MTA Chair Janno Lieber wanted to lead the reconstruction of Penn Station. President Donald Trump took the project away from him last year. NJ Transit has signed on as a partner in President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild Penn Station. MTA Chair Janno Lieber has declined to do so. [ more › ]
More than half of students living in the shelter system were chronically absent last year, meaning they missed one in every 10 school days, an analysis from Advocates for Children found—prompting calls for the city and state to step up support. A scene from the first day of school in New York City i
A report released Thursday is calling for reforms to New York City’s leasing process, finding that some affordable housing buildings can take up to 14 months to reach full occupancy due to delays. Published by Enterprise, the report highlights how even amid the city’s housing crisis, newly built aff
Multiple Portrait of Marcel Duchamp. Broadway Photo Shop, New York, 1917. The artist's first US survey in over 50 years comes to New York. [ more › ]
Mariah Carey is selling her triplex atop 90 Franklin Street, which was featured in Architectural Digest and “MTV Cribs” and exemplifies the rarified experience of penthouse living. Asking $27 million, the three-floor, 12,700-square-foot home has 1,100 square feet of outdoor space, wrappe
“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one of several legal groups that filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of New Yorkers stopped or detai
A last ditch attempt by the public to save the butter yellow Italianate manse on Fort Greene’s South Oxford Street through landmarking appears futile. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has determined, for a second time in its history, that the eye-catching wood frame house at 158 South Ox
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Clinton Hill, Ditmas Park, and Fort Greene. They range in price from $3.5 million to $5.495 million. 27 7th Avenue Price: $5.495 million Area: Park Slope Broker: Compass (Lindsay Barrett) Sunday April 12, 1-2:30 p.m. See it
The city Department of Transportation will restart construction on another long-gestating street redesign in the last week of April by continuing to install bus lanes down Flatbush Avenue. The project, which was first floated by former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in 2022, encompasses painting c
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An NYPD car in New York City The 33-year-old victim, who lived at the complex, was shot multiple times. [ more › ]
Assemblymember Jordan Wright, a Democrat, represents Harlem The Harlem Democrat is sponsoring a bill that would strip racial details from the criminal charging system. [ more › ]
While New Yorkers feel the crush of a housing crisis, newly built affordable apartments in New York City can remain empty for more than a year. That’s according to a new report released Friday by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that helps build affordable housing, which analyzed its portf
Way back in 2025, new mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promised voters sweeping reform at the NYPD. The long-shot state lawmaker pledged to kill a controversial gang database and terminate a SWAT-like police unit that had been criticized for over-aggressive tactics. He would get rid of NYPD teams fo
“I reject the premise that us going after bad landlords is the same thing as not working with the real estate industry. They are two different things,” said Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Leila Bozorg in an interview about the administration’s housing policies after 100 days in of
H.E.R. is seen at Day 14 of the 2025 US Open Tennis Championships at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept. 6, 2025 in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City. Police say a Brooklyn parking attendant sent messages and followed the Grammy-winning artist. [ more › ]
“Funding for Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC), the Medicaid program that allows low-income seniors and people living with disabilities to receive care at home, is rewarding plans serving the healthiest populations while penalizing plans serving the most complex populations.” (Adi Talwar/Cit
Roman Amatitla, 38, appears in Queens court for his arraignment on murder and arson charges on April 9, 2026. The 38-year-old defendant was recently fired from his job and didn't know anyone in the building, according to the district attorney’s office. [ more › ]
A coalition of groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, alleging that ICE and other federal agencies are unlawfully arresting immigrants in New York solely over their race or ethnicity. The coalition, which includes the New York American Civil Liberties Union, Make the Road New
Two of celebrated street artist Keith Haring’s iconic art cars will be rolling into New York City for the first time. Opening on Friday, the exhibition “Keith Haring: In the Street” will display the artist’s 1963 Buick Special and a Land Rover Series III from the 1983 Montreu
