After visiting her son on Rikers Island last June, Benjamin Kelly’s mother dialed 311 in a panic. He was hallucinating about an insect crawling up his nose, dead bodies in …
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Zohran Mamdani has been Hizzoner for just 88 days, and he’s already navigating the “poisoned chalice” of a big budget deficit he inherited while the credit agencies that could make …
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Gale Brewer has long been one of the city’s best-known elected officials. In the summer of 2022, she was starting her second stint as a City Council member for the …
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An epic art show at the Lexington Avenue Armory made a young Marcel Duchamp, who was back in France, one of America’s first modern celebrities even before he first arrived …
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After 15 years, volunteers at a Bushwick farm found themselves locked out of the green space that has fed thousands over the years, and lately became a temporary home for …
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New York City is going to court in a bid to shut down a controversial ride-hailing service that offers cheaper trips than Uber and Lyft — but which is accused …
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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters.The massive federal budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act …
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The MTA is aiming to boost the reliability of express bus lifts that are essential for wheelchair users who often encounter mechanical glitches and drivers who don’t know how they …
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The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration has brought population growth in New York City to a screeching halt. The city’s population in July 2025 was 8.58 million, according to estimates …
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to freeze the rent on nearly a million regulated apartments as a signature part of his campaign. “Freeze the rent” became a call-and-response chant during rallies …