Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro have defended a plan to preserve the Elizabeth Street Garden and kill an affordable housing complex on the site. Developers have dropped their lawsuit against the city for changing course on a relatively small housing proposal that came to symbolize a l
Year-round outdoor dining is coming back to the five boroughs. The New York City Council on Thursday passed legislation that allows restaurants to offer roadway dining in the winter, reviving a program that first launched as a way to keep businesses afloat during the start of the pandemic when indoo
People ride in pedicabs towards the sunset from Central Park as temperatures warmed up on Easter Sunday on April 4, 2021 in New York City. The City Council legislation would move regulation to the Taxi and Limousine Commission and require meters after 172 complaints last year. [ more › ]
New York will fund legal services for approximately 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children who are facing active removal proceedings, including the more than 250 young people who are currently detained, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. The $7.25 million in funding will help vulnerable child
New Yorkers can once again enjoy dining in restaurant roadside sheds year-round and enclosed sidewalk cafes during the coldest months of the year under a package of bills the City Council passed Thursday in a move to expand outdoor dining. Many of the city’s streets were lined with curbside ta
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Tenant advocates and nonprofit lawyers have filed motions opposing a landlord lawsuit against the city’s Rent Guidelines Board. [ more › ]
Detainees can be seen in the windows of Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility on May 23, 2026. The Trump administration previously did not publicly disclose news of Jose Chajon-Raxon’s death. [ more › ]
The days are numbered for an impressive Romanesque Revival church that has commanded the corner of Schermerhorn Street and 3rd Avenue in Boerum Hill since the late 1800s. Brooklyn developer Tankhouse is in contract to buy the site for $28.25 million and plans to tear down the fire-damaged structure,
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When New York City officials launched a big shakeup in reading instruction three years ago, they had a key ally at their side: the city’s teachers union. Now, shortly after a plunge in reading sco
Living in the city that never sleeps has obvious advantages (like partying in the streets when the Knicks won). However, life moves pretty quickly, and despite your best efforts, there aren’t enough hours in the day for everything on your to-do list. But whether the city sleeps or not, we’ve found s
A person knocks on a door in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in January, 2026. The lawsuit claims the Administration for Children’s Services violated the woman's constitutional rights. [ more › ]
Though it’s in the historic Cotton Exchange building, there’s nothing old-fashioned about this loft co-op at 3 Hanover Square, asking $1,675,000. With a shiny modern renovation in place, the two-bedroom Financial District co-op still has loft perks like 18-foot ceilings on the lower leve
In an attractive Art Deco apartment building in Midwood, this one-bedroom retains gracious vintage details, including a foyer, arches, and a dining nook. It's on the third floor of 1820 Avenue N, a six-story, 46-unit elevator building. It was designed in 1935 by noted apartment building architects K
“By allowing employers to ask applicants for their desired salary after posting a salary range, the law weakens one of its central goals and leaves applicants in a more precarious bargaining position.” A jobs fair sign on display in the Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) Two years. That is
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is documenting the process of freezing her eggs on social media. The 36-year-old congressmember’s decision to freeze her eggs — and share it publicly — marks another milestone in her personal and political evolution. [ more › ]
WNYC's David Brand in West New York We crossed the river and met up with the one person who has the answer. [ more › ]
New York City landlords are challenging city housing discrimination laws after a State Supreme Court ruled that a requirement for Section 8 housing vouchers was unconstitutional. (Savvapanf Photo/Shutterstock.com) Landlords are hoping to strike down local laws protecting tenants who use rental vouch
A stock photo of an NYPD cruiser A second teen dies in a Bronx apartment shooting just this week. [ more › ]
by Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper Battery company NineDot plans to break ground on a 4.9 megawatt battery energy storage facility in Bushwick later this year. Expected to come online in 2027, the facility — located at 421 Bushwick Avenue, across from Bushwick Houses — will store enough electricity
ICE belatedly confirmed the death of a third immigrant at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, more than a week after a local member of congress told the public he was informed of the man’s death. But the DHS account conflicted with what ICE previously told U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez during an i
