Browse all posts published in June 2026.
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The Bushwick Community Darkroom, one of NYC's last hands-on film developing spaces, faces closure by June 30 unless it secures...
The city dropped 222 Knickerbocker Avenue street signs at $100 each to capitalize on Knicks Finals hype, but the real...
East Williamsburg won a $20 million New York State Downtown Revitalization grant to develop a commercial pedestrian center, with housing...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will headline a rally for congressional candidate Claire Valdez in Greenpoint on June 7, organized by NYC-DSA...
A housing lottery is now open for 80 Ainslie Street in Williamsburg, offering five units for households earning up to...
Assemblywoman Claire Valdez accepted donations from AI investors and ICE vendors despite public pledges to reject such money, per a...
Governor Hochul's campaign targeted Bruce Blakeman on vaccines as Bushwick Rep. Velázquez added pressure, while Hochul touted childcare and policy...
New York's Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act, banning surveillance pricing using personal data. The bill now awaits Governor...
NY AG Letitia James secured a federal injunction blocking Trump conditions on USDA grants, shielding $9.7 billion in annual New...
Mayor Mamdani has appointed Justine Olderman, former Bronx Defenders executive director, as NYC's new Criminal Justice Coordinator to help close...
NY Assembly candidate Michael Bailey unveiled a three-part plan to preserve Black and immigrant-owned small businesses in Bed-Stuy ahead of...
A federal judge ruled Trump policies halting asylum, work permit, and green card cases for applicants from 39 countries unlawful,...
NY's CREEP Act expanding anti-stalking protections to online victims and coworkers has passed the legislature June 5 and awaits Gov....
New Yorkers can testify on proposed NYC City Charter revisions through June 23, with Queens and Staten Island hearings remaining...
Brooklyn Community Board 1 reviewed Turkey's Nest Inc.'s application for a DOT Dining Out NYC outdoor dining permit at its...
NY's Legislature passed a bill June 5 requiring all state shelters to provide net-neutral, privacy-respecting internet access, pending the Governor's...
A state Supreme Court judge blocked the city from closing Mainchance, a 35-year-old homeless drop-in center in East Midtown, ordering...
Residents near the proposed Inter-Borough Express rail line in Ridgewood express concerns over 24/7 noise, while others support the $3B...
Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Andrew Amer, who led the 2023 civil fraud prosecution of Donald Trump, to the New York...
New York's legislature passed a watered-down data center moratorium, while bills protecting Essential Plan health coverage and reducing packaging both...
New York lawmakers passed a bill protecting roughly 3,600 subway conductors by requiring two-person crews, which now heads to Gov....
NYC housing advocates and council members rallied June 5 to demand Mayor Mamdani fund the 2023 CityFHEPS voucher expansion still...
Morris Katz, 26, a Tribeca native living in Williamsburg, led media strategy for Zohran Mamdani, who became the youngest New...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed DSA challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13, breaking a reported deal to back Rep. Adriano...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is demanding a new SNAP Fraud Office and chip-enabled EBT cards to halt widespread skimming...
Tenants and landlords testified at the NYC Rent Guidelines Board's first Queens hearing on June 4, debating a potential freeze...
The New York State Legislature passed the Tampons Aren't Contraband Act, banning prisons from denying visits to people carrying menstrual...
Bushwick Council Member Sandy Nurse led a Black voting rights rally at Federal Plaza following the Supreme Court's ruling weakening...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat and challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier clashed on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show over ICE and campaign money in...
Bronx Defenders leaders Juval O. Scott and Samantha Espada are urging Mayor Mamdani to expand indigent legal services funding and...
A bipartisan New York bill requiring all childcare centers to stock epinephrine and train staff in allergy response now heads...
The Let New York Vote coalition pushed six voting rights bills in New York's June legislative session, citing new legal...
A Queens lawmaker and a Brooklyn housing organizer are backing a New York bill to close the champerty loophole that...
NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is blocking a floor vote on the plastics bill for the third year and pushing...
NYC teachers and parents rallied in Lower Manhattan on June 4, demanding the DOE create protocols for ICE encounters after...
NYC Council members and advocates are calling on Mayor Mamdani to budget $87M for diversion and reentry programs to meet...
NYC's Independent Budget Office estimates making all city buses free could cost $1.1 billion annually, well above prior projections of...
Antonio Reynoso, Claire Valdez, and Julie Won debated on NY1 for the 7th Congressional District, agreeing on most policy but...
Eva Santos Veloz lost her job and legal protection after her DACA renewal stalled for 143 days, highlighting systemic delays...
Ex-NYPD chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned amid sex-for-overtime allegations, is suing New York City for cutting off his taxpayer-funded legal...
AI and crypto super PAC money dominated the PIX 11 debate for New York's 12th Congressional District, as three candidates...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly clashed over the mayor's Trump White House visits at a...
Local Law 132, effective March 2026, requires NYC to count jail and prison time toward supportive housing eligibility for formerly...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams testified before New York City Council's Committee on Hospitals at the FY 2027 Executive Budget Hearing...
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is running in the June 23 NY-7 Democratic primary on housing, ICE abolition, and a...
The NAACP, its Legal Defense Fund, and Public Citizen filed a federal court motion June 4 to block a USPS...
New York's state legislature is approaching a vote on the Responsible Data Center Development Act, a one-year moratorium on data...
City Council Member Julie Won, Assemblymember Claire Valdez, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso clashed over Gaza and super PAC...
Siegel Street in Bushwick will close to through traffic Saturdays and Sundays, June 6–14, from 3 a.m. to 11 p.m....