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The NYPD has grounded 97 drones in restricted airspace during FIFA World Cup events in New York and New Jersey,...
The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers this weekend for the nation's 250th July 4th, Taylor Swift's private MSG wedding,...
Mayor Mamdani's first NYC budget reverses NYPD hiring and closes a $12B deficit, directing new funds to housing vouchers, mental...
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
The MTA put R211A train cars into service on the D line on July 1, making it the sixth subway...
Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case that closing Rikers Island is environmental justice and urge passage of a...
New York City added nearly 30,000 income-restricted homes last year, but construction was concentrated in just 10 districts, per Crain's...
The NYC Department of Records and Information Services has launched an interactive map of neighborhood audio interviews as part of...
The Museum of the City of New York opens 'The Occupied City,' a 7,000-square-foot exhibition on New York's seven-year British...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on July 1 that police must get a warrant to access location data from...
NYC Small Business Services is offering free online courses in business planning, financing, marketing, and operations in Spanish, Chinese, and...
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa is docked at Brooklyn's Pier 2 as 80 vessels from over 20 nations gather in...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on June 30 to hear two cases challenging assault-weapon bans in Connecticut and Illinois, its...
A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were...
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched an emergency heat plan ahead of July Fourth as the National Weather Service warned of a...
Council Member Phil Wong secured $22.7 million in the FY2027 city budget for Queens District 30, including $6.5 million for...
NYC venues are selling America 250 Fourth of July party tickets this Saturday, from $108 at Westlight in Williamsburg to...
A Brooklyn federal judge allowed hotel owner Yan Po Zhu, charged with bribing ex-Adams aide Frank Carone, to attend the...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands NYC's emergency heat plan as the heat index is forecast to near 112 degrees this July...
New York State’s budget establishes 50-foot buffer zones around houses of worship, religious schools, and community centers, making harassment a...
Starting this summer, NYC building owners can buy renewable energy credits to offset Local Law 97 emissions instead of retrofitting,...
Wimbledon installed a temporary grass court at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, letting 24 NYJTL youth players experience...
Bark Barbecue has opened in Bushwick, blending Central Texas-style low-and-slow smoked brisket with Dominican-influenced carnitas and breakfast tacos.
Bark Barbecue is now open in Bushwick, serving Central Texas-style smoked brisket and carnitas alongside Dominican-inspired flavors and breakfast tacos.
Cirrus and LCOR target a 2028 groundbreaking at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to deliver 1,200 affordable apartments by 2031, as advocates...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance holds its Rebuild North Brooklyn fall gala October 1 at Under the K Bridge Park in...
Over 700 Bronx families received free groceries, skin cancer screenings, and NBA draft ticket giveaways at The Boys' Club of...
Honduras President Nasry Asfura has requested a transition period for Honduran TPS holders following a Supreme Court ruling that enables...
The Supreme Court ruled states may ban transgender girls from school sports, but New York's own state laws still protect...
A Jewish woman visiting Manhattan had her car tires slashed and found an antisemitic note on her windshield, as NYC...
NYCHA mistakenly sent eviction notices to hundreds of East New York tenants after losing their recertification paperwork in a scanning...
A new state bill aims to cap Con Edison’s profit rate on infrastructure investments to lower electricity bills across New...
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa, last in New York for 1986's OpSail, is docked at Brooklyn Bridge Marina through July...
Forty-six pedestrians died in NYC during the first half of 2026, the lowest first-half total on record except for pandemic-era...
Federal cuts stripped Essential Plan coverage from over 200,000 New Yorkers on July 1. Mayor Mamdani launched a 60-day enrollment...
Tatiana Pettus, 24, was fatally shot in her Flatbush basement apartment on Foster Avenue. Her boyfriend, the prime suspect, remained...
A CUNY faculty group called CAFI says its public advocacy contributed to Governor Hochul nullifying a 2025 Hunter College Palestinian...
NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent on July 1, hitting buses, commuter rail, and light rail as part of an...
New York City faces its most intense heat in 14 years, with temperatures hitting 100°F and heat indexes up to...
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...
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...
Queens officials packed Borough Hall June 29 to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme...
Con Edison activated its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat hitting NYC, urging residents to reduce power use between...
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
Nearly 200,000 Medicaid-funded home health aides across New York, including Brooklyn, won a $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL...
Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence is on free public display at the New York Public Library...
Frank Carone pushed for an August 24 federal bribery trial in Brooklyn court, where he's charged with taking $120,000 to...