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Assembly members Al Taylor and Anna Kelles both said their support for the measure was influenced by their fathers' deaths. Assemblymemb...

A screenshot from a video recording of a March 8 "know your rights" information training session hosted in New York City by the nonprofit Ch...

New York Supreme Court building, Madison Avenue, New York City New York Supreme Court building, Madison Avenue, New York City. A new rep...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announces the budget on April 28. Tenant activists and landlords alike had pushed for the program for years. Hochul ul...

Because you gotta put them in a bin, here are your afternoon links: Bin for trash bins, too; Bill Belichick's date night outfit; New Jersey...

Mayor Adams wants to offer free after-school to all students who want it. Adams said he plans to expand after-school to 20,000 students...

Arborist Malcolm Gore says the Dutch elm that was cut down Monday was probably about 100 years old. The Prospect Park Alliance is cuttin...

Bob the Drag Queen performing at Barracuda, 2014. “I hope this book makes people realize just how much queer history happened in every n...

Because it's shirt season, here are your early links: Canadian study says drinking champagne could prevent cardiac arrest, Jeremy Renner's m...

President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order poses with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20,...

According to a spokesperson for the property owner, the 50 evicted tenants owed a combined $1.5 million in rent. The 17-year-old boy was...

A copy of the form, obtained by Gothamist, shows the NYPD relied on invalid reasons to jail low-level offenders — despite 2020 reforms desig...

New York City Starting May 1, tenants can apply to affordable apartments after a previous tenants move out, without going through the ci...

Mayor Adams has made the war on rats one of the signature policies of his administration. Inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives on the scene of a parking garage collapse on Ann Street in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, April 18, 2023...

Hochul rallies for a budget deal in Albany. Here are the basics on this year’s state budget agreement. [ more › ]

The Queens home where police say an unlicensed man performed a botched surgical procedure that left a woman in critical condition. Felip...

The MTA and Gov. Kathy Hochul have pushed to beef up the number of cops and surveillance cameras in the subway system since 2021. The tr...

New York repealed an older anti-mask law during the COVID pandemic. The deal between Hochul and the Legislature’s Democratic majorities...

John A. Sarcone III was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney on March 17. A recently appointed interim U.S. attorney said he wants to su...

Because he appreciates the culture, here are your afternoon links: Zooey Deschanel is engaged to a Property Brother, license plate crackdown...

The MTA plans to replace turnstiles at city subway stations with modern fare gates equipped with sliding glass doors. Transit officials...

Evidence markers are seen on the street at Malcolm X Boulevard and West 113rd Street on April 23, 2025. Excenia Mette was fatally shot a...

A scene from a previous year's Open Stages Music Festival. Ready to enjoy what the city has to offer outside? Tulips, block parties, par...

Because it never went away, but whatever, here are your early links: 5G towers on the Upper West Side, Rep. Mike Lawler got yelled at during...