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13-year-old boy killed in Flushing moped crash with truck
A 13-year-old passenger was killed and his moped-riding friend injured after a crash involving an open car door and a...
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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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NYPD seized 97 hobbyist drones over World Cup events and warns it will do the same during July 4 weekend
The NYPD has seized 97 hobbyist drones since June 13 for violating airspace restrictions during World Cup events and will...
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“I just can’t believe they made it through security”: masked couple climbed the Empire State Building’s antenna, got engaged, then calmly walked into custody
A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were...
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Queens officials rally at Borough Hall to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
Queens officials packed Borough Hall June 29 to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme...
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An autistic 11-year-old from Long Island made it to JFK alone in an Uber before sunrise, and his parents say Uber didn’t reach out until they tried to dispute the $47 charge
An 11-year-old autistic boy from Long Island took an Uber alone to JFK Airport before sunrise, reaching TSA before being...
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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...
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Mamdani and Menin strike $125.8 billion budget deal that expands housing vouchers
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
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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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Queens DA indicts 22 Blitz Gang 4 members for 11 shootings and a stabbing across Southeast Queens, one victim paralyzed and three suspects still at large
Queens DA Melinda Katz indicted 22 Blitz Gang 4 members for 11 shootings and a stabbing across Southeast Queens, leaving...
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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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700 Bronx families lined up for free groceries at The Boys’ Club, then got skin checks and a shot at NBA draft tickets
Over 700 Bronx families received free groceries, skin cancer screenings, and NBA draft ticket giveaways at The Boys' Club of...
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NYC heat index will hit 111 this week. Officials say it kills about 500 New Yorkers a summer
Mayor Mamdani activated an emergency heat plan for NYC as heat index values top 111°F, with 600 outreach workers, cooling...
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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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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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Street cleanliness hit 94 out of 100 with shame stickers, it fell to 73 without them, the city just brought them back
New York City Council has voted to reinstate fluorescent 'shame stickers' for cars blocking alternate-side parking, aiming to improve street...
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VOZ Salud launches $29.99-a-month healthcare membership for Hispanic New Yorkers as uninsured rates in some immigrant communities reach 55%
VOZ Salud, a Dallas-based healthcare access company, now offers $29.99 monthly memberships to Hispanic New Yorkers, targeting communities where uninsured...
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Macy’s 50th annual 4th of July fireworks light up the East River and Brooklyn Bridge this Saturday, with free viewing at Brooklyn Bridge Park, no backpacks allowed, and transit changes to plan around
Macy's 50th annual 4th of July fireworks light up the East River and Brooklyn Bridge this Saturday, with free viewing...
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South Bronx men skip the doctor, so this health fair got their wives to bring them instead
To reach men during Men's Health Month, a South Bronx health fair co-hosted by Anthem BCBS and the Mexican Coalition...
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Manhattan’s oldest house revived its tavern history for an America 250 fundraiser
The Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights held Tavern Night on July 25, an America 250 fundraiser celebrating the site's 18th-century...
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New York’s student aid agency marks America’s 250th with a campaign spotlighting the $900M it distributes to nearly 300,000 students each year
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
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The mayor’s office launched a ‘Summer in NYC’ site full of free things to do. The announcement didn’t include the URL.
New York City's mayor's office has launched 'Summer in NYC,' a free interactive website listing free activities for all ages...
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Brooklyn-born WWII veteran who riveted the Brooklyn Bridge dies at 100, laid to rest on Long Island
Joseph Finamore, Sr., a Brooklyn-born WWII veteran and ironworker who helped build the Brooklyn Bridge, has died at 100 and...
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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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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...
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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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Two suspects sought after robbing and assaulting a sleeping F train rider in Jamaica
The NYPD seeks two suspects who robbed and assaulted a sleeping 26-year-old on the F train at Sutphin Boulevard in...
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Everyone assumes mahjong is thousands of years old. A festival historian says that’s a marketing myth invented to make it seem exotic
Around 500 people gathered in Manhattan for the NY Jewish Mah Jongg Festival, where historians explored how mahjong became an...
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New York’s 200,000 Medicaid home health aides win $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL, the company the state handed a monopoly over their care program
Nearly 200,000 Medicaid-funded home health aides across New York, including Brooklyn, won a $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL...
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NYC’s first 100-degree heat wave since 2012 arrives this week, with heat indexes expected to reach 110°F
New York City faces its most intense heat in 14 years, with temperatures hitting 100°F and heat indexes up to...
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Fifty NYC public school students had their art displayed on a Times Square screen
Fifty artworks by NYC public school students, some as young as pre-K, ran on the Cube at Duffy Square in...
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Wimbledon built a real grass court at Wollman Rink. Twenty-four NYJTL kids got to hit on it.
Wimbledon installed a temporary grass court at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, letting 24 NYJTL youth players experience...
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The Bronx finally gets its first Jollibee, and fans lined up through a heat wave for Chickenjoy
Fans braved a heat wave to line up for the Bronx’s first Jollibee at The Hub on Third Avenue, celebrating...
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The federal SAVE Plan ended July 1, and NYC borrowers have 90 days to switch repayment plans before getting auto-enrolled in higher fixed payments
The federal SAVE student loan repayment plan ended July 1, 2026, and NYC borrowers have 90 days to switch plans...
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Federal court rules Trump administration’s conditions on $3 billion in homelessness funds unlawful, protecting housing for an estimated 170,000 people at risk
A federal court ruled Trump administration conditions on $3 billion in homelessness funding unlawful, protecting housing for 170,000 people, including...
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As many as 200 people were near Kissena Lake when Albert Itzkowitz was shot dead. Six weeks later, no one has come forward
Six weeks after Albert Itzkowitz was fatally shot near Kissena Lake in Flushing’s Kissena Park, his family and officials offer...
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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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Jefferson’s handwritten Declaration draft is on free display at the New York Public Library, with two days left to see it
Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence is on free public display at the New York Public Library...
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Museum of the City of New York opens a 7,000-square-foot exhibit on the city’s Revolutionary War occupation
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...
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Extreme heat warning and ozone advisory in effect for the NYC metro region through Friday, with heat index expected to hit 112 degrees
An extreme heat warning and air quality advisory are in effect for the NYC metro region through Friday, with heat...
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Frank Carone pushes for August trial in migrant housing bribery case
Frank Carone pushed for an August 24 federal bribery trial in Brooklyn court, where he's charged with taking $120,000 to...
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93-year-old retired Bronx nurse struck and killed by hit-and-run motorcyclist on White Plains Road, biker still at large
A 93-year-old retired nurse was fatally struck by a motorcyclist who fled the scene at White Plains Road and East...
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CitizensNYC put Morgan Stanley and Goldman volunteers to work in two community gardens. Wall Street pulled weeds from the East Village to Central Harlem.
CitizensNYC partnered with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs volunteers for community garden service days at Tompkins Square Park and Electric...
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Mamdani closed financing for Sol on Park, 229 affordable homes for older New Yorkers in the Bronx. The $214 million build lands on NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus.
The Mamdani administration has closed $214 million in financing for Sol on Park, a 229-unit affordable senior development on NYCHA's...
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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 longtime textile-family owner sold a Flatiron District property to Sioni Group for $31 million. It was one of ten $5 million-plus sales in the city that day, $329 million combined
Sioni Group paid $31 million for a Flatiron District property on June 30, 2026, through entity 38 W 21 LLC,...
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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...
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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...