Lindsey Graham: A legacy of “imperial hubris”

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…

NY Opens Section 8 Waitlists for Dozens of Buildings This Week: Here’s What You Need to Know

New York State’s Department of Housing and Community Renewal last opened its Project-Based Section 8 waitlist in 2021. The lists, which will close again on…

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…

West Bank settlers target U.S. journalists, Rep. Khanna

‘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…

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…

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…

Blistering heat descends on NYC again: ‘This is gonna be a problem’

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…

Jeremy Scahill: The U.S. is covering up defeats in Iran war

LISTEN: Mamdani’s ‘Mapgate’ Is a Tempest in a Teapot

Some people are always going to have a bad-faith reaction to this mayor… Instead of “look at this online map that he made an error…

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…

‘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 › ]

NYC’s Elite Specialized High Schools Admit Disproportionately Few Black Students

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Of Staten Island Technical High School’s nearly 300 offers, just one went to a…

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"…

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.…

U.S. Plans “Illegal Embassy” in Jerusalem on Land Stolen from Palestinian Families: Rashid Khalidi

The United States and Israel earlier this month signed a deal allocating land for a permanent U.S. Embassy in West Jerusalem — years after a…

“Disgraceful”: Rashid Khalidi Slams Israeli Attacks on Journalists, Detention of Rep. Ro Khanna

Armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have carried out a number of attacks in recent days targeting local Palestinians and foreign journalists, as…

Lindsey Graham “Never Met a War of Aggression He Didn’t Passionately Back”: Jeremy Scahill

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the most prominent supporters of war in Washington, has died at the age of 71 after…

“Iran Is Not Going to Capitulate”: Jeremy Scahill on Renewed War, Strait of Hormuz & More

The United States is continuing to bombard Iran amid an intensifying standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said on Sunday the United…