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Campos Plaza II is getting renovations

NYCHA closes on financing for $92.5 million East Village apartment renovations

Posted on February 9, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about extreme cold in New York

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor steels city for Arctic temperatures as New York sees coldest night of winter

Posted on February 8, 2026

City Council Speaker Julie Menin points to language in a report about 9/11 air quality

Health

‘Shameful’ secrets: City Council leaders, firefighters demand to know why City Hall hid post-9/11 air quality reports for 25 years

Posted on February 5, 2026

Mayor Mamdani in a suit at a podium

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor makes key appointments, continues to respond to deadly cold

Posted on February 1, 2026

ICE agent at Federal Plaza in New York

Hochul moves to ban ICE from deputizing New York police, calls it a move to stop Trump ‘tyranny’

Posted on January 30, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking with sanitation workers

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor’s latest executive order requires agencies to designate ‘Chief Savings Officers’ to eliminate waste

Posted on January 29, 2026

queens lawmaker speaks against Uber and Lyft driver deactivation

‘Unfair deactivation’ ban bill designed to protect NYC rideshare drivers gets new life in City Council after Adams’ veto

Posted on January 28, 2026

Mayor Mamdani speaking about winter storm response

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

WINTER STORM: How’d he do? Experts weigh on Mamdani’s first blizzard response as NYC mayor

Posted on January 26, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani with team prepping for winter storm

Politics

WINTER STORM: Mamdani will need to avoid snowy pitfalls of predecessors in his first real test as mayor

Posted on January 24, 2026

Subway rider uses new fare gates at 6 train station to stop fare evasion

Fare evasion: What do New Yorkers think of the latest fare gate model that the MTA is testing out on the 6 line?

Posted on January 23, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani cuts ribbon with people smiling

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor announces opening of youth clinics, defends Mahmoud Khalil amid deportation threat

Posted on January 22, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and members of government announce crackdown on junk fees

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor takes on hotel ‘junk fees,’ condemns antisemitism in Brooklyn

Posted on January 21, 2026

Metropolitan Museum of Art exterior

Labor

Metropolitan Museum of Art employees unionize, citing heavy workloads and pay equity concerns

Posted on January 20, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani says he is ‘in support of abolishing ICE’ during appearance on ‘The View’

Posted on January 20, 2026

man smiling while wearing a suit

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor appoints new Parks Commissioner, affirms NYC’s sanctuary status amid immigration crackdown

Posted on January 18, 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul (centrer) with Mayor Zohran Mamdani (right) and MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber (left) at a press conferencing celebrating the one-year anniversary of congestion pricing. Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Running at breakneck speed, Mamdani and Hochul mark two weeks as partners in government

Posted on January 14, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiling while holding signed paper with other elected officials

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor pledges to expand public bathroom access, complete stalled Madison Avenue bus lane

Posted on January 11, 2026

Mayor Mamdani introduces HPD commissioner

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: New mayor appoints Housing Commissioner, goes after ‘rental ripoffs’

Posted on January 4, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdan sworn in by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at inauguration

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Mamdani inauguration: Common democratic socialist themes trumpeted by slate of ceremony speakers

Posted on January 2, 2026

Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul holding hands

Politics

Mamdani transition: Will Albany be a roadblock or a partner in fulfilling Mayor-elect’s affordability agenda?

Posted on November 13, 2025

Republican NYC mayor nominee Curtis Sliwa smiling

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Sliwa says ‘vote, vote, vote’ across Big Apple on Election Day in last-ditch appeal to voters

Posted on November 4, 2025

man zohran mamdani speaking at podium on education reform

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: As Mamdani eyes spending controls at NYC public schools, here’s where the money could be going

Posted on October 29, 2025

early voting participants in Manhattan

Politics

EARLY VOTING: More than 160,000 New Yorkers cast ballots in NYC Mayor’s Race this weekend, setting a record pace

Posted on October 26, 2025

NYC mayor's race candidates curtis sliwa, zohran mamdani and andrew cuomo

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Where things stand between Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa with less than 2 weeks remaining in campaign

Posted on October 22, 2025

Capitol flash bang photo during Jan. 6 riot

Politics

Pardoned Jan. 6 Capitol rioter arrested for threatening to kill Brooklyn rep and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries

Posted on October 21, 2025

three candidates for NYC Mayor mamdani cuomo and sliwa

Politics

Sunday in the NYC Mayor’s race: Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa pack their schedules with TV appearances, town halls, and soccer tournaments

Posted on October 19, 2025

NYC Mayor's Race headshots Cuomo Mamdani Sliwa

2025 Mayor’s Race

Sunday in the NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo gets faith leader endorsements, Mamdani takes heat for foreign contributions

Posted on October 12, 2025

Hands holding a wallet with a small amount of US dollars, close up

Politics

New York State unemployment benefit rate increase goes into effect, marking first raise since 2019

Posted on October 8, 2025

Mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa.

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Candidates mark two years since Oct. 7 attacks on Israel

Posted on October 7, 2025

NYC Mayor's Race candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa

2025 Mayor’s Race

Sunday in the NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani and Cuomo head to church, Sliwa pounds the pavement

Posted on October 5, 2025

EMS members tend to injured journalist L. Vural Elibol after an ICE agent apparently shoved him hard to the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 30, 2025.

‘A fresh wave of violence’: NYC pols condemn ICE assault of amNewYork journalist, alleged assault of another

Posted on September 30, 2025

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Mayor's race speaking at press conference

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa charge ahead after Eric Adams bows out of contest

Posted on September 28, 2025

four NYC mayor's race candidates mamdani cuomo adams sliwa

2025 Mayor’s Race

Sunday in the NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani’s ‘Big Canvass,’ Cuomo’s tough talk on Trump at church, and more

Posted on September 21, 2025

An officer in the Quality of Life division patrols Coney Island.

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Where do the candidates stand on improving the city’s quality of life?

Posted on September 11, 2025

Man in a suit presents in front of a big screen, sitting at a table with a microphone

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo presents plan on affordability, painting Mamdani’s pitch as irresponsible and unrealistic

Posted on August 7, 2025

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: How each candidate plans to approach policing and crime

Posted on August 7, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Adams will provide mandated funding for free homeowner trash bins amid conflict with City Council

Posted on August 6, 2025

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

Posted on August 4, 2025

(left to right) Zohran Mamdani, DC37 Executive Director Henry Garrido, and Senator Elizabeth Warren

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Elizabeth Warren campaigns with Mamdani in NYC, calling for universal childcare at DC37 union headquarters

Posted on August 4, 2025

man with beard and suit and tie speaking into tv news microphones Zohran Mamdani

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani leads with Jewish voters in new poll, but most worry his vision for NYC would make them less safe

Posted on August 1, 2025

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the project design kickoff for the Interborough Express in Brooklyn on Friday.

Brooklyn

Interborough Express: Gov. Hochul kicks off project design for long-awaited Brooklyn-Queens IBX

Posted on August 1, 2025

Brooklyn restaurant

EXCLUSIVE: Why did NYC Department of Education spend $745,000 at a single Brooklyn restaurant last fiscal year?

Posted on August 1, 2025

People holding purple union signs behind man in black suit at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: A September surprise? Key voting date could be the day one of Mamdani’s moderate challengers drops out – or not

Posted on July 31, 2025

Man in a suit speaks at a podium next to a woman in a blue dress in front of a red curtain and next to a table of panelists.

Politics

Upper East Side antisemitism town hall zeroes in on anti-Israel sentiment, hate crimes, and universities

Posted on July 30, 2025

man with beard and suit Mamdani speaking at podium with microphones in front of him

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: New poll finds Mamdani’s support for Palestinian rights and criticism of Israel helped him win primary

Posted on July 29, 2025

woman smiling with blond hair wesley lepatner victim of mass shooting

Midtown Manhattan

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Wesley LePatner, Blackstone executive and leader in Jewish community, killed in attack

Posted on July 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch address the press on July 28, 2025 about the Midtown mass shooting.

Midtown Manhattan

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Gunman ‘blamed the NFL,’ intended to target league headquarters, Mayor Adams says

Posted on July 29, 2025

group of people holding signs on steps of a building

2025 Mayor’s Race

Transport Workers Union threatens to sue GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa over ‘defamatory’ horse abuse comments

Posted on July 28, 2025

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More from around NYC

Left to right: Hon. Norman St. George, Justice Kim Adair Wilson, Hon. Patsy Goldbourne, and attorney Joey Jackson at the Bronx Supreme Court's Black History month celebration.

Judges, attorneys gather at Bronx Supreme Court to honor Black History Month

A young boy was fatally struck by the driver of an SUV in front of his parents at an indoor parking garage at the Park City Estates in Rego Park on Feb. 7.

SUV driver fatally strikes 1-year-old boy at City Park Estates complex in Rego Park: NYPD

‘An answered prayer’: Officials celebrate opening of Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush

The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.”

The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages