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Because shredding is a year-round lifestyle, here are your early links: Andy Cohen getting the keys to Hudson Square, Orthodox Jews moving t...

Firefighters work to put out a five-alarm fire on Madison Street in Ridgewood on Jan. 6, 2025. The blaze erupted at a building in Ridgew...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new legislation banning anonymous reporting. [ more › ]

Legislation pending in New York state would make the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building required instruction for public...

Gov. Hochul, MTA Chair Janno Lieber, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other officials celebrated one year of congestion pricing. On average, the...

The scene at a morning aid event at a church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A church event drew some with a personal stake in the...

Because this sucks, but things could get better, here are your afternoon links: Someone made $400,000 on Polymarket betting Maduro would soo...

Wegmans said it only deploys facial recognition at certain locations. The supermarket’s facial recognition system is used to identify pe...

Ghost Band Plays Ghost Venues loudly mourns for a lost city. [ more › ]

Because the Trump administration rejected coins featuring civil rights icons, here are your early links: The president reportedly did not li...

Snow on the ground in Central Park in Manhattan on Jan. 1, 2026 The forecast calls for a chance of light snow into the afternoon, then a...

Emissions from government operations fell 31% since 2006, per a report from the city's Department of Citywide Administrative Services. A...

State Capital Building in Albany, New York New York state lawmakers face numerous issues when they return to the Capitol on Wednesday. [...

A fire burns on Findlay Avenue and East 170th Street in the Bronx on Jan. 1, 2026. The blaze broke out in Claremont early Monday morning...

Restaurateur Marc Meyer interviewed 27 immigrant workers who landed in his kitchens. [ more › ]

The MTA runs hundreds of cameras across Manhattan in order to enforce its congestion pricing tolls. Hochul initially delayed the launch...

iew of the Metropolitan Detention facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected...

An NYPD patrol car. Police say Anheli Vasquez-Trinidad was critically injured in a car collision on Friday and died two days later. [ mo...

Commuters emerge from a new elevator at the Times Square-42nd Street stop for the NQRW train The increase comes amid other changes and n...

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New York Police Department headquarters building entrance at One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan. Sgt. Jordan Mazur says patience, preci...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces safety upgrades to McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. The thoroughfare has lon...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation requiring warning labels on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. [ more › ]

The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks. [ more › ]

Transportation officials hailed a banner year for street safety in 2025, but New Year's Day featured two deadly crashes. Police said bot...