Browse all posts published in July 2026.
144 postsBrooklyn celebrated Haiti’s World Cup return after 52 years, with fans partying in Bushwick and Crown Heights, even as the...
A Brooklyn family is suing NYC and NYPD over a fatal 2024 Bushwick police chase crash that killed a 71-year-old...
Mayor Mamdani's first NYC budget reverses NYPD hiring and closes a $12B deficit, directing new funds to housing vouchers, mental...
The MTA put R211A train cars into service on the D line on July 1, making it the sixth subway...
The NYC Department of Records and Information Services is running three free public history exhibits at 31 Chambers Street in...
The NYPD has seized 97 hobbyist drones since June 13 for violating airspace restrictions during World Cup events and will...
A 93-year-old retired nurse was fatally struck by a motorcyclist who fled the scene at White Plains Road and East...
Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case that closing Rikers Island is environmental justice and urge passage of a...
The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers this weekend for the nation's 250th July 4th, Taylor Swift's private MSG wedding,...
New York City added nearly 30,000 income-restricted homes last year, but construction was concentrated in just 10 districts, per Crain's...
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
The NYC Department of Records and Information Services has launched an interactive map of neighborhood audio interviews as part of...
Ridgewood yoga teacher Jackie Garbe offers donation-based classes at Baby Cobra Yoga in Bushwick and free NADA ear acupuncture at...
Unofficial July 1 primary results show former Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso lost the 7th Congressional District race to Claire...
NYCHA mistakenly sent eviction notices to hundreds of East New York tenants after losing their recertification paperwork in a scanning...
The Supreme Court ruled states may ban transgender girls from school sports, but New York's own state laws still protect...
A Brooklyn federal judge allowed hotel owner Yan Po Zhu, charged with bribing ex-Adams aide Frank Carone, to attend the...
NYC venues are selling America 250 Fourth of July party tickets this Saturday, from $108 at Westlight in Williamsburg to...
Council Member Phil Wong secured $22.7 million in the FY2027 city budget for Queens District 30, including $6.5 million for...
Mayor Mamdani activated an emergency heat plan for NYC as heat index values top 111°F, with 600 outreach workers, cooling...
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were...
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted cases from Connecticut and Cook County to rule on assault weapons bans for the first...
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa is docked at Brooklyn's Pier 2 as 80 vessels from over 20 nations gather in...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands NYC's emergency heat plan as temperatures near 112°F this July 4th weekend, targeting outdoor workers in...
Over 700 Bronx families received free groceries, skin cancer screenings, and NBA draft ticket giveaways at The Boys' Club of...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance holds its Rebuild North Brooklyn fall gala October 1 at Under the K Bridge Park in...
Cirrus and LCOR target a 2028 groundbreaking at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to deliver 1,200 affordable apartments by 2031, as advocates...
Bark Barbecue is now open in Bushwick, serving Central Texas-style smoked brisket and carnitas alongside Dominican-inspired flavors and breakfast tacos.
Wimbledon installed a temporary grass court at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, letting 24 NYJTL youth players experience...
Starting this summer, NYC building owners can buy renewable energy credits to offset Local Law 97 emissions instead of retrofitting,...
Mamdani-backed DSA candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier won congressional primaries in NYC, ousting incumbents; victory party...
Two gunmen shot a 26-year-old man multiple times outside a catering hall at 75-16 Rockaway Blvd. in Woodhaven, Queens, in...
New York City faces its most intense heat in 14 years, with temperatures hitting 100°F and heat indexes up to...
NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent on July 1, hitting buses, commuter rail, and light rail as part of an...
A CUNY faculty group called CAFI says its public advocacy contributed to Governor Hochul nullifying a 2025 Hunter College Palestinian...
Tatiana Pettus, 24, was fatally shot in her Flatbush basement apartment on Foster Avenue. Her boyfriend, the prime suspect, remained...
Federal cuts stripped Essential Plan coverage from over 200,000 New Yorkers on July 1. Mayor Mamdani launched a 60-day enrollment...
Brooklyn Paper launches a 10-stop self-guided tour tracing the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, starting at Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship...
Forty-six pedestrians died in NYC during the first half of 2026, the lowest first-half total on record except for pandemic-era...
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa, last in New York for 1986's OpSail, is docked at Brooklyn Bridge Marina through July...
A new state bill aims to cap Con Edison’s profit rate on infrastructure investments to lower electricity bills across New...
New York state unveiled a $5 billion plan for Atlantic Yards Phase II, adding 5,600 apartments over the downtown Brooklyn...
TWU President John Samuelsen urged the NY State AFL-CIO not to endorse Gov. Hochul amid MTA contract talks, but the...
Frank Carone pushed for an August 24 federal bribery trial in Brooklyn court, where he's charged with taking $120,000 to...
Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence is on free public display at the New York Public Library...
Nearly 200,000 Medicaid-funded home health aides across New York, including Brooklyn, won a $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL...
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
Con Edison activated its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat hitting NYC, urging residents to reduce power use between...
Queens officials packed Borough Hall June 29 to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme...