Do gas stoves need warning labels? NY lawmakers resurrect a bill to make it...
A bill in Albany would add warning labels to new gas stoves.California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year, leaving an opening for New York to become the first state requiring the health...
View ArticleMTA sees green with congestion pricing, as tolls bring in $100M during first...
The MTA's congestion pricing cameras have collected tolls from drivers since Jan. 5.The MTA has kept the tolling program rolling even after President Trump ordered the agency to kill it. [ more › ]
View ArticleScenes from the 37th annual Phagwah Parade in Little Guyana
Hundreds gathered in Little Guyana for the Indo-Caribbean celebration of Holi. [ more › ]
View ArticleExtra Extra: The Broadway critics panned 'Othello.' What did Joe Biden think?
Because the former president made an appearance at the show's opening night, here are your afternoon links: Angelina Jolie's downtown space, Paterson strip club being turned into housing, real ballers...
View ArticleNearly 8K NYC households could lose rent aid as federal program runs out of...
Velvet Ross says she's worried about the end of a federal emergency housing voucher program, at her apartment in Stuy-Town on March 24, 2025.The Department of Housing and Urban Development told housing...
View ArticleNYC Council press officials to cut wait times for mobile mental health teams
NYC Health Commissioner Michelle Morse, in an undated file photo, testifying at a City Council hearing.There are currently 672 people waiting to be added to the caseload of one of the city's Intensive...
View ArticleNYC pensions have more than $1B in Elon Musk’s Tesla. Justin Brannan wants to...
President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Elon Musk's son with Teslas on the south lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025.Brannan is running for city comptroller against Mark Levine, the Manhattan...
View ArticleParties raged at a Midtown nightclub until a shooting led NYC to shut it down
Closure orders are posted on the front doors of Baby's nightclub on March 18, 2025.The club is in the midst of a legal dispute over whether it’s been a “public nuisance.” [ more › ]
View ArticleNYPD blocks Forest Hills Stadium concert permits amid dispute between...
Entrance to Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, New York.The Queens venue says its 2025 season is still on and supporters are rallying against what the venue called a "vocal NIMBY minority." [ more › ]
View ArticleNYC leaders divided over involuntary hospitalization of people with mental...
New York City Eric Adams speaks at a press conference at City Hall on March 11, 2025.The City Council and Mayor Eric Adams are scrapping over the policy amid a statewide debate on expanding it. [ more › ]
View ArticleEarly Addition: Uniqlo has a new coffee shop in NYC
The inside of a Uniqlo store in New York City on Nov. 9, 2006.Because it's not just about the clothes, here are your early links: A bag full of diamonds, the pig show teen queen, White House Easter Egg...
View ArticleGov. Hochul, top NY lawmakers demand 'fair share' from feds to pay for MTA...
Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to Washington for help to pay for repairs to the city's troubled mass transit system.The lawmakers sent a letter to President Trump and other top Republicans, arguing the...
View ArticleA popular catapult competition returns to Bushwick
This year's Great Trebulation is happening on April 27.“ People love some anachronistic medieval fun,” the event’s founder said. [ more › ]
View ArticleThat's hot: 'Calendar of Heroes' returning with scantily-clad FDNY members
Bloomingdale's shoppers pose for a photo at the "FDNY 2008 Calendar of Heroes" launch party in 2007We're sure you're ignoring the barely-dressed firefighters, paramedics and EMTs and only reading the...
View ArticleLuigi Mangione’s lawyers say authorities are leaking his writings to cause...
Luigi Mangione attends a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on Feb. 21, 2025, in New York City. Mangione is accused in the Dec. 4 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.The attorneys...
View ArticleExtra Extra: Ms. Rachel tribute artists are party rocking on Long Island
Because they're taking appropriate steps to avoid legal trouble, here are your afternoon links: MTA says subway is NOT a s--thole, the Pope lives, Melania Trump's wedding dress also lives and more. [...
View ArticleTrump targets even ‘low-profile’ players in Columbia protests, lawyers say
NYPD officers guard during a protest outside Columbia University on March 24, 2025 in New York CityAnother green card holder faces deportation for alleged antiwar activities on campus. [ more › ]
View ArticleU.S. blocked from detaining Columbia student facing deportation
External view from Columbia University on March 24, 2025 in New York CityA judge barred the government from taking the student, a permanent resident, into custody while she contests her removal. [ more...
View ArticleColumbia students say Congress is trying to suppress free speech
Posters of individuals kidnapped by Hamas are displayed along the street outside of Columbia University as demonstrators rally in support of Palestine and to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud...
View ArticleWould universal after-school help families stay in NYC? Mayoral candidate...
Kids at the Cambria Heights School in Queens rehearse a song about Harriet Tubman.Expanding child care is a consensus issue in the Democratic primary, but pushing universal after-school is rare. [ more...
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