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Lasha Bukia, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny in Kings County Supreme Court for using falsified tax returns to...
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Lasha Bukia, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny in Kings County Supreme Court for using falsified tax returns to...
New York's HEAP heating aid opened to applicants Nov. 2. Most SNAP and public assistance households get it automatically; others...
The Special Commissioner of Investigation for the NYC School District found that a bus driver and matron employed by Consolidated...
The New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust closed $607 million in financing on September 29 to fully modernize Nostrand...
The United War Veterans Council has named retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams grand marshal of the NYC...
Elvin Rivera, 57, was charged with second-degree manslaughter after allegedly running a stop sign while impaired by cocaine and THC...
The winning design becomes the borough's official pin for 2027. Borough President Antonio Reynoso and arts ambassador Colm Dillane will...
Small businesses and homeowners can settle old Environmental Control Board fines at a discount, with interest waived, until January 10,...
The money pays for design only. Construction is penciled in for fall 2027 to fall 2029, and the library's own...
NYC Parks detailed construction schedules for Box Street Park, the Metropolitan Recreation Center, American Playground, and McCarren Park projects in...
“One thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that neither ICE nor DHS get to decide who is a...
An ICE officer fired seven rounds into a car in Upper Manhattan on Thursday, hitting Oscar Belgal, 28, as his...
A New York City law requiring the Department of Small Business Services to fund aid for small retailers hurt by...
New York City Transit will run J trains locally, split M service, and operate free shuttle buses on select weekdays...
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine recommended a $5 billion expansion in private markets climate investments across three city pension...
The six-year graduation rate for CUNY associate-degree students fell to 35.5 percent in fiscal 2026 and for baccalaureate students to...
New York City Transit will suspend or split G train service on overnight weeknights and two full weekends in October...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani released the city's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism on September 29, 2026, doubling hate-crime prevention grants to...
Raw sewage is overflowing onto sidewalks outside Borinquen Plaza, a NYCHA complex in Williamsburg home to nearly 2,000 people who...
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta testify under oath Monday before all 51 NYC Council members about the risks of AI....
City Council Member Farah N. Louis introduced three resolutions on September 10 to declare October Reggaeton Heritage Month, designate Wyclef...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn announced on September 23 the completion of the Tremont Avenue...
The New York City Council announced a $25.6 million capital investment to modernize adult inpatient psychiatric units at NYC Health...
NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin and Majority Whip Kamillah Hanks announced NorthShoreNYC, a planning vision for mixed-use housing and economic...
QueensLink has issued two RFPs and one request for expressions of interest — funded by a $500,000 Federal Highway Administration...
Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick will be temporarily co-named "Alvarado Ave" for one year to honor New York Knicks guard Jose...
City Parks Foundation is enrolling fifth- through eighth-graders in its free Coastal Classroom After School program at Bushwick Inlet Park's...
State Senator Julia Salazar will hold a "State Budget 101" town hall on October 1 from 6 to 8 p.m....
Households of one to three people earning $78,960 to $122,160 can apply through NYC Housing Connect until Thursday, Oct. 1.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration announced a $131.5 million settlement against DoorDash for violating New York City's Delivery Worker Laws, directing...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion on Wednesday night with Palestinian families from Gaza. "May peace...
Council Members Chi Ossé and Jennifer Gutiérrez were among 104 people arrested Thursday at a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in...
New York City's Department of Transportation is accepting applications for one-time grants funded by congestion pricing revenue for businesses that...
New York City's heating season runs October 1 through May 31, requiring landlords to maintain indoor temperatures of at least...
The free flood-resiliency comedy "Please Don't Flush!" closes its multi-borough Climate Week NYC run with a final performance Sunday, September...
Playcrafting's New York Games Week will bring developer panels, indie showcases, pitch nights and community events across all five boroughs...
Bushwick Yacht Club opens a one-week presale on a four-piece clothing collection September 24, with 100 percent of profits going...
New York City Transit will suspend L train service between Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan on...
Molière in the Park is presenting free outdoor performances of Molière's "Don Juan" at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in...
Artist and fashion designer Amanda Mehl is staging Carnaval NYC, an outdoor fashion show and Carnaval-style procession with more than...
New York State awarded East Williamsburg a $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, with a public workshop set for September...
Nearly 100 independent films, series and podcasts screen across Brooklyn from October 7 to 11, in the festival's biggest lineup...
A one-mile timed race through Bushwick on September 27 will donate all registration proceeds to rebuilding South Bushwick Church, destroyed...
New York City offers short-term health care training programs — some free — including medical assistant, community health worker, and...
ARTECHOUSE has opened "Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of the Ocean," an immersive digital exhibition created with the Woods Hole Oceanographic...
The Local Development Corporation of East New York received a $100,000 Merchant Organizing Grant from the NYC Department of Small...
A woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the northbound Harlem River Drive near High Bridge on...
Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Financial Services have proposed a regulation requiring auto insurers to...
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem expanded its Adult Sickle Cell Clinic to full-day hours on Mondays and Fridays, 8am to 4pm,...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the first physical rollout of a $4 million pilot program installing 17 free, ADA-accessible modular...