Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani (left) and Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo feud over their mayoral qualifications, particularly when it comes to affordability. ( Photo: @zohrankmamdani and @andrewcuomo on Instagram) Cuomo tries fighting Mamdani at his own housing game Andrew Cuomo’s once relatively unplugged mayoral campaign has done quite the 180, as the former governor has taken to social... Voices 18 Aug 2025 | 10:19
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing to pass a constitutional amendment to allow the state to redistrict in order to fight back against aggressive gerrymandering tactics that are underway in Texas. ( Photo: Governor Kathy Hochul Flickr) NYS’s Nonpartisan Mapping Process Makes Fight Against Texas Tougher New York has used an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to draw congressional and legislative lines since 2014, when... Voices 10 Aug 2025 | 03:23
Analiz Cruz, an Auxiliary Police Officer, with another NYPD officer proudly running their booth at Precinct 10’s National Night Out in Chelsea. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) A Summer Night spent with 10th Precinct and Chelsea Community The NYPD celebrated their annual National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, Aug. 5, connecting with community members across... News 06 Aug 2025 | 02:13
Photo from the summer of 2023, when Canadian wildfires sent NYC into a haze, though this week’s advisory is not expected to reach the same levels. ( Photo: @ESB Daily on TikTok) NYC enters an air-quality health advisory As of Monday, Aug. 4, New York has entered an air-quality advisory due to 744 active wildfires raging in Canada. The Department... News 04 Aug 2025 | 04:25
The town of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, eight miles from NYC was the epicenter of Saturday’s 3.0-magnitude earthquake, but the tremors were felt in Manhattan and beyond. ( Photo: Google Maps) NJ/NY Metro Area hit with 3.0-Magnitude Earthquake The New York metropolitan area was struck by a 3.0-magnitude earthquake Saturday evening, its tremors felt throughout parts... News 04 Aug 2025 | 02:19
A poster on X shows rain pouring onto a Metro North train inside Grand Central on July 31. ( Photo: X @chantalmclaugh) Another Day, Another Round of Dizzying Delays on Subways, Trains, and Roadways Subway chaos erupted for a second day on July 31 as thousands of morning commuters were left waiting, hot, sticky, and frustrated... News 01 Aug 2025 | 01:58
Canal Street Station. Various subway lines suffered either delays, reroutes, or cancelations on July 29 due to the impacts of extreme heat on the outdated infrastructure. Many of the problems were traced to a single tripped breaker in a West 4th St. Station which had a ripple effect on trains across the city. ( Photo: Otto Fritton) Chaos on Morning Commute Due to Subway Delays Caused by Extreme Heat, Outdated System Corporate New Yorkers headed to their jobs Tuesday morning, July 29, still shaken from Monday’s horrific Midtown shooting.... News 29 Jul 2025 | 05:52
Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the National Black Theater Festival in 2007. He attended the Professional Children’s School, a high school on the UWS. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Sean Coon) Mourning the Loss of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a beloved actor Who Attended H.S. on UWS Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the beloved actor who rose to fame as Theodore Huxtable on the hit sitcom The Cosby Show, died on Sunday,... News 28 Jul 2025 | 04:50
Biker handcuffed and arrested in Central Park back in May, right after the NYPD started cracking down on cyclists. Police had no info on what prompted the handcuffing, although some posters on a subreddit site where the photo appeared said the biker was later uncuffed. ( Photo: r/NYCbike) NYPD Issued Nearly 6,000 Criminal Summonses to Bikers in Qtr–but Most Get Dismissed The number of criminal summonses handed out to bikers in the latest quarter of 2025 has surged by 10 times the number handed... News 25 Jul 2025 | 05:12
Borough President Mark Levine and got2gonyc founder Teddy Siegel (shown in mirror) review a subway bathroom. ( Photo: got2gonyc on TikTok) New Council Law Plans to Double Number of Public Restrooms Across City When you gotta go, you gotta go, and this is something the City Council doesn’t take lightly. On July 12, major strides were... News 24 Jul 2025 | 10:48
First responders search the Hudson River for missing woman off Pier 34 on July 15. ( Photo: Citizen) Two Men Jump into Hudson to Try to Save Woman, Who is Still Missing Two men were pulled from the Hudson River on the morning of Tuesday, July 15. According to police officials and witnesses,... News 17 Jul 2025 | 01:27
Councilwoman Gale Brewer, prime sponsor of Local Law 93, the water fountain bill, which will add 50 public water fountains in city parks, but it has a very long lead time. ( Photo: City Council Media Unit) 50 New Water Fountains in Public Parks will Have Spigots to Refill Water Bottles for 1st Time New water fountains to be installed near the entrance of 50 public parks across the city will be required to contain both... News 17 Jul 2025 | 01:18
Maya Haddad (left) is helping with a countersuit against banks filed by Ping “Penny” Cheung (right), a native of Guangzhou, China, who is fighting to hold on to her two Chinatown buildings. ( Photo: Maya Haddad) Owner Battles Banks Trying to Foreclose on Her 2 Chinatown Buildings Ping Cheung, known as Penny to her friends and neighbors, is a Chinatown resident and proprietor. She grew up in Guangzhou,... News 11 Jul 2025 | 08:44
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral primary based in large part on campaign promises tied to the cost of living, which voters say is their top issue even ahead of public safety. ( Photo: Madison Stewart, Zohran for New York City ) Mamdani Tops First Poll in Five-Person Sprint to November Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani officially won the Democratic primary as of July 1 after the third round of ranked-choice voting,... News 07 Jul 2025 | 02:01
Protesters gather outside the RGB meeting at El Museo del Barrio, advocating for a rent freeze on June 30. ( Photo: @housingjustice4all on Instagram) Rent Board okays hikes by 3% on one-year stabilized leases and 4.5% for two-year leases Just a week after the NYC primary, a race largely dictated by the issue of affordable living, the Rent Guidelines Board voted... News 01 Jul 2025 | 04:54
Towering Hotel at Rockefeller Center Nears Completion