Self-storage giant Extra Space must pay back NYC users for rat-infested units, price hikes

Extra Space, one of the largest self-storage companies in the country, will pay a $1. 7 million fine tied to a city inquiry into its…

Extra Extra: Hot market for pieces of trash collected outside Taylor Swift’s wedding

Because an artist went around MSG with a trash grabber and collected the goods, here are your afternoon links: Don't put a Needoh in the…

ICE Finds New Justification for Immigration Courthouse Arrests, Despite Court Orders

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested at least five people inside New York City immigration courts in recent weeks, despite two federal court orders banning…

What a welcome to NYC: Hampton Inn guests scramble as neighboring tower goes wobbly

Davi Fonseca and his parents, visiting NYC to watch Brazil in the World Cup, found themselves with an unexpected wake-up call to evacuate their Hampton…

Kalshi appeals after federal judge sides with New York gambling regulators

An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site A federal judge denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have shielded them from…

Turkey’s state repression ignored at NATO summit

Opinion: What We Owe Older LGBTQ+ New Yorkers

"Effective aging policy must recognize that LGBTQ+ older adults often enter later life with different experiences, support systems, and challenges than many of their peers."…

Maine Senate Race: What happens now?

As Mamdani Focuses on Childcare, Some Experts Question His K-12 Priorities

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In his first six months in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has…

New York City’s trash is causing a stink in this upstate town

Seneca Meadows landfill Residents and businesses near the state’s largest landfill contemplate moving as the landfill continues to operate more than five years past its…

Early Addition: PopUp Bagels can’t stop popping with nationwide expansion

Because there are franchise deals for 300 more, here are your early links: Midtown "snafu," AI-generated Hochul in a Blakeman ad, stoop is beach and…

“Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War”: Filmmaker Julia Steers on UAE Backing RSF Atrocities

A new investigation has uncovered how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supports a secret network of military training camps for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan & Considers F-35 Sales

Trump announced on Tuesday at the NATO summit in Ankara that he would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey and is considering selling the country F-35…

As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine?

Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has yet to drop out of the race despite losing all major endorsements after a rape allegation by an…

If ICE Detains Their Parents, This East Harlem ‘Madrina’ Will Step In

Since Trump returned to office in 2025, hundreds of immigrant families in the city have completed standby guardian designation forms—to ensure their children have an…

What could the near collapse of a Midtown building do to NYC’s office-to-apartment craze?

City officials said the former Pfizer headquarters that was being converted into residential apartments is at risk of collapse. Thousands of new apartments are located…

Shark scares surge at NYC beaches, sidelining swimmers on sizzling sand

Frustrated beachgoers have been banned from swimming at the Rockaways 23 times this summer. City beaches have been closed 23 times this summer because of…

Midtown neighborhood spent a day in limbo as structural emergency shut down blocks

The former Pfizer headquarters building is seen on July 07, 2026 in New York City. Construction workers working on the former pharmaceutical company building, a…

Lawmakers Push for Action Over Stolen SNAP Benefits

Local lawmakers called for the city and state to compensate hungry New Yorkers who have had their SNAP benefits stolen after an article in The…

Brooklyn Man Exonerated After 25 Years Says NYPD Framed Him for Murder

Brian Kendall was 16 when Brooklyn detectives arrested him for a fatal shooting outside a Flatbush video game parlor, despite eyewitnesses describing an older, heavier…