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Police enforce a sweep of a homeless encampment, throwing tents and other possessions of the homeless in a trash truck, May 4, 2022 in the E...

Marchers in 2022's parade. The events will be accompanied by a number of street closures. Read on for the streets to avoid on Sunday and...

Same reason anyone does anything on Wall Street: To get lucky. [ more › ]

Rikers Island An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions...

The NYC Health Department is urging cat owners to steer clear of Savage products. The company said it notified retalers and consumers of...

The largest office-to-residential conversion in the United States at 25 Water Street. The country’s biggest office conversion is on NYC’...

Students line up to go through security at Columbia University's campus in Morningside Heights on March 14, 2025. Some students said the...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has been negotiating with President Donald Trump to keep New York's congestion pricing tolls in place. Gov. Hochul's s...

President Donald Trump speaks to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Wash...

Because he already conquered the snack world, here are your afternoon links: Frat bros of the West Village, Prohibition-era whiskey found in...

Rain falls in New York City on March 5, 2025. An inch of rain could fall in the region on Sunday, according to the National Weather Serv...

The Cross Bronx Expressway Elected officials spend years commissioning studies on some of the city's most crucial infrastructure project...

Officials are urging pet owners not to feed their pets raw food or raw milk and to avoid letting them roam outside. [ more › ]

Because Brad Lander wants to pave over some of the city's courses to make room for housing, here are your early links: Trump Tower protester...

Jose Fernandez at La Granja NYC’s wet markets sell thousands of chickens a month, but public health experts say they pose health risks....

The top of French's bus (left) before the incident. Three popular Bushwick party buses were impounded this month. [ more › ]

A psychological evaluation deemed Waldo Mejia unfit to stand trial for the fatal stabbing of Caleb Rijos, who was attacked on his way to sch...

An artist rendering of the proposed Metropolitan Park in Queens. The proposal still faces hurdles in the state Legislature as part of a...

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio said he made the decision to close schools during the pandemic with "a lot of pain." Gothamist asked decisio...

Anthony Riser, accused of fatally shooting his neighbor, slipped out of a police transport van while handcuffed, sparking a four-hour manhun...

NYPD's Mounted Unit patrol officers ride their horses during 2021 New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square on December 31, 2020 in New Yor...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference. Prosecutors say the suspect stabbed his roommate with an ice p...

Moped riders like this man would be able to legally ride on two of the city's four East River bridges under a rule change proposed by the DO...

Peregrine falcon chicks seen in the nesting box near the Bayonne Bridge off Staten Island in 2024. The Port Authority is launching a liv...

This is the third case of measles reported in New York this year as outbreaks rage in Texas and New Mexico. [ more › ]