Special education in NYC preschools gets a boost under Mayor Mamdani

Mayor Mamdani has made early childhood education a focus of his administration. The city is launching programs for a total of 250 preschoolers with autism…

26-year-old Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero killed in Maine

Alcalde Mamdani lanza canal en WhatsApp en español

La ciudad de Nueva York está ampliando sus canales de comunicación con los residentes hispanohablantes a través del lanzamiento del “Chisme Oficial de NYC”, según…

Buzzy Southern chicken chain Zaxbys making New York debut in Bronx, UES

The location where Zaxbys plans its first Manhattan restaurant is shown along First Avenue near 68th Street. The chain, which has about 1,000 locations in…

New Yorkers Face Rising Electric Bills During ‘Especially Brutal’ Summer: What To Know

Summer’s high temperatures often bring electric bills to match — and this year New Yorkers are feeling the burn. The air conditioners keeping you cool…

Midtown shooting victim sues NYC, says slain NYPD officer failed to protect him

Police work at the scene of a fatal shooting in midtown Manhattan on July 28, 2025 in New York City. The suit is among a…

“Completely Unprecedented”: Ari Berman on Trump’s Attack on Elections Ahead of Midterms

We get an update on elections and voting rights in the United States from Mother Jones's national voting rights correspondent, Ari Berman, who warns of…

Early Addition: Congestion pricing didn’t create a parking frenzy on 61st Street

Because some feared it would, here are your early links: Giglio lifted, Bushwick Inlet getting built up, soft-serve margaritas and more. [ more › ]

“Vote Her Out”: After Maine ICE Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on ICE Funding

The killing of 26-year-old Colombian immigrant Joan Sebastian Guerrero by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine, has put the sparsely populated state back in the national…

NYCHA Can Move Ahead With Chelsea Redevelopment, Court Decides 

After a nearly four-month stall, plans to demolish and rebuild 2,000 public housing apartments in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood are back on again. The post NYCHA…

“Our Community Is Hurting”: ICE Kills 26-Year-Old Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine

Just days after the killing of a Mexican immigrant in Texas, immigration agents fatally shot another immigrant, also driving to work, this time in a…

“They Were Hunting for Latinos”: LULAC CEO on ICE Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston

“They were hunting for Latinos.” Outcry is continuing over the ICE shooting death of 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in a majority-Latino neighborhood in…

PODCAST: ¿Por qué los latinos no saben si su identidad les ayuda o les perjudica en EE. UU.?

Por ejemplo, el 33 por ciento cree que ser hispano perjudica su capacidad de progresar, mientras que el 26 por ciento piensa que la favorece.…

Top tips to avoid a ‘Hot Diarrhea Summer’ amid cyclosporiasis outbreak

Nearly 400 New Yorkers have so far caught a form of food poisoning linked to fresh produce. [ more › ]

Parts of Manhattan to sacrifice 10% of street parking as NYC installs new trash bins

The Upper West and East sides of Manhattan are set to lose thousands of parking spaces as the city begins to containerize residential trash. […

New York to enact nation’s first statewide data center moratorium after Hochul order

The Science, Technology & Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Genesee County is seen in this file photo. State lawmakers passed a similar measure last month,…

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…

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 — the first such ban in the country…

From 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…

Justice Department subpoenas four New York Times journalists