Gov. Hochul says conversations at 3 NYC diners changed her mind about...
The Comfort Diner's owner, Tarek Abozeid.Hochul said she'd met customers who'd driven from New Jersey to patronize their favorite diners. Two diner owners told Gothamist most of their customers were...
View ArticleHere's how you can save time, money and stress when moving in or to NYC
Moving day!How do you move in a city where just finding a parking spot can be a challenge? [ more › ]
View ArticleIn the room where maps happen: Manhattan's official topographer has seen it all
Hector Rivera, pictured with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (seated), over sees the boroughs changing topography.Hector Rivera oversees hundreds of years’ worth of maps – historical and modern...
View ArticleDisplaced residents of burned Sunnyside building fear they'll be uprooted again
Tenants rally Saturday outside the Sunnyside building where they lived before the December fire.They say they will have nowhere to go when the temporary leases they were given after the fire expire in...
View ArticleRestoring parts of Ramblersville, Queens shoreline the subject of Monday meeting
An aerial view over Jamaica Bay.“I would like to see this become something that is going to protect everybody in the area.” [ more › ]
View ArticleWant to learn about the judges on the ballot in New York? There’s a tool for...
New Yorkers Cast Their Votes In 2024 Presidential Primary NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 02: A voter casts her ballot in a polling station during the state presidential primary election on April 2, 2024 in the...
View ArticleNYC broker fee bill set for Council committee hearing on Wednesday
City Councilmember Chi Ossé addresses tenants and housing activists during a protest at Hunter College where a vote took place to raise rent for roughly 2 million New Yorkers in New Yorkon June 21,...
View ArticleWhat makes a good queer hair salon? In Brooklyn, a battle over what’s inclusive.
Stylist Ashton Wells cuts Max Adler's hair.A wave of new hairdressers is catering to the queer community. Not everyone agrees on how to do that. [ more › ]
View Article3 shot and killed in Queens and Bronx over the weekend, including brothers,...
Police vehicles parked outside a courthouse.Two of the people, brothers, died in an apparent murder-suicide, according to officials. [ more › ]
View ArticleEarly Addition: Car dealership association is throwing Hochul a fundraiser...
Because that's $15 you could put towards a new Nissan, here are your early links: West Village homeowners vs. 5G towers, Zoomer plumbers are cool, rodent men are in and more. [ more › ]
View Article1 week, 633,000 applications for Section 8 in NYC. What comes next?
According to NYCHA, 200,000 applications will be randomly selected later this summer to join the waitlist for the housing voucher.NYCHA aims to randomly select 200,000 applicants to put on the Section...
View ArticleGov. Hochul says critics of congestion pricing pause lack ‘imagination’ on...
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference in the Bronx about maternal health initiatives on June 10, 2024.With state lawmakers done with their legislative session for the year, it remains unclear...
View ArticleExtra Extra: Albany is making it slightly easier to get popular restaurant...
Because it'll still be hard, but whatever, just go somewhere else, here are your afternoon links: City Hall bathrooms, "The Outsiders" fight scene, Telletubbies on the NYC Ferry and more. [ more › ]
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in fatal fentanyl poisoning of 1-year-old at Bronx daycare,...
Police found three young children unresponsive at the daycare in this building on Morris Avenue,The husband of the owner of the Bronx daycare pleaded guilty to the federal charges on Monday. [ more › ]
View ArticleWatch out, scofflaws: New license plate readers are coming to Staten Island...
A permanent license plate reader that will be installed at the Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing, photographed in Staten Island on June 10, 2024.The Port Authority says it will expand the use of...
View ArticleRegents exams may no longer be required for New York students to graduate
Regents exams have been a rite of passage for high school students for more than 100 years.The state released recommendations Monday to create more ways to demonstrate proficiency in various subjects....
View Article‘Behind the 8-ball’: MTA chair says agency will ‘shrink’ improvements after...
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks to the media.Janno Lieber still vowed moving forward “if and when” tolling is approved. [ more › ]
View ArticleBusinessman testifies: NJ Sen. Menendez said he 'saved your little a--' after...
Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez depart a Manhattan court following an arraignment on March 11, 2024. The trial is ongoing.Jose Uribe, who has admitted to bribing the senator, says...
View ArticleJames Beard Foundation announces Best Chef in New York
Charlie Mitchell of Clover HillNew York was iced out of many major categories this year. [ more › ]
View ArticleNYC subway delays rising, equipment failing as Gov. Hochul nixes congestion...
Crowded subway platforms like this one sparked state lawmakers to sign off on congestion pricing in 2019.The money was supposed to help modernize the subway. [ more › ]
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