JUN 04 — Crime & Courts
Bragg Indicts 8 in $5M Interstate Cargo-Theft Ring
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced an eight-defendant indictment in a multistate scheme that impersonated shipping carriers to steal nearly $5 million in…
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JUN 04 — Crime & Courts
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced an eight-defendant indictment in a multistate scheme that impersonated shipping carriers to steal nearly $5 million in…
JUN 04 — Sports
New York reached its first NBA Finals in 27 years, then stole Game 1 in San Antonio 105-95 behind 30 points from Jalen Brunson on a 12-game playoff win…
JUN 04 — Transit
Mayor Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn revived the 34th Street busway, a car-restricted corridor between Ninth and Third Avenues serving 28,000 daily…
JUN 04 — Health
NYU Langone bought a 45-acre Melville site for $135.5 million to build a 500-plus-bed academic medical center — the first new hospital on Long Island in more…
JUN 03 — Education
Albany gave NYC two extra years to comply with the 2022 class-size law, pushing full compliance to 2029-30, alongside a UFT deal paying teachers in oversized…
JUN 03 — Politics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani recommended Janette Sadik-Khan and Melanie Hartzog for the MTA board on June 2, 2026, pitching them as votes for faster, fare-free buses…
JUN 03 — Real Estate
Developers racing to start construction by June 30, 2026 can lock in 485-x's longest property-tax breaks — up to 40 years — under the state program that…
JUN 02 — Real Estate
Rabina's 1,002-foot 520 Fifth Avenue has topped out at 88 stories, the tallest mixed-use building on Fifth Avenue, with sales of its 100 condos roughly 70%…
JUN 02 — Sports
The Yankees re-signed Cody Bellinger for five years and $162.5 million in the offseason, but an early-season rib fracture to Aaron Judge has reshaped the AL…
MAY 29 — Culture
Mayor Mamdani's FY2027 executive budget permanently baselines $31.7 million for the city's three library systems, ending the annual 'budget dance' but…
MAY 29 — Real Estate
The 2024 Bronx Metro-North rezoning cleared the way for about 7,000 homes around four new East Bronx stations — but the MTA's Penn Station Access project has…
MAY 29 — Transit
MTA accessibility upgrades at Bronx and Manhattan stations are moving forward again after a roughly two-year, $156 million delay tied to a federal funding…
MAY 28 — Business
NYS Labor data shows NYC private-sector jobs at a record 4.21 million in April with a 5.6% jobless rate, while NYC Tourism projects 66.3 million visitors in…
MAY 28 — Culture
The Broadway League said the 2025–26 season grossed $1.91 billion with 14.6 million in attendance — a new annual record, narrowly topping last season's mark.
MAY 28 — Culture
The 25th Tribeca Festival runs June 3–14 downtown with 118 features, 103 world premieres and an opening-night Questlove documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire.
MAY 28 — Food
Union Square Hospitality Group will open its first full-service Brooklyn restaurant at the historic Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights, a 3,200-square-foot…
MAY 27 — Business
New York-based AI infrastructure startup OpenRouter raised a $113 million Series B led by Alphabet's CapitalG, more than doubling its valuation to about $1.3…
MAY 27 — Politics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's May 26, 2026 housing plan commits $22 billion in capital over five years to build 200,000 affordable homes, preserve 200,000 more, and…
MAY 26 — Business
New York-based AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs closed a $355 million Series C led by General Catalyst and Redpoint, valuing the serverless compute…
MAY 26 — Culture
New York City Ballet's spring season featured a Tiler Peck world premiere with violinist Hilary Hahn, and ended May 24 with Megan Fairchild's farewell after…
MAY 26 — Food
Shaver Hall, a 35,000-square-foot food hall with 11 chef-curated eateries and a Michelin-pedigree omakase, opened June 26 at 424 Fifth Avenue, Amazon's NYC…
MAY 22 — Politics
Comptroller Mark Levine's May 21, 2026 report models five ways AI could reshape NYC's economy and urges the city to nearly double its rainy-day fund to 16%…
MAY 22 — Politics
Speaker Julie Menin introduced a narrowed protest 'buffer zone' bill for K-12 schools in May 2026, weeks after Mayor Mamdani's April 24 veto — his first — of…
MAY 22 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for quinceanera celebrations in 2026 by court-and-family multi-pickup logistics…
MAY 21 — Culture
Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips combined for roughly $1.8 billion in May's New York sales, led by a $181.2M Jackson Pollock and a white-glove Mnuchin…
MAY 21 — Food
Katz's Delicatessen reopened the Ludlow Room, a 68-seat dining space closed to the public since 1949 — when it was converted into the deli's giant walk-in…
MAY 21 — Politics
New York's record-late FY2027 budget extends NYC mayoral control of schools through June 2028 — two years, not the four Mamdani and Hochul sought — and…
MAY 21 — Real Estate
The first 880 affordable apartments at Willets Point Commons opened to residents in May 2026, the leading edge of a 2,500-unit, 100% affordable Queens…
MAY 21 — Transit
The MTA's $368 million project to replace the G line's 1930s signals with modern CBTC will bring more 2026 weekend closures, with full completion now slated…
MAY 20 — Health
State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said mifepristone remains available in New York by telehealth, mail and in person after the Supreme Court left…
MAY 19 — Education
Starting fall 2026, NYC's specialized high school admissions test moves to a computer-adaptive format that adjusts question difficulty in real time as…
MAY 18 — Business
Investment-banking fees rose an average 27% across six major U.S. banks in Q1 2026, with industry M&A revenue at a record $11.3 billion and JPMorgan topping…
MAY 16 — Culture
'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,' the Dutch designer's first North American survey, opens at the Brooklyn Museum with 140-plus couture works through…
MAY 14 — Culture
Frieze New York's 15th edition runs May 13–17 at The Shed in Hudson Yards, with 68 galleries from more than 25 countries and a Focus section curated by Lumi…
MAY 13 — Politics
Mayor Mamdani's $124.7 billion FY2027 executive budget adds $3.2 million and 20 positions to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the city's NYPD oversight…
MAY 13 — Politics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $124.7 billion FY2027 executive budget erases an inherited $12 billion gap without raising property taxes, while funding childcare and…
MAY 13 — Real Estate
Olshan Realty's weekly luxury report shows 133 Manhattan contracts signed at $4 million and up over four weeks through May 10, 2026 — slightly ahead of last…
MAY 12 — Business
New York prediction-market startup Kalshi confirmed a $1 billion round led by Coatue at a $22 billion valuation — the marquee deal in a spring when NYC…
MAY 12 — Culture
The Costume Institute's spring show opened May 10, inaugurating the new Condé M. Nast Galleries and pairing nearly 400 garments and artworks across the human…
MAY 12 — Education
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and Mayor Mamdani announced five new public schools opening this fall in the Bronx and Queens, among them a hip-hop high…
MAY 12 — Sports
Brooklyn's 20-62 tank season produced the third-worst record in the NBA, but the Nets dropped to the sixth pick in the 2026 draft lottery as the Wizards…
MAY 08 — Politics
The Mamdani-majority Rent Guidelines Board voted May 7, 2026 to put a rent freeze within reach for one million stabilized apartments — but left increases on…
MAY 08 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for casino trips in 2026 by long-haul range to Atlantic City, Foxwoods, and Mohegan Sun, group capacity…
MAY 07 — Politics
A City Council bill from Member Crystal Hudson would automatically enroll eligible low-income New Yorkers in Fair Fares using SNAP and Medicaid data — a fix…
MAY 06 — Culture
The 79th Tony Award nominations, announced May 5, put 'The Lost Boys' and 'Schmigadoon!' atop the field with 12 each; the 'Ragtime' revival took 11.
MAY 06 — Transit
The MTA's Brooklyn–Queens light rail is in a two-year design phase, with a draft environmental review due fall 2026 — even as it plans around uncertain…
MAY 04 — Business
CBRE's Q1 2026 figures show Manhattan office availability down to 15.1%, leasing 14% above the five-year average, and prime Midtown vacancy at just 2.9%.
MAY 04 — Food
The Queens Taste food festival returns May 12 to Sound River Studios in Long Island City, with about 50 borough restaurants and bars, organized by the Queens…
APR 30 — Crime & Courts
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton unsealed an indictment charging the sitting governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state and nine other officials with conspiring…
APR 30 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for medical appointment transportation in 2026 by door-to-door reliability, driver-wait hold through an…
APR 30 — Transit
The Gateway Development Commission awarded a $1.29 billion contract to bore the under-river section of the new Hudson rail tunnel, the project's last major…
APR 29 — Culture
Tuan Andrew Nguyen's 'The Light That Shines Through the Universe,' a 27-foot brass homage to the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas, is the fifth High Line Plinth…
APR 29 — Education
The city launched a NYC Reads Curriculum Finder in April 2026, letting families look up the reading topics and materials their school uses under the…
APR 29 — Politics
Carl Wilson won the April 28, 2026 special election for Manhattan's West Side Council District 3 with about 43% of first-choice votes, defeating Mayor…
APR 27 — Health
About one in three NYC 2-year-olds had not completed routine shots as of March 2026, and MMR coverage slipped, prompting a new DOHMH campaign as measles…
APR 22 — Business
Lower Manhattan-based American Express reported Q1 2026 revenue of $18.9 billion, up 11%, with Card Member spending up 10% — its strongest quarterly growth…
APR 22 — Food
Chef Marie-Aude Rose's French restaurant Marcel opened in spring 2026 on the lower level of the Marcel Breuer building at 945 Madison, now Sotheby's…
APR 21 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC hourly (as-directed) car services for 2026 on published hourly rates, minimum-hour terms, wait-time billing, multi-stop competence, and…
APR 20 — Real Estate
SL Green reported an $84.4M Q1 2026 net loss but signed 929,264 square feet of Manhattan office leases — what CEO Marc Holliday called the biggest first…
APR 20 — Sports
The Rangers finished 34-39-9, last in the Eastern Conference, missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a second straight season in Mike Sullivan's debut behind…
APR 18 — Health
The City Council passed a bill on April 17, 2026, requiring the Mamdani administration to report on B-HEARD after an audit found a third of eligible calls…
APR 18 — Sports
The New York Liberty re-signed champions Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones to multi-year deals on April 17, locking up their title core…
APR 18 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for brewery tours in 2026 by multi-stop taproom routing, Sprinter capacity for groups of eight to…
APR 16 — Business
Manhattan-based JPMorgan Chase reported first-quarter 2026 net income of $16.5 billion, up 13%, on record trading and stronger dealmaking — even as CEO Jamie…
APR 15 — Business
Midtown-based Morgan Stanley reported record first-quarter 2026 net revenues of $20.6 billion and EPS of $3.43, powered by record equities trading and $118…
APR 15 — Culture
'Marcel Duchamp' opened at MoMA on April 12, the first North American retrospective of the artist in more than 50 years, running through August 22.
APR 15 — Food
Mayor Mamdani named La Marqueta in East Harlem as the first site for his planned network of five city-owned grocery stores, one per borough, targeted to open…
APR 15 — Real Estate
The City Planning Commission approved a 27-story, roughly 1,000-unit Bjarke Ingels-designed development at 175 Third Street in Gowanus, with about 250…
APR 14 — Business
Lower Manhattan-based Goldman Sachs reported first-quarter 2026 net earnings of $5.63 billion, its second-highest revenue quarter on record, as volatile…
APR 14 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for prom 2026 by multi-borough pickup coordination, parent-update protocols, photo-stop routing across the…
APR 14 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Sweet 16 nights in 2026 by multi-pickup family-and-friend coordination, photo-stop routing across the…
APR 13 — Culture
The shuttered Brooklyn Mirage is being demolished and rebuilt as Pacha New York, with opening-weekend shows by Michael Bibi and Black Coffee set for June…
APR 13 — Sports
The Islanders fired coach Patrick Roy in early April and named Peter DeBoer his replacement, missing the playoffs again even as rookie No.
APR 09 — Real Estate
Manhattan's Q1 2026 quarterly reports show median sale prices up and inventory at a five-year first-quarter low, with apartments selling in about 110 days —…
APR 08 — Real Estate
Scott Rechler's RXR is leading a roughly $500 million recapitalization of 55 Broad Street, joining Silverstein Properties and Metro Loft on the FiDi…
APR 07 — Food
Edgar's Cafe, a no-laptops European-style coffeehouse at 650 Amsterdam Avenue, will close April 30 after 38-plus years, with its owner citing unaffordable…
APR 02 — Business
New York's legal cannabis market has crossed $3.3 billion in cumulative sales with 610 licensed dispensaries open, but in New York City the constraint on new…
APR 02 — Culture
PEN America gave out nearly $350,000 in literary prizes at its 62nd awards March 31 at The Town Hall, with Cannupa Hanska Luger winning the $75,000 Jean…
APR 01 — Crime & Courts
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say Jonathan Spalletta drained Uranium Finance of more than $50 million in 2021 and spent millions on rare collectibles.
MAR 30 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for funeral and memorial transportation in 2026 by procession coordination, family-group Sprinter and…
MAR 30 — Health
The city plans to dispense $48 million in opioid settlement money in FY 2026, with funds flowing to syringe programs, naloxone and overdose prevention…
MAR 29 — Sports
Rick Pitino's St. John's won a second straight Big East Tournament title, beating UConn 72-52, earned a No.
MAR 27 — Sports
NYCFC installed the final steel beam at Etihad Park in Willets Point on March 25, completing the structural frame of New York City's first soccer-specific…
MAR 26 — Politics
At a March 25, 2026 budget hearing, City Council members and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams pressed for more funding as the Mayor's Office of Immigrant…
MAR 26 — Sports
After marathon Manhattan bargaining sessions, the WNBA and its players union ratified a seven-year CBA on March 24, raising the cap to $7 million and…
MAR 24 — Culture
The New Museum reopened March 21 with an OMA-designed addition that doubles its footprint, and an inaugural show of 732 objects by more than 200 contributors.
MAR 23 — Business
Meta opened its first Manhattan flagship, a 15,000-square-foot Meta Lab store at 697 Fifth Avenue, on a 10-year lease with Vornado Realty Trust to showcase…
MAR 23 — Real Estate
Residents of Manhattan's Stanley Isaacs Houses voted to remain in traditional Section 9 public housing rather than join NYCHA's Preservation Trust or the…
MAR 20 — Business
New York City projects 66.3 million visitors in 2026 after tourism generated $84.7 billion in economic impact in 2025, with hotel occupancy and room rates…
MAR 20 — Politics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Renita Francois deputy mayor for community safety on March 19, 2026, and signed an executive order creating a new Mayor's…
MAR 19 — Transit
Starting March 27, the NYPD stops issuing criminal summonses to cyclists and e-bike riders for minor traffic offenses; violations move to the same…
MAR 18 — Crime & Courts
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez moved to vacate Kenneth Windley's 2007 robbery conviction after two other men confessed — the office's only exoneration of 2025 as…
MAR 13 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for a night out in 2026 by hourly as-directed hold across dinner-bar-club legs, late-night reliability…
MAR 12 — Culture
The 82nd Whitney Biennial opened March 8 with 56 artists, duos and collectives, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer. It runs through August 23.
MAR 10 — Business
New York-headquartered Saks Global will shut 12 more Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 3 Neiman Marcus locations as it works through a Chapter 11 filing driven by…
MAR 09 — Food
Two-Michelin-star chef Gabriel Kreuther opened Saverne, an Alsatian-inflected, live-fire brasserie, on March 2 at 531 West 34th Street, at the base of the…
MAR 06 — Education
Hochul and Mamdani are launching free child care for two-year-olds with 2,000 '2-K' seats this fall in four high-need areas, backed by $73 million in state…
MAR 02 — Real Estate
Senior CMBS lenders filed to foreclose on SL Green and RXR's Worldwide Plaza in February 2026 as Extell's Gary Barnett pressed a separate mezzanine…
FEB 24 — Politics
The Mamdani administration restored fines for failing to separate food scraps starting January 1, 2026, issuing 330 noncompliance summonses in the first…
FEB 22 — Health
Roughly 15,000 nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian ended a 41-day strike on Feb.
FEB 20 — Culture
The Metropolitan Opera unveiled a 2026–27 season with five new productions, opening on Verdi's 'Macbeth' and premiering Missy Mazzoli's 'Lincoln in the…
FEB 19 — Politics
CUNY secured a record $25 million in federal fiscal 2026 appropriations for 21 projects across 15 campuses, funding AI and cybersecurity workforce programs…
FEB 17 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for point-to-point car service in 2026 by published flat-rate P2P pricing, no-surge posture, fleet tier…
FEB 15 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for New Year's Eve 2026 by Times Square closure-perimeter routing, midnight-surge avoidance, multi-pickup…
FEB 13 — Health
The city recorded more than 32,000 flu cases in one week in late December — the most since 2005 — and passed 146,000 cases for the season, with four…
FEB 12 — Real Estate
Vornado said 2025 was its busiest Manhattan office-leasing year in over a decade, with the Penn District driving demand, as the landlord projected flat 2026…
FEB 12 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for JFK airport car service in 2026 by flight tracking, meet-and-greet protocol, fixed-rate transparency…
FEB 10 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC graduation limo and group-transport operators for 2026 on group capacity, flat-rate pricing, ceremony-day timing across venues like Radio…
FEB 09 — Crime & Courts
The NYPD published revised POST Act impact-and-use policies on Feb. 4 governing facial recognition and drones, amid a 3,200% jump in drone flights since 2022.
FEB 04 — Food
The City Council on Jan. 29 overrode former Mayor Eric Adams' vetoes of a street-vendor reform package, clearing 2,200 new food-vendor licenses a year…
FEB 02 — Business
Armonk-based IBM reported Q4 2025 revenue of $19.69 billion, up 12% and ahead of forecasts, powered by its z17 mainframe and a generative-AI book now topping…
JAN 30 — Politics
The City Council voted 44-7 on January 29, 2026 to override a veto and enact the Safer Sanctuary Act, barring ICE from operating an office on any Department…
JAN 28 — Crime & Courts
Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain named Nicholas Deml, former head of Vermont's prison system, as the court-appointed remediation manager who will run Rikers…
JAN 24 — Sports
The Mets traded two top prospects to Milwaukee for two-time All-Star Freddy Peralta and signed reliever Devin Williams, remaking the front of their pitching…
JAN 22 — Real Estate
A 330-unit affordable-housing lottery opened at 25 Water Street — the 1,320-apartment SoMA conversion in the Financial District billed as the largest…
JAN 21 — Real Estate
RXR, SL Green and Apollo have started converting the vacant 5 Times Square tower into 1,250 apartments, with 313 permanently affordable — one of the first…
JAN 21 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for group transportation in 2026 by Sprinter and shuttle capacity from 8 to 30 passengers…
JAN 21 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Madison Square Garden car service in 2026 by post-event surge protection, pickup-and-staging logistics…
JAN 20 — Culture
Metropolitan Museum of Art staff voted 542–172 to join UAW Local 2110 in a January NLRB election, organizing conservators, curators, librarians and other…
JAN 17 — Politics
City Council Speaker Julie Menin, the council's first Jewish speaker, unveiled a five-point antisemitism plan in January 2026 — including a contested…
JAN 16 — Crime & Courts
A 71-count indictment accuses Orlando resident Lawrence Destefano of mailing serialized firearms and ghost-gun kits into Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau County.
JAN 08 — Transit
New York City recorded 205 traffic deaths in 2025, the fewest in more than a century of record-keeping, NYC DOT said, down 19 percent from 2024.
JAN 06 — Crime & Courts
NYPD year-end CompStat figures show murders fell from 380 in 2024 to 302 in 2025, with shooting incidents and victims the fewest in the department's recorded…
JAN 03 — Transit
After eight months tracking late-night NYC ground transportation, we ranked nine operators by 24/7 dispatch reliability, surge posture, and post-2AM coverage…
DEC 29 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for anniversary car service in 2026 by chauffeur professionalism, flat-rate transparency, dinner-and-show…
DEC 28 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Newark (EWR) car service in 2026 by flight tracking, cross-Hudson routing and tunnel-toll…
DEC 27 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for party bus and group-celebration rentals in 2026 by group capacity, flat-rate transparency, chauffeur…
DEC 22 — Crime & Courts
Gov. Hochul and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch say major transit crime in 2025 fell to its lowest level in 16 years, and committed $77 million for 2026…
DEC 21 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for executive sedan service in 2026 by flat-rate transparency, chauffeur vetting and professionalism…
DEC 19 — Transit
Hochul said 2025 subway crime was the lowest in 16 years and pledged $77M more for NYPD patrols. NYPD data show a 6% rise in transit felonies in January 2026.
DEC 18 — Culture
Bowery Presents told staff the landlord at 66 North Sixth Street declined to renew the lease on the 650-capacity Brooklyn venue.
DEC 15 — Crime & Courts
A 780-count indictment accuses 13 people of stealing more than $2.2 million in merchandise from 128 Home Depot stores across nine states and reselling it.
DEC 11 — Health
State Comptroller DiNapoli warned Dec. 10, 2025, that federal Medicaid cuts could cost NYC Health + Hospitals up to $622M in DSH funding as the city braces…
DEC 11 — Education
NYC's Gifted & Talented kindergarten applications run Dec. 9 to Jan. 23, using a nomination-based model with no standalone entry test and offers due March 31.
DEC 10 — Education
New York's free-tuition push for adults 25-55 in high-demand fields drew more than 16,500 applicants in its first term across CUNY and SUNY community…
DEC 10 — Real Estate
On the first anniversary of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, the city reports housing permits up about 23% in 2025 and more than 100 developments…
DEC 10 — Transit
An optimized NYC Ferry map launched Dec. 8 with the system's first direct Brooklyn–Staten Island service, linking St.
DEC 03 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Queens car service in 2026 by JFK and LaGuardia airport coverage, intra-Queens and cross-borough…
DEC 01 — Business
New York-based Omnicom completed its acquisition of crosstown rival Interpublic Group on November 26, 2025, creating the world's largest…
NOV 30 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Brooklyn car service in 2026 by borough-wide coverage, flat-rate transparency, chauffeur vetting…
NOV 26 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for bachelorette party 2026 by multi-borough pickup logistics, Sprinter and party-bus capacity, Hamptons…
NOV 24 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Bar and Bat Mitzvah weekends in 2026 by multi-pickup family-and-friend coordination, Shabbat-aware…
NOV 24 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC black car services for 2026 on flat-rate pricing, airport-transfer reliability, fleet condition, dispatch responsiveness, and chauffeur…
NOV 22 — Food
The 2025 Michelin Guide to New York promoted Sushi Sho to three stars and stripped Masa of one, keeping the city's three-star count at four.
NOV 22 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC Sprinter van services for 2026 on group-passenger capacity, flat-rate pricing, multi-stop dispatch competence, fleet condition, and…
NOV 21 — Crime & Courts
A John Jay study tracking defendants for 50 months finds New York City releasees under bail reform were re-arrested less often than comparable detainees.
NOV 20 — Food
The 1976-vintage bagel institution Ess-a-Bagel will leave 831 Third Avenue and open a new flagship at the Buchanan, 160 East 48th Street, in the fourth…
NOV 20 — Food
Beyond Sushi Sho's leap to three stars, the 2025 Michelin Guide for New York handed first stars to a Chinatown bistro, a Tribeca caviar room and a kaiseki…
NOV 20 — Politics
Jessica Tisch agreed on November 19, 2025 to remain NYPD commissioner under incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani — a continuity pick across a deep policy divide…
NOV 10 — Health
The state's first-ever maternal mental health report lays out recommendations to confront perinatal depression, backed by FY 2026 funding for up to 17…
NOV 06 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for winery tours in 2026 by full-day North Fork and Hudson Valley range, multi-stop vineyard routing…
NOV 05 — Education
NYC traditional public school enrollment fell about 22,000 students, or 2.4%, this year — the steepest drop in four years — even as charter enrollment…
NOV 05 — Politics
On November 4, 2025, New Yorkers approved four city charter ballot proposals — three to speed affordable-housing approvals plus a digital City Map — while…
NOV 03 — Food
Basta Pasta, the Flatiron restaurant famous for parmesan tossed tableside in a wheel of cheese, served its last meal at 37 West 17th Street on October 30…
NOV 03 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Hamptons car service in 2026 by long-distance flat-rate transparency, chauffeur vetting, vehicle…
NOV 03 — Sports
Hellen Obiri broke a 22-year course record to win the women's race and Benson Kipruto took the men's title by 0.03 seconds as the 2025 NYC Marathon drew a…
OCT 30 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Bronx car service in 2026 by borough-wide coverage, airport-run competence, flat-rate transparency…
OCT 29 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC cruise terminal transfer operators for 2026 on luggage capacity, flat-rate pricing, terminal-specific dispatch across Manhattan, Brooklyn…
OCT 27 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for corporate car service in 2026 by account-billing infrastructure, duty-of-care and chauffeur vetting…
OCT 21 — Health
City health officials reported 2,192 overdose deaths in 2024, down from 3,056 in 2023 — a 28% drop and the first substantial decline after nearly a decade of…
OCT 17 — Health
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced more than $2.6 billion on Oct. 16, 2025, for six safety-net hospital partnerships, including NYC Health + Hospitals teaming with…
OCT 17 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for LaGuardia car service in 2026 by flight tracking, terminal-specific curb logistics across the rebuilt…
OCT 13 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Manhattan car service in 2026 by dispatch density in the core, flat-rate transparency through the…
OCT 11 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for holiday lights tours in 2026 by multi-stop route competence, group capacity, flat-rate transparency…
OCT 10 — Food
At the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 ceremony in Hong Kong, four New York bars made the global top 50, led by Superbueno at No.
OCT 04 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for birthday party transportation in 2026 by group capacity, multi-stop competence, flat-rate…
OCT 02 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for bachelor party 2026 by multi-borough pickup logistics, Sprinter and party-bus capacity for groups of…
SEP 29 — Food
Time Out Market's smaller-format food hall opened at 124 East 14th Street on September 26, 2025; months later the Tin Building shut after reportedly losing…
SEP 25 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Staten Island car service in 2026 by borough-wide coverage, airport and bridge-run competence…
SEP 17 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for weddings in 2026 by whole-day timeline coordination, guest-shuttle logistics, photo-stop routing…
SEP 12 — Food
After a veto override, New York's minimum pay law now covers grocery-delivery couriers on apps like Instacart and Shipt — closing a four-year gap with…
SEP 09 — Sports
The 2025 US Open drew a record 1,144,562 fans to Flushing Meadows, paid out a record $90 million in prize money, and crowned Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna…
SEP 09 — Education
New York requires free school meals for all students in 2025-26, while NYC has extended curbside composting to all 1,950-plus public schools five days a week.
SEP 03 — Transit
The MTA completed its boroughwide rebuild of the Queens bus network on Aug. 31, 2025, touching nearly every route serving 800,000-plus daily riders.
AUG 19 — Food
The West Village brunch institution Elephant & Castle served its last meal on August 17, 2025, ending a 52-year run at 68 Greenwich Avenue.
AUG 18 — Transit
The MTA awarded a $1.97 billion tunneling contract to extend the Q train into East Harlem, the biggest step yet toward the long-promised Phase 2.
AUG 15 — Real Estate
The City Council voted 43-0 in August 2025 to approve the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, rezoning 42 Manhattan blocks for roughly 9,500 new homes — the…
AUG 12 — Education
New York's first-in-the-nation statewide bell-to-bell smartphone ban takes effect this fall, with NYC's 1.1 million-student system the largest to comply.
AUG 08 — Education
Two years after a federal judge ordered 51 fixes to speed special education services, a court monitor found NYC had implemented just 21, leaving families…
JUL 07 — Real Estate
The City Council approved the financing that lets Related build the second half of Hudson Yards over the West Side rail yards — about 4,000 homes, 625 of…
JUN 22 — Transit
The Capital Program Review Board greenlit the MTA's record $68.4 billion 2025–2029 plan, backed by a higher metro-area payroll mobility tax.
JUN 18 — Food
At the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago, Jungsik Yim won Outstanding Chef and Atomix took Outstanding Hospitality, among several New…
JUN 02 — Real Estate
The City Council voted 49-0 on May 28, 2025 to adopt the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a 21-block Central Brooklyn rezoning projected to deliver about…
JUN 02 — Transit
Governors Hochul and Murphy broke ground May 29 on the first stage of a new Midtown bus terminal, backed by a $1.9B federal loan.
MAY 12 — Crime & Courts
Governor Hochul and the Legislature narrowed New York's 2019 discovery-reform statute in the FY26 budget, aiming to curb automatic case dismissals while…
MAY 12 — Education
The FY2026 state budget holds resident undergraduate tuition flat at CUNY senior colleges and SUNY campuses while adding $307 million in new state support.
MAR 07 — Real Estate
The venture that bought a stake in failed Signature Bank's rent-stabilized loan portfolio filed its first foreclosures — six actions over eight buildings…
FEB 19 — Food
The Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act took effect February 17, 2025, barring third-party platforms from reselling tables without a restaurant's written…
JAN 21 — Health
Nine regional Social Care Networks launched Jan. 1, 2025, letting Medicaid cover home-delivered meals, rent help and transportation under the state's $7.5…