Last Roundup? Council Hearing Set Over Central Park Horse Ban.
The parents of a teenager who tumbled to his death from a breakaway horse carriage in Central Park last month will this week plead with…
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Hochul Temporarily Bans New Data Centers in NY Amid Scrutiny of Climate Impacts
New York will impose a yearlong moratorium on new energy-intensive data centers, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday β the first such ban in the country…
Read full article βFrom The Bronx to the Battery, More Funding for Free Swim Lessons
Thousands more public school students will receive free swim lessons next year under new City Council funding, part of a long-term effort to teach every…
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Mamdani wants to turn an ‘underutilized’ NYPD parking lot into affordable housing
A rendering from the mayor's office shows the proposed mixed-use development that would replace the East Village parking lot with 131 affordable homes, a senior…
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NY Opens Section 8 Waitlists for Dozens of Buildings This Week: Hereβs What You Need to Know
New York Stateβs Department of Housing and Community Renewal last opened its Project-Based Section 8 waitlist in 2021. The lists, which will close again on…
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After fears of collapse in Midtown, developer eyes next office conversion project
One Whitehall Street in Manhattan Developer MetroLoft closed on another office building just days before a structural failure halted construction at its project on East…
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‘It makes no sense’: NJ Gov. Sherrill blasts Trump reversal on Roxbury ICE detention center
Gov. Mikie Sherrill delivers remarks at her election night watch party in November, 2025. The DHS says it may still convert a North Jersey warehouse…
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Gov. Hochul presses feds for answers about ICE expansion in New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul rallies with immigration advocates and 1199SEIU members The governor sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin following reports of expansions…
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Mayor Mamdani sticks with adviser Morris Katz after implosion of Platner campaign
Morris Katz is a top adviser to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The young political consultant played a critical role in helping Mamdani create his singular digital…
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Blistering heat descends on NYC again: βThis is gonna be a problemβ
New Yorkers gather on 42nd Street near Times Square to see the "Manhattanhenge" solar spectacle on July 12, 2026. The National Weather Service has issued…
Read full article βLISTEN: Mamdaniβs βMapgateβ Is a Tempest in a Teapot
Some people are always going to have a bad-faith reaction to this mayorβ¦ Instead of βlook at this online map that he made an error…
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NYC Housing Calendar, July 13-20
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…
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‘Tattoo artists at war’: How New York City innovation (and drama) made the modern tattoo
With thanks to Edison, mariners, Barnum and the Bowery. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article βNYCβs Elite Specialized High Schools Admit Disproportionately Few Black Students
This story wasΒ originally publishedΒ by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters atΒ ckbe.at/newsletters. Of Staten Island Technical High Schoolβs nearly 300 offers, just one went to a…
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Early Addition: Is it time NYC finally allows booze sales within 200 feet of schools?
Because some business groups say yes, here are your early links: The frozen yogurt stuff is really popping, water has long been popping, "Jurassic Park"…
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Chaos and confusion at Jay-Z finale after lockdown strands crowd outside Yankee Stadium
An overall view of Yankee Stadium after the game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on July 3, 2026 in New York, New York.…
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New York City has the best stories. Read about them in these new books.
Seven books from 2026 with the city at their heart. [ more βΊ ]
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In the city of immigrants, the World Cup has given many New Yorkers a welcome respite
Some say the matches have been a welcome distraction from anxieties over immigration and cultural identity. [ more βΊ ]
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Crime is mostly down in NYC, but the NYPDβs audited stats often change the picture
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Mayors and commissioners often tout crime numbers that later get revised. [ more βΊ ]
Read full article βICE Held a Minor in Adult Detention for Nearly Two Months, Attorneys Allege
ICE has been holding a child in an ICE detention center meant for adults for nearly two months due to a clerical error, the boyβs…
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