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Mamdani launches Memory Markers, a citywide 9/11 tribute on LinkNYC kiosks
Memory Markers puts the stories of the New Yorkers who carried the city through 9/11 on LinkNYC kiosks, a day...
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Housing court will fast-track cases with vacate orders, broken elevators and hazardous violations
Mayor Mamdani announced that New York City housing courts will now require parties in the most severe emergency cases —...
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New York City fills first 2,000 seats in its new free universal childcare program for two-year-olds
New York City has filled its first 2,000 free 2-K seats for two-year-olds, launching its universal childcare program with $1.2...
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MoMA members get the final day with the Marcel Duchamp retrospective on August 23
MoMA reserves the final day of its Marcel Duchamp retrospective for members only, closing to the public on August 23....
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NYC delivery workers have earned $104 million in tips since city banned hidden tipping prompts on apps
New York City delivery workers have earned over $104 million in tips since a January law forced apps to display...
Music
Waacking was born in Black queer LA clubs in the ’70s. Now South Korea’s top dancers are bringing it to Brooklyn on July 26.
Waacking, born in Black queer LA clubs in the '70s, arrives in Brooklyn on July 26 with South Korea’s top...
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The air over New York City is officially ‘unhealthy’: Canadian wildfire smoke and heat pushed the whole state into advisory territory
Bushwick and all of NYC faced 'Unhealthy' air quality on July 16 due to Canadian wildfire smoke and high heat,...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the city’s worst violators.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and launching a 'Fix the...
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Renewable energy credits go on sale this summer, opening a potential loophole in NYC’s building climate law
Starting this summer, NYC building owners can buy renewable energy credits to offset Local Law 97 emissions instead of retrofitting,...
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Federal cuts ended Essential Plan coverage for 200,000-plus New Yorkers on July 1; city opens 60-day window to get them enrolled in alternatives
Federal cuts stripped Essential Plan coverage from over 200,000 New Yorkers on July 1. Mayor Mamdani launched a 60-day enrollment...
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CUNY faculty group says its advocacy helped push Governor Hochul to halt a Hunter College Palestinian studies hire
A CUNY faculty group called CAFI says its public advocacy contributed to Governor Hochul nullifying a 2025 Hunter College Palestinian...
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NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent starting July 1
NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent on July 1, hitting buses, commuter rail, and light rail as part of an...
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that police must get a warrant before pulling your location data from Google and other tech companies
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on July 1 that police must get a warrant to access location data from...
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Brooklyn had six fires last week, the one on Evergreen Avenue left two households homeless
A Bushwick fire on Evergreen Avenue was among 24 fires Red Cross responded to across NYC last week, leaving 152...
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NYC’s composting rules were ‘confusing and outdated,’ DSNY says: now every business has to follow them
The NYC Council passed Intro 31 on July 1, requiring all businesses to compost food and yard waste under DSNY's...
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Report warns Delivery Protection Act could put over 10,000 NYC jobs at risk
A consulting firm's 146-page report warns NYC's Delivery Protection Act could cost more than 10,000 jobs and raise annual delivery...
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Hochul gave the grid a 10-year reprieve on going clean. Local Law 97’s fines on co-op and condo boards start in 2030 regardless
Gov. Hochul's budget weakened NY's climate law targets, but NYC's Local Law 97 building emissions caps remain, with fines for...
Arts & Culture
DORIS premieres an interactive neighborhood audio map inside its ongoing city history exhibit at 31 Chambers Street
The NYC Department of Records and Information Services has launched an interactive map of neighborhood audio interviews as part of...
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Mamdani’s first budget kills a planned 580-officer NYPD hiring spree, redirects money to housing vouchers and mental health care
Mayor Mamdani's first NYC budget reverses NYPD hiring and closes a $12B deficit, directing new funds to housing vouchers, mental...
Community
Free school lunch disappears every June for low-income kids. New York just sent their families $189 million to cover it
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
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Supreme Court cleared states to ban trans girls from school sports. In New York, doing that is already illegal.
The Supreme Court ruled states may ban transgender girls from school sports, but New York's own state laws still protect...
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Federal cuts are ending Essential Plan coverage for 450,000 New Yorkers. The plan exists for people who earn too much for Medicaid.
New York State plans to disenroll 450,000 people from Essential Plan health coverage due to federal funding cuts, affecting low-income...
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TWU president urged the state AFL-CIO not to endorse Hochul’s reelection
TWU President John Samuelsen urged the NY State AFL-CIO not to endorse Gov. Hochul amid MTA contract talks, but the...
Business
NYC is running free live business courses online for anyone with a five-borough business. Planning, financing, marketing, and operations, with no end date listed.
NYC Small Business Services is offering free online courses in business planning, financing, marketing, and operations in Spanish, Chinese, and...
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NYC’s extreme heat warning runs through July 4 with a heat index up to 112°F. Wednesday’s overnight low only drops to 74°F
NYC is under an Extreme Heat Warning through July 4th, with highs up to 101°F and a 112°F heat index....
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A Trump rule would have made teachers’ and nurses’ loan forgiveness depend on their employers’ politics. A judge permanently blocked it one day before it took effect
NY AG Letitia James led a 22-state coalition to permanently block a Trump rule stripping loan forgiveness from public servants...
Community
NYC set up a 7v7 soccer field in every borough, open around the clock through July 18. Players 18 and up must sign a waiver to get in a game
Five 24/7 turf soccer fields across New York City's five boroughs are open for World Cup pickup games through July...
Community
City Hall’s new ‘Catch Them All’ challenge sends riders hunting World Cup wrapped trains. There’s no end date, and no word on prizes
The NYC Mayor's Office and MTA launched a 'Catch Them All' challenge for World Cup wrapped subway trains, with riders...
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An ozone advisory covers NYC and Long Island from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 1. Car exhaust drives about 60 percent of the air pollution in New York’s cities
NY State issued an ozone air quality advisory for NYC on July 1, urging those with asthma and respiratory conditions...
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Exterminators said the usual poison kept getting less effective. Rutgers found more than 80% of house mice sampled in NYC and other Northeast cities carry resistance mutations
A Rutgers University study found that over 80% of house mice sampled in New York City carry genetic mutations linked...
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New York woman charged with sending $30,000 in crypto to suspected PIJ fighter after FBI traced payments to Gaza
Catherine Beth Washburn, a New York woman, was charged with sending over $30,000 in cryptocurrency to a suspected Palestine Islamic...
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ASPCA urges NYC Council to fund pet food, vet care and shelter programs
The ASPCA is asking the NYC Council to fund animal shelter operations, affordable vet care, and a pet food assistance...
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Sail4th 250 brings 80 ships and 20,000 sailors to New York Harbor this July 4th in what organizers call the largest maritime gathering in American history
New York Harbor will host the largest maritime and aerial gathering in American history this July 4th, with 80 vessels...
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New York’s July sky has Manhattanhenge, the Milky Way and three meteor showers
NYC's July sky offers Manhattanhenge on July 11, Milky Way views from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Venus and Jupiter...
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NYC is giving away 100,000 free tickets to the July 4 fireworks. The lottery closes Monday, and you can’t bring a chair.
100,000 free tickets to the Macy's July 4 fireworks are up for grabs at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Seaport,...
Community
More people have died of 9/11-related illnesses than in the attacks themselves. Five $25,000 scholarships just opened for the children they left behind.
The Barasch & McGarry Foundation awards five $25,000 college scholarships to seniors who lost a family member to a 9/11-related...