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 › ]

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 › ]

Crime is mostly down in NYC, but the NYPD’s 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 › ]

ICE 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 boy’s…

NYC Hotels Missed Promised World Cup Boom, While Sports Bars Cashed In

Situated in prime Midtown locations near Grand Central, the boutique Fitzpatrick hotels were perfectly positioned to take advantage of a surge of tourists flooding into…

Can They Do That? Council Sets Vote on $10k Perk for Paraprofessionals

The City Council will vote this week on a bill to boost underpaid para-professionals in the city school system with a $10,000 payment that’s separate…

Safety netting installed on buckling NYC building as crews shore up tower

The city ordered safety netting to be installed on the side of a buckling building in Midtown. The city buildings commissioner said the netting was…

NYC to babysit 500 kids for ‘Parents’ Night Out’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks and cuts the ribbon at the opening of the new Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in Brooklyn. Registration…

Trump’s plan to turn NJ warehouse into an ICE detention center is back on

People protest against the planned project of converting a warehouse into an ICE detention center in Roxbury, New Jersey The Trump administration last month said…

NJ electric bills have been spiking, but $25 worth of relief is on the way

The one-time credits aim to bring short-term relief, with long-term solutions meant to play out over years. [ more › ]

Brooklyn’s busiest bus route may finally get a boost. Commuters have waited decades.

Buses on Utica Avenue are constantly stuck in traffic. A redesign floated by the city and MTA could change that. Utica Avenue's buses are so…

Jersey City mayor’s proposed budget combines contentious 15.5% tax hike with $58M in cuts

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon released his proposed budget this week. Mayor James Solomon released his official spending plan after weeks of fractious debate over…

One man killed, two people injured in Harlem shooting, NYPD says

A basketball court in Harlem where police say a shooter killed one man and injured 2 others. As of Saturday morning, no arrests had been…

NY AG says Cash App exposed vulnerable users to ‘rampant fraud’

Under a new settlement, Cash App's parent company will pay millions of dollars to NY, NJ and other states. [ more › ]

Can DSA really build socialism in the United States?

LISTEN: The Subway Vigilante Who Never Left

“Would they cheer so loudly if it was a white kid shot? I don’t think so. Would he have shot four white kids? I don’t…

NYC piloting silent, electric batteries for food carts around Queens park

William Arevalo is one of the first participants in the city's electric battery pilot program for food carts. Two vendors at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park are…

The rise and fall of FOIA

Man pleads not guilty to shooting 8 people, including 4 kids, at July 4 Coney Island BBQ

Surf Avenue and West 30th Street in Coney Island All eight are expected to survive. [ more › ]

Just 3 Black students admitted to NYC’s elite Stuyvesant High School, data shows

An advocate said the woeful diversity data felt like "Groundhog Day.” [ more › ]