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Buy Nothing groups are having a moment in New York City. Sometimes giving away free stuff isn’t so simple. [ more › ]

Because the Rockaway Townsquare mall is desperate for customers, here are your early links: Some men behaving badly, tagging the name of a w...

Summit, New Jersey At least four other New Jersey towns have enacted similar measures following a Supreme Court decision last year that...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference March 11 The decision will put an end to the mayor’s prosecution for good. [ more ›...

The Bronx corner where a man was gunned down. The separate incidents come as the borough has seen a 30 percent drop in shootings accordi...

Like the rest of NYCHA's properties, residents in Riis Houses on the Lower East Side have no way to participate in the city's curbside compo...

Con Edison says it needs to raise rates to maintain its critical infrastructure The energy giant’s profits are guaranteed by the state –...

People take part in a protest against the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who played a role in pro-Palestinian p...

An empty wood bench at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village of New York City. Waldemar Alverio also faces five years of post-release...

An external view of Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on Feb. 28, 2025. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced in a statement...

NYPD officers patrol inside a subway station in New York City. The Legal Aid Society cites a Gothamist report showing thousands jailed i...

Because Trump's trade war against Canada could ultimately kneecap the American toilet paper industry, here are your afternoon links: E-ZPass...

The outlook is grim but there are key steps would-be buyers can take, a new report finds. [ more › ]

Town attorneys and housing advocates reached compromises on the amount of low-priced homes each town will be required to build by 2035. [ mo...

Luigi Mangione appears with his attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New...

Volunteers at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger distribute bags of fresh produce to New Yorkers on the corder of 86th Street and West En...

Because one man who couldn't get his taps to work joined a queue of 60(!) callers, here are your early links: MTA sent that letter to the fe...

People protest in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood in support of immigrants on February 08, 2025 in New York City. The measure, set t...

Rikers is on track to outpace last year's deaths in custody Rikers had 5 deaths through all of 2024. This year there have been at least...

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes speaks at a rally on Monday. The long-stalled bill would require speed-limiting devices for repeat offenders...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stands with NYPD officers who work in LGBTQ outreach for the department. The event was hosted by the N...

A Redbird subway train on view at the New York Transit Museum. New Yorkers can rekindle old subway memories during a commemorative ride...

Close up of a fire engine in the New York City Fire Department, US, April 1988. Brian Cordasco admitted in court that he and others acce...

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz speaks at a press conference. Officers allegedly turned off their body cameras before robbing and...

Because it's now the site of a cool dinosaur museum in South Jersey, here are your afternoon links: Grotesque sandwich, Andrew Cuomo's years...