police and federal immigration officials. [ more › ]
A Salvadoran man held for the past six weeks at Delaney Hall, the largest ICE detention center in the New York metro area, has died, his mother and attorneys say. It is the second death at the facility since it opened a year and a half ago. In a lengthy interview posted to Facebook on Monday by New
As the mayor’s push to trumpet the collection of his new pied-à-terre tax and confront quiet money with loud politics got off to a bumpy start, he’s standing his ground and playing for time to smooth things out. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?piedaterretax Christina Greer, Ha
The exterior of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The funding comes after hackers targeted water utilities in Minnesota and Michigan, raising concerns about critical infrastructure. [ more › ]
People sit on a boardwalk bench on July 24, 2026, in Coney Island. Only Orchard Beach remains open for swimming. [ more › ]
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City’s Education Department is changing how it responds to students who are chronically absent due to school avoidance, according to an agreement officials signed last week
For many bus riders, the words "tap here" on OMNY readers is more of a suggestion than a mandate. MTA Chair Janno Lieber suggested the mayor's 2025 campaign pledge led to a rise in fare evasion on buses. [ more › ]
In the predawn darkness of Sept. 4, 2024, city and federal law enforcement agents knocked on the heavy wooden door of the ornate Hamilton Heights townhouse Schools Chancellor David Banks and his then-fiancée, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, called home. Agents with the FBI and city Department of I
Former Deputy Chancellor of Early Childhood Education Simone Hawkins reads to students at PS34M. Hawkins is stepping down in September as New York City prepares to launch its new 2-K childcare program. [ more › ]
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport (L) and New York Attorney General Letitia James The attorneys general argue that the changes would make it harder for Americans to get insurance and could raise prices for people who already have it. [ more › ]
