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

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"…