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NYC airports expect record crowds this holiday season. Here's what to know.
Passengers wait at JFK Airport's Terminal 1 in Queens on July 20, 2024.“Self-service is the name of the game,” says one travel expert. [ more › ]
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NYC Ferry hits record ridership, but system's usage is still peanuts compared...
The NYC Ferry system is growing in popularity, but its usage pales in comparison to that of the city's subway system.City officials say the ferry service has clocked 6.9 million rides so far this year....
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NYC Council to discuss bills expanding mental health support in public schools
One bill sponsored by Councilmember Rita Joseph would require the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to develop a two-year pilot program to involve mental health professionals and professional...
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A new Bronx apartment building was meant to provide housing. Instead it’s a...
The eight-story building at 739 East Gun Hill Road was supposed to add 134 units of much-needed housing to the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, but before tenants moved in, the owner turned more...
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Adams renews bid for easier involuntary commitments after Manhattan stabbing...
Mayor Eric Adams on August 19, 2024.But state lawmakers have shown little appetite for the Adams-backed changes. An alternative bill is also pending. [ more › ]
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Cross Bronx Expressway shooting kills 21-year-old, injures another, NYPD says
A police barricade sits outside the NYPD's 73rd Precinct in Brooklyn on March 4, 2024.The victims ended up at Columbia University Irving Medical Center after the early-morning shooting. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: NYC looks to ease double-parking logjams with 500 new...
Because delivery trucks need to pull over somewhere, here are your early links: Chinatown vendor having hard time selling traditional handmade gifts, "Gladiator II" is historically inaccurate,...
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NYC construction firm hit with up to $50K in fines for role in Bronx building...
Officials respond to a structural collapse in the Bronx in December 2023.Tenants in 46 apartments were forced to stay in city-run shelters until the building was deemed safe to re-enter. [ more › ]
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Leaving NYC for the holidays? Here's how to deal with friends and family...
A family celebrates Thanksgiving in the 1970s. Not pictured: rude comments about New York City.With these replies, you can keep the conversation light and polite. [ more › ]
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Jessica Tisch trades NYC's 'war on rats' to become NYPD's 'battle-tested' leader
Jessica Tisch takes the oath of office Monday. She is the forth NYPD commissioner to serve under Mayor Eric Adams.Tisch will be the fourth NYPD commissioner to serve under Mayor Eric Adams. [ more › ]
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President Biden is scheduled to visit Staten Island Monday. Expect road...
President Joe Biden, speaks after pardoning two turkeys, Monday.Father Capodanno Boulevard will be closed from roughly 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., but other roads may be affected as well. [ more › ]
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Extra Extra: So long, Blue Man Group
Because out in the country, kids handle saws, here are your afternoon links: Blue Man Group ending its New York tenure, it's the bro economy, stupid, tough times for indie rock and more. [ more › ]
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Can you pack that? NYC travelers’ guide to TSA’s weirdest Thanksgiving...
A TSA agent watches xray monitors while screening luggage at a special TSA Pre-check lane at Terminal C of the LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 27, 2014 in New York City.Want to pack antlers, lobsters or your...
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NYC rolls out 500 new loading zones to combat double-parking, blocked lanes
A moving truck parks on the side of the road in Queens.The city’s transportation department says the initiative, shaped by public input, aims to reduce congestion and improve safety on streets. [ more › ]
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NYC fights federal food aid cuts while study says 2M go hungry statewide
City officials and anti-hunger organizations are looking to shore up funding for SNAP ahead of a new, GOP-led Congress. [ more › ]
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Thanksgiving weather report for NYC area: rain and chilly temperatures
A person walks through the rain in Manhattan on Nov. 21, 2024.A cold front will move through the region this week, the National Weather Service says. [ more › ]
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Prank calls make up half of requests to NYC subway's 'Help Point' intercoms,...
Back in 2011, MTA officials were over the moon about the installation of the help points. Little did they know they'd become a source of prank calls.The MTA spent $250 million to install intercoms in...
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Vietnam vet wrongfully convicted of 1975 Greenburgh rape files lawsuit
Leonard Mack, 72, emerges from the courthouse in White Plains on Sept. 5. After 47 years he was exonerated for a rape he did not commit. Mack served seven and a half years behind bars for the 1975...
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Early Addition: Relax, you're on the Q train
Because a sleep apnea business deemed the Q the most relaxing subway line, here are your early links: Andrew Cuomo joins Benjamin Netanyahu's defense team, Matt Gaetz is on cameo, dust is blowing out...
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Whale spotted in NYC's East River this week, Coast Guard says
Humpback whale diving in Skjervoy Fjord, in northern Norway within the Arctic Circle, on Nov. 13, 2024.The agency received multiple reports of the whale from community members, according to a...
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