Columbia University drew national media attention last year for sometimes chaotic campus demonstrations against the war in Gaza. Now it’s drawing …
15.3.2025 02:00Targeted by Trump, Columbia under ‘immense stress,’ fearing government attacksAfter a nearly two-month delay, the Trump administration is releasing millions of dollars in federal grants to organizations that house formerly …
15.3.2025 02:00Trump administration issues funds to NYC housing nonprofits, with new strings attachedGood Friday afternoon in New York City, where we're in for a rainy, gusty weekend. Here's what else is happening: Police said a 13-year-old boy is in …
15.3.2025 02:00Extra Extra: The founder of Pirate's Booty declared himself the mayor of a Long Island villageForecasters are warning about a wet and windy end to the weekend, as a big storm system is expected to pummel the New York City area on …
15.3.2025 02:00Rainy, windy weekend is coming to NYC with 40 mph gusts, forecasters sayThis column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the …
15.3.2025 02:00NYC's biggest infrastructure plans suffer from paralysis by analysisGood Friday morning in New York City, where in-unit washer-dryers are very hot right now. Here's what else is happening: About 100 people were arrested …
15.3.2025 02:00Early Addition: War on NYC's municipal golf coursesNew York City’s wet markets – stores that house and slaughter mostly live poultry – landed in the spotlight last month after bird flu was detected at …
14.3.2025 14:43Why does New York City have around 70 live animal markets?The man accused of fatally stabbing a 14-year-old in an unprovoked attack in the Bronx was deemed psychologically unfit to stand trial on Wednesday, …
14.3.2025 14:43Bronx man accused of fatally stabbing 14-year-old is found unfit for trialThe New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a series of zoning changes for Metropolitan Park, a proposed $8 billion casino and entertainment …
14.3.2025 14:43Metropolitan Park casino project in Queens wins City Council zoning approvalFive years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio made arguably the most consequential education decision of New Yorkers’ lifetimes: closing schools to prevent …
14.3.2025 14:434 days in March 2020: Behind the decision to close NYC schoolsThree popular Bushwick party buses were impounded this month — and one was badly damaged — in what some bus owners said is an aggressive enforcement …
14.3.2025 14:40NYPD tows and damages popular Brooklyn party busA murder suspect who authorities say escaped from a police van and spent nearly four hours on the loose in the Bronx is now facing additional charges …
13.3.2025 21:34Bronx murder suspect faces new charges after escaping NYPD custody in police vanThe NYPD has awarded a contract worth more than $700,000 to a New York horse veterinarian with a history of violations for writing an improper …
13.3.2025 20:20The NYPD’s $734K horse vet has a history of violations and dishonesty, records showA grand jury indicted a Lower East Side man for killing his roommate last month, dismembering the corpse and dumping the pieces in the East River, …
13.3.2025 20:20Lower East Side man indicted for brutal killing, dismembering of roommateMoped riders would be legally authorized to use the roadways on the Brooklyn Bridge and the lower level of the Queensboro Bridge under a rule change …
13.3.2025 19:02NYC moves to allow mopeds on Brooklyn, Queensboro bridgesSuffolk County health officials say they are working with Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center to prevent the spread of measles after a …
13.3.2025 19:0212 Long Island residents alerted to possible measles exposure following new caseSigning up for New York City's popular municipal ID program will soon become easier for city residents due to a City Council bill passed on Wednesday. …
13.3.2025 19:02NYC’s popular municipal ID cards will be easier to get under new City Council billGood Thursday morning in New York City, where in-unit washer-dryers are very hot right now. Here's what else is happening: The City Council yesterday …
13.3.2025 19:02Early Addition: Steal a baby wombat from its mom and find outSpring is nearly here, and so is the chance to observe the circle of life for majestic peregrine falcons in the Big Apple. A livestream of a peregrine …
13.3.2025 18:50Peregrine nesting season is here — and you can watch them hatch in NYCThis column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our new weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives . Sign …
13.3.2025 15:18How Gov. Kathy Hochul has gotten through an extraordinarily bad monthThe number of people living in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area is approaching pre-pandemic levels after a sharp pandemic-era decline, …
13.3.2025 15:18NYC metro area's population nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, report showsA coalition of roughly 20 states, including New York and New Jersey, sued the Trump administration Thursday to prevent the federal education …
13.3.2025 15:05NY, NJ sue US education department over workforce cuts as part of multistate coalitionCall it another quirk of New York City living. Though washers and dryers have been ubiquitous household items in most of the United States since the …
13.3.2025 14:18More NYC apartments now have washer-dryers. Is it worth the extra cost?Police on Thursday said they discovered the decomposing bodies of a woman and child in a Brooklyn apartment after being alerted to a foul odor …
13.3.2025 14:05Woman and child found dead and decomposing in Brooklyn apartment, NYPD saysA man is in critical condition at a Brooklyn hospital after he was shot by an NYPD detective during an altercation on Wednesday afternoon, police …
12.3.2025 19:24Man in critical condition after NYPD detective shoots him in Brooklyn, police sayA trip to New York’s Capitol on Wednesday put a top Trump administration official face to face with New York City lawmakers angered over the …
12.3.2025 19:24NYC Dems go after Trump’s 'border czar' in Albany over Mahmoud Khalil arrestOfficials in more than 150 New Jersey towns say a prominent builders association has no business telling them how much affordable housing to …
12.3.2025 19:24NJ towns ask judge to throw out builders' lawsuit over affordable housingGood Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where a gentrification joke always livens up the comments section. Here's what else is happening: New York …
12.3.2025 19:24Extra Extra: Last call for skating at Wollman Rink before it turns into a pickleball complexThe immigration detention of recent Columbia University graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil raises legal questions about free speech protections for …
12.3.2025 16:36What to know about the immigration arrest of recent Columbia grad Mahmoud KhalilAbout a month ago, comedian Saidah Belo-Osagie posted the latest video in her TikTok series, “girl who’s secretly happy her neighborhood’s …
12.3.2025 16:36An NYC comedian joked about the upside of gentrification. Then came the firestorm.