Tenant groups intervene to save Mamdani's rent freeze after landlord challenge
Tenant advocates and nonprofit lawyers have filed motions opposing a landlord lawsuit against the city’s Rent Guidelines Board.
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NYC pedicab bill looks to pump the brakes on rides that can cost tourists $1K
The City Council legislation would move regulation to the Taxi and Limousine Commission and require meters after 172 complaints last year.
Advocates say Mayor Mamdani's NYPD isn't curbing broken-windows policing
The mayor has backed off calls to defund the police. Advocates say the NYPD under Mamdani and Commissioner Jessica Tisch is still focusing too much on low-level crimes.
The long battle over Elizabeth Street Garden is over. Mamdani touts new housing plan.
Developers have dropped their lawsuit against the city for changing course on a relatively small housing proposal that came to symbolize a larger fight over development.
If Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal court, here’s what lawyers say may happen next
The possible plea agreement comes just weeks before Mangione is expected to stand trial in state court.
Gov. Hochul says NYS will help provide lawyers to unaided migrant children
The state will help close a funding gap created when the Trump administration let a legal services contract lapse.
2 Brooklyn men indicted in Coney Island mass shooting that wounded 8
Prosecutors say one man opened fire on a Fourth of July barbecue and the other helped clear his jammed gun.
Is 'woke' a joke? AOC sparks debate among NYC progressives about liberal excess.
Prominent progressives have a new humorous shorthand as they distance themselves from unpopular left-wing policies.
Cyclists to Mamdani: Electric Citi Bikes are way too expensive
Street safety advocates say lowering the cost of riding zippy two-wheelers would align with the mayor
Manhattan residents who tasted NYC's trash revolution want their street bins back
A Council bill would force the sanitation department to let small buildings band together to swap parking spots for the type of on-street trash containers the sanitation department is putting in front of lar...
A burst of enthusiasm over Sunnyside Yard Queens project, followed by yawning silence
Mamdani says that the sprawling proposed housing development remains a topic of conversation.
Parks worker helped 10-year-old light firework that blew off her fingers, NYPD says
The employee has been charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Early Addition: The Queens home intruder who plopped on the couch and looked at her phone
Because sometimes you just have to check your notifications, here are your early links: Storefront in the Bronx caught fire last night, a hairy marketing campaign rolls through lower Manhattan, construction...
Early Addition: Survey says NYC's DSA is 60% white
Because 60% of survey respondents in an internal survey identified as white and 12% said Jewish, here are your early links: Sam Schwartz
16-year-old Bronx teen who was fatally shot may have been handling a gun that mistakenly fired
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.Gothamist Listen LiveDonate News16-year-old Bronx teen who was fatally shot may have been handling a gun that mistakenly firedBy Brittany KriegsteinPublished Aug 11,...
Sharp drop in NYC schools’ reading tests leaves some questioning results of state exams
The state tests are a key metric educators use to determine whether literacy reforms are working.
NY's recycling data is a dumpster fire, according to state comptroller report
An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of Department of Environmental Conservation
Why we still adore NYC's very own Spider-Man 'schmuck' after a bajillion movies
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.Gothamist Listen LiveDonate NewsWhy we still adore NYC's very own Spider-Man 'schmuck' after a bajillion moviesBy Elizabeth Shwe and Sean CarlsonPublished Aug 11, 20...
Juror identities will be protected at Luigi Mangione’s upcoming NYC trial, judge says
He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the killing of a health insurance executive.
Harlem residents fight affordable housing project that would displace healthcare center
Residents say the current fight is not a case of NIMBYism, but rather an effort to preserve a healthcare center that serves low-income and uninsured patients.
Teen drowns at Rockaway Beach after lifeguards clear their shifts for the day
Lifeguards had finished work at 6 p.m. but had remained at their station houses nearby because the city’s heat emergency plan was active on Sunday.
NYC immigrant whose ICE detention drew criticism in high places gets asylum
The Venezuelan immigrant reported back to work at his City Council analyst job on Monday.
NYC ghost gun seizures remain below their recent peak
Police have seized 199 ghost guns through Aug. 10, as the NYPD points to new laws and enforcement efforts.
DA says Manhattan housing specialist stole thousands from people in homeless shelter
The indictment charges the housing specialist with several crimes, including identity theft.