Landlords can buy their way out of NYC’s climate law starting this week
Buildings are the biggest source of carbon emissions in the city. As a candidate, Mayor Zohran Mamdani had pledged to close loopholes in Local Law…
Read full article βπ Filter by date
Showing 2064 news items from New York City
Rape survivor services warn of New York state funding crunch
Dozens of organizations received notice in recent weeks that grants from the Office of Victims Services are coming in lower than expected or have been…
Read full article β
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 17-24
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. The post NYC…
Read full article β
Early Addition: What if your $5 million condo is directly above an allegedly noisy public bathroom?
Because it happened in Brooklyn Bridge Park, here are your early links: Elizabeth Street Garden party, New York Harbor boating woes, some people really hate…
Read full article β
Goodbye, food pantry line: Newark’s fight against hunger looks more like a grocery store
United Community Corporationβs executive director Craig Mainor (right) and City Councilmember Anibal Ramos walk through the newly opened grocery store-style food pantry in Newarkβs West…
Read full article β
A judge said Queens prosecutors hid evidence. A secret committee cleared them anyway.
George Bell embraces his family after walking out of prison in 2021. George Bell served 24 years in prison before one of the city's highest-profile…
Read full article βInside NYCβs K-Shaped Economy: A Few Do Well, Most Do Not
Millionaires who captured more than half of all of New York Cityβs income growth since the pandemic. A poverty rate that keeps climbing and is…
Read full article βActivistβs Case Against NYPD Survives Challenge, Alleges Leak of Sex Assault Details
A federal judge has allowed the lawsuit of a prominent NYPD critic who alleges police officials leaked details of her sexual assault to move forward,…
Read full article β
NYPD officers fatally shoot man armed with butcherβs knife on Lower East Side, police say
Police say the man advanced toward officers with the knife after they responded to reports of an assault. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article β
Another Long Island street takeover ends in arrests and impounded cars
Police said drivers performed donuts and burnouts on Sawgrass Drive. Police say they tracked the group before intercepting it in Medford. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article β
Family says stray voltage may have contributed to fatal Central Park carriage crash
A vigil was set up for Romanch Mahajan next to Central Park's Cherry Hill Fountain on July 27. The family of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan is…
Read full article β
Congestion pricing hasnβt changed much about NYCβs air quality, city report finds
A view of traffic signs after congestion pricing began in New York. The report is the latest to examine the effects of congestion pricing. […
Read full article β
Bike theft season is in full swing. Hereβs how to keep bike nabbers at bay.
Summer nights are prime time for bike thieves [ more βΊ ]
Read full article β
Gay bathhouses could return to NYC. But opening one wonβt be easy.
A sign at the Continental Baths in Manhattan in 1972. Lawmakers want to lift a 40-year-old ban. Then comes the red tape. [ more βΊ…
Read full article β
64-year-old man dies in police custody after medical emergency, NYPD says
Police said the man began to experience a life-threatening medical emergency shortly after being taken into custody and rejecting medical assistance. Police said an internal…
Read full article β
Man charged with hate crimes after disrupting Shabbat at NYC Central Synagogue
New York Central Synagogue on Lexington Avenue Public officials condemned the incident and says people should be allowed to worship in peace. [ more βΊ…
Read full article β
National Grid seeks to freeze rates, but watchdogs say the move is a hike in disguise
Watchdogs are skeptical of National Grid's motive for a rate freeze. The utility says its proposal is intended to address affordability for its customers. […
Read full article β
NYPD to swarm upper Manhattan, aiming to head off a ‘Dyckman Takeover’
Dyckman Street subway subway station Last Sunday's crowd caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and vehicle damage, officials say. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article β
A tussle over driver’s license data that could affect NY, NJ commutes
Wary of immigration enforcement, states are looking to shield commercial drivers' data from the feds. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article βLISTEN: Sam Roberts Digs Into the Art of the Obit
βWhat youβre looking forβ¦ is the personβs soul, the essence, what their perspective on the world was, as well as what people thought of them…
Read full article β