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Governor Hochul said Tuesday that she was exploring an “unprecedented” plan to provide migrants with state-approved work papers, seeking a workaround as thousands of asylum seekers languish in the city without federal work authorization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ latest order for across-the-board cuts include a reduction in overtime and a freeze on hiring and out-of-state travel expenses for all city agencies, rattling police unions but getting praise from a fiscal watchdog group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams predicted Wednesday night that the influx of more than 110,000 migrants will “destroy” New York City and continued his demands for the federal government to step up efforts to address what he called a “national crisis.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NYPD wants to slam the brakes on the rising number of car thefts in the city, which are continuing to surge at breakneck speeds, officials said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scores of protesters surrounded a small shelter housed in the shuttered St. John Villa Academy in Staten Island. Dozens of demonstrators descended on Gracie Mansion in a chaotic scene that culminated in arrests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Local public schools are preparing for a record number of migrant students — many of whom do not speak English, and faced traumatic experiences in their home countries and on their journeys to the United States — when classes resume next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor Hochul Tuesday urged New Yorkers to take extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the state is examining an especially virulent new strain of the virus amid a surge in infections and hospitalizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks provided details Monday on contingency plans if roughly half of the city’s school bus drivers and attendants strike when school resumes in just over a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Staten Island judge ordered Friday that Mayor Adams’ administration cannot use an old private school in the borough as a migrant shelter, but the ruling was reversed within hours by a higher court, allowing the city to proceed with housing new arrivals at the site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is pushing a bipartisan bill that would make more first-time drug offenders eligible to have their criminal records erased, but the Brooklyn Democrat is facing at least one potentially significant obstacle: Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who heads the House Judiciary Committee and will decide whether or not the bill gets a critical committee vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor Hochul’s administration dragged its feet for months on green-lighting a large-scale migrant housing facility in Queens, delaying its opening at a time dozens of asylum seekers resorted to sleeping on a Manhattan sidewalk because of a lack of city shelter space, according to a new court filing from Mayor Adams’ office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City’s largest municipal union is text-blasting its members urging them to bombard Council members with critical phone calls if they support a bill that would guarantee traditional Medicare coverage for retired municipal employees, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor Hochul announced Monday that the state will pour an additional $20 million into aiding asylum seekers in New York City with the goal of helping them exit emergency shelters, secure work authorizations and manage their claims for asylum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An NYPD program designed to identify police officers likely to break departmental rules has red-flagged more than 100 cops for a second time — raising concerns that efforts to rein in potentially problematic officers are ineffective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ administration wants permission from the feds to house migrants in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, the infamous jail that closed down in 2021 following years of complaints over dangerous conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City has prohibited the download and use of TikTok on all city-owned devices after a review by the NYC Cyber Command found the app poses “a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City opened a cavernous state-funded shelter cramped with spartan cots in eastern Queens on Tuesday, as a politically diverse group of elected officials banded together in Brooklyn to demand more federal funds for the asylum seeker crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city’s efforts to weed out illegal pot shops have a new feature: a law punishing commercial landlords who knowingly lease space to the unlicensed joints. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor Kathy Hochul has made clear that she wants Republican-leaning upstate New York communities to tone down their caustic rhetoric about New York City’s migrant crisis and to turn up their compassion by welcoming new arrivals to their towns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rents across New York City climbed to record levels last month, with median rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Northwest Queens all setting new marks in July, according to a new report from real estate giant Douglas Elliman and appraisers Miller Samuel released Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City is on track to spend as much as $12 billion on managing the local migrant crisis by mid-2025 — a staggering price tag that Mayor Adams warned Wednesday will necessitate more “across the board” cuts to city services.

The head of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s police security detail, Howard Redmond, is expected to turn himself in at Manhattan Criminal Court Wednesday on charges stemming from a probe into his efforts to stifle a city investigation into the ex-mayor’s misuse of his detail, the Daily News has learned.

Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000 adults — one of the largest emergency housing facilities the city has erected since the asylum crisis started last year.

Internet influencer Kai Cenat was freed from police custody early Saturday after he was charged with misdemeanors for sparking a riot in Union Square on Friday that drew thousands of people and resulted in dozens of arrests and injuries.

Three years after the pandemic pushed thousands of New York City restaurants to start serving patrons on sidewalks and streets, the City Council on Thursday authorized a bill permanently weaving outdoor dining into the fabric of the city, while limiting the use of controversial street sheds.

Nearly 1,000 adult migrants have been ordered to leave city homeless shelters to make room for migrant families with children under a new policy that took effect last week, according to a top official in Mayor Adams’ administration.

Mayor Adams rolled out a multi-tiered plan Monday focused on taking preventative steps to combat gun violence in the city — but it was not immediately clear how his administration will gauge the success of the initiatives.

Mayor Adams’ administration must by early next year figure out a way to process all applications for food stamps and cash assistance in a timely manner after failing to do so for months in violation of federal and state laws, a Manhattan judge has ruled.

Former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich told investigators that Mayor Adams tipped him off to the possibility he could be reeled into an illegal gambling investigation — months before the Manhattan district attorney’s office executed a search warrant on Ulrich and its probe became public knowledge, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the Daily News.

New York State has approved a project to build a mixed-use tower with 1,200 housing units at the World Trade Center site, officials said Thursday, promising a third of the housing stock would be affordable.

Over 100 migrants in the New York City shelter system have received notices requiring them to reapply for shelter under a program that limits stays to 60 days for single men, city officials said Wednesday.

SAG-AFTRA held its biggest rally yet on Tuesday, flooding Times Square with picketing actors and writers in what marked the 12th day of the recently launched actors’ strike.

Pointing to challenging, sizzling weather conditions this summer ahead of the season’s first heat wave, state Sen. Liz Krueger on Monday put a little out-of-season heat on her Assembly colleagues to pass a climate sustainability bill that passed in the Senate.

As word spread of a new city policy that will limit shelter stays to 60 days at a time for adult male migrants, asylum seekers are angry and worried about ending up in the streets.

New York City’s ambitious summer jobs program — a priority of Mayor Adams — is falling short of connecting young people with high-paying industries, thanks to managerial missteps and bureaucracy that deter employers from stepping up, said a report released on Thursday.

Adult migrants will only be permitted to stay in city shelters for 60 days at a time under a new policy announced by Mayor Adams on Wednesday that he cast as an effort to prioritize housing migrant families with children amid “unsustainable” overcrowding in the local shelter system.

Governor Hochul moved unilaterally to address New York’s housing crisis on Tuesday, issuing executive orders to spur housing development after failing to reach a home creation deal with state lawmakers last month.

Mayor Adams’ campaign announced Monday morning it has raised more than $2.6 million for his reelection bid so far, giving him a significant financial edge against any potential challenger he may face in the 2025 election.

School safety agents across New York City will be outfitted with bullet-resistant vests as soon as next school year as the NYPD tries to tamp down the growing increase in youth-on-youth violence, the Daily News has learned.

Mayor Adams suffered a stinging political setback Thursday as the City Council overrode his veto of a package of bills aimed at vastly expanding a rental assistance program for low-income New Yorkers.

Elected leaders continued to attack Mayor Adams and top city officials Wednesday for their response to the wildfire smoke that blew into New York City from Canada in early June — claiming that Adams and his team were unprepared and failed to effectively communicate the risks to New Yorkers in a timely way.

Governor Hochul on Tuesday urged New Yorkers to beat back bias and “defeat the haters,” signing legislation to bolster hate crime prevention policies at colleges.

Campaign finance records show Mayor Adams has been receiving campaign contributions from the man described as the ringleader in a sprawling straw donor scheme since at least 2005 — earlier than has previously been reported.

A New York judge on Friday hit the brakes on a planned city-ordered raise for food delivery workers, as he considers a court challenge to the wage hike.

A package of bills approved by the City Council and vetoed by Mayor Adams could save the city more than $730 million annually on housing and social services costs, according to a report released Thursday by a homeless services provider.

Dozens of apartments that are reserved for seniors and managed by New York City have been left vacant for years amid a citywide housing crisis, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed in an audit released Wednesday.

Correction Commissioner Louis Molina ordered the suspension of a correction captain working for a city anti-corruption agency for not signing in at a jail.

Employers with businesses in lower Manhattan on 9/11 will soon be required to alert past and present workers that they may have been exposed to harmful toxins from the terror attacks and seek help.

New York City’s new $107 billion budget will include $4 billion in funding for affordable housing in the next fiscal year — a cash infusion Mayor Adams promised two years ago and which Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has pressed for in recent months.

New Yorkers have soured slightly on Mayor Adams’ job performance over the past month amid continuing migrant and housing crises in the city, according to a new poll.

The Big Apple is bracing for more pollution and air quality is predicted to take a dive as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada will drift to the Big Apple as soon as Wednesday night, say meteorologists.

If early voting is any indication, Tuesday’s primary election in New York City is shaping up to be a low turnout affair.

In a scathing new report, the Coalition for the Homeless blamed New York City’s unprecedented homelessness crisis on Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul — saying that they’ve failed because of “poor planning, misguided strategies, underinvestment in proven solutions and bureaucratic ineptitude.”

New Yorkers in need would soon be able to receive cash from the city, with no strings attached.

What you pay to ride New York City’s subways, buses and paratransit services is expected to rise this summer for the first time in seven years.

After months of deliberation, the final vote of the city’s Rent Guidelines Board is planned for Wednesday. The board determine rent increases for roughly 2 million New Yorkers living in rent stabilized apartments.

There are enough vacant apartments in the city’s public and supportive housing systems to accommodate 15,000 people, according to data shared with the Daily News by Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, who’s questioning why Mayor Adams’ administration isn’t doing more to fill those units amid the continuing migrant crisis.

Mayor Adams used executive authority Thursday to enact his controversial Medicare Advantage Plan for the city’s retired municipal workforce — overruling Comptroller Brad Lander, who has refused to sign off on the private health insurance switchover.

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Daniel Penny for the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely aboard an F train

The city has reached a tentative contract agreement with the teachers union that provides annual raises, retention perks and a ratification bonus, Mayor Adams announced Tuesday.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigned Monday after 1 1/2 years on the job.

Mayor Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Sunday announced a new minimum pay rate structure for app-based restaurant delivery workers — a first for any city in the country.

Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend, with Governor’s Ball, Belmont Stakes and Puerto Rican Day Parade, at risk

Mayor Adams faced heat Wednesday from public school parents and political critics who accused him of dragging his feet on mobilizing a government response to the hazardous plumes of smoke that have enveloped the city.

Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units

New York City will now begin housing migrants in houses of worship — its latest attempt to manage the more than 72,000 people who’ve flowed into the city since last spring.

A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification.

The migrant crisis continues in New York; Mayor Adams not ruling out blowing this year’s municipal budget deadline; Billy Joel's moving out of MSG; The Mets beat the Phillies

Governor Hochul joins Mayor Adams in begging Biden to expedite migrant work permits; NYC Council votes to expand rent voucher access in face of Mayor Adams’ opposition; NYC child care, after-school workers pause programs to protest low wages

Mayor Adams scolds NYC Council members for ‘disrespectful’ tone over migrant response; A new plan to reduce retail theft; Team Adams ordered to cough up nearly $20K in campaign finance-related fines; Governor Hochul’s popularity slips; Mets take first series in a month and more

Aaron Rodgers to make Jets debut; Mayor Adams suspends NYC right-to-shelter rules ahead of expected migrant surge; The Governor and Mayor weigh in on the death of Jordan Neely; and More

NYC threatens to cut water access at buildings owing more than $800M in utility bills; Governor Hochul signs $229B New York state budget a month late; 73% in New York say paying for groceries is harder than 1 year ago; The Knicks win big on Tuesday, and more

Governor Hochul announces tentative state budget deal; Mayor Adams unveiled a budget proposal; Aaron Rodgers is a New York Jet; The Knicks win round 1 of the playoffs

NY lawmakers pass fourth budget extender; Mayor Adams slams Biden in renewing demands to step up fed efforts on migrant crisis; NYC Sheriff’s Office conducts 4/20 raid on Midtown ‘Weed World’ shop and more New York news

House panel to hold Manhattan hearing targeting DA Alvin Bragg’s crime policies; Mayor Adams vows NYPD robot Digidog reboot; City Council bans guinea pig sales in NYC and more New York news from the week.

NY Budget negotiations extend through Easter; Donald Trump indicted; Mayor Adams defends budget cuts; Marjorie Taylor Greene's thoughts on NYC

The budget battle wages on; Trump's indictment week; Mayor Adams kills medicare advantage option favored by retirees; New York's new rat Czar...and more New York news

Budget negotiations get underway in Albany; Hochul lukewarm on stripping Madison Square Garden’s tax exempt status; NYC Council votes to make it easier for asylum seeker students to get city-issued IDs

Battle lines drawn in NY state budget fight; NYC ghost gun ring that sold cocaine busted; NYC Mayor Adams pays $300 rat infestation ticket after failed challenge

NY Dem lawmakers want additions to Hochul's housing plan; NYC Mayor Adams’ inauguration committee accused of accepting ‘prohibited donations’; Mayor Adams signs off on new laws

Nor’easter prompts Governor to declare emergency; NY Dems want to end Madison Square Garden’s property tax exemption; NYC opening two new mega shelters for migrants as Brooklyn Cruise Terminal site closes this month

Veteran NYPD cop fired over drug test sues to get job back; NYC casino developers getting community pushback; Busy stretch of Broadway to get pedestrian plazas, fewer cars

Two more FDNY chiefs ask to be demoted as shakeup in upper ranks continues; MSG move to Hudson Yards gets thumbs down from community board;

NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renews push to shut down Rikers Island; NYC Uber, Lyft drivers win pay raise in Taxi and Limousine Commission vote

Governor Hochul again calls on Legislature to amend controversial bail reform laws; Charter school expansion plans spark resistance in Albany; Mayor Adams says stumping for Biden’s reelection won’t stop him from criticizing feds’ migrant crisis response

Mayor Adams tapped for team of Biden reelection surrogates; Adams stands by FDNY commish amid turmoil in the department’s upper ranks; NYC isn’t expecting any more federal aid for migrant crisis this fiscal year

Council says city’s getting more revenue than Mayor Adams expects; Mayor Adams appears to reverse himself on controversial remarks criticizing separation of church and state; Electric scooter battery fire in Bronx injures five firefighters and two civilians

Sparks flying over Hochul’s proposed menthol ban; Judge rules sharing of sealed records at NYPD press conference with NYC Mayor Adams was illegal

NYC Council uses $1.2M in leftover youth agency cash to launch migrant aid fund; NYPD no-show at Council hearing for SRG riot unit at George Floyd protests sparks outrage; MSG Networks launching streaming service

More than 1.5 million in NYC facing hunger, shortages with end of pandemic-era SNAP benefits; Two NYC deputy fire commissioners ousted as top-rank turmoil continues in FDNY; NYC Mayor Adams’ administration supports anti-fat discrimination bill; more tepid on tattoos

More than 2,000 gas work violations logged in NYC; NYC bracing for its biggest snowfall of otherwise unusually warm winter; NYC’s Dyckman Plaza in Inwood renamed

NYPD lieutenant faces charges he manipulated probe of young detective; Bronx residents frustrated by stalled progress on Fordham Plaza revitalization; Panera, Starbucks stores in Hoboken, N.J., have shuttered dining areas to keep out homeless

Hochul celebrates groundbreaking for new JFK Terminal 6; Brooklyn Senator pushes bill to end winter evictions; Ukraine supporters in Brooklyn mark first anniversary of Russian invasion with flags, anthem, speeches

FDNY proposes 54% rate hike for EMS ambulance service; Outrage on Broadway as neo-Nazi group rallies outside ‘Parade,’ musical about a lynched American Jew Driver charged in death of Queens pedestrian;

George Santos names mysterious new campaign treasurer; NYC Mayor Adams hits Florida Governor for lax stance on gun laws; State troopers on Hochul’s NYC security detail probed over falsified time sheet allegations

Governor DeSantis slams state bail laws, ‘woke’ politicians in echo of Mayor Adams; NYC Mayor Adams, hotel workers union make TV ad to bring Democratic National Convention to city; Chronic absenteeism climbs to record numbers in NYC schools

Residents in NYC pushing back on explosion of new 5G Towers; Off-duty NYPD cops arrested for DWI; Beloved Brooklyn pastor fatally struck by SUV driver

Hochul claims LaSalle battle won’t taint budget negotiations; Dearth of AI rules in NYC could leave Adams’ administration open to ‘biased outcomes’; Chick-Fil-A opens delivery workers’ rest stop as NYC street hubs stall

Dems formally reject Governor Hochul’s chief judge pick; Mayor Adams tempers bail demands with calls to fund public defenders; ; Proposed delivery worker hub on NYC’s Upper West Side sparks outrage

NYC Mayor Adams ordered to cough up $300 for rat infestation at Brooklyn residence; George Santos vows not to let ‘Twitter trolling’ force him from Congress; FDNY urges feds to take more action against dangerous e-bike batteries

Governor Hochul’s proposed menthol ban, cigarette tax hike draws mixed reactions; Never-released internal NYPD report cites ‘shortcomings and missteps’ in response to 2020 George Floyd protests; Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino says NYC bicyclists should be forced to get licensed and insurance

NYC pizzerias forced to pay out hundreds of thousands in settlements for wage theft claims; NYPD detective charged with stalking ex-girlfriend; Yankees icon Derek Jeter joining Fox MLB team; Elderly man shoved to Brooklyn subway tracks in random attack

NYC opening two new specialized programs in Brooklyn for students with dyslexia; Mayor Adams appears in court to demand dismissal of rat infestation tickets; MSG asks NYC to continue operating storied arena

NYC nurses follow up private hospital strikes; Mayor Adams claims ‘woke’ Democrats are driving minority voters out of party; MTA employees crowd court hearing for finance pro charged in Brooklyn subway worker assault

NYC unions demand back pay for workers fired for refusing COVID shots; NYC Social Services Commissioner resigning after tumultuous tenure; Illegal weed shops in NYC to face eviction under new crackdown plan

George Santos denies sexual harassment claim by prospective aide; Mayor Adams ends COVID vaccine mandate for NYC workers; Two high-ranking FDNY chiefs surrender titles in protest

Nets trade Kyrie Irving; FDNY joins descendants to honor firefighters killed in 1923 line-of-duty train crash; NYPD cops shoot, critically wound man in Bronx confrontation; 15-year-old girl arrested for murder for using accelerant to set Bronx arson fire that killed stranger;

Mayor Adams faces heat for deploying cops to break up hotel encampment; NYC developer resubmits scuttled ‘One45′ Harlem housing plan; Trans nonbinary Broadway star withdraws from Tony consideration over gendered categories

Governor proposes additional charter schools in NYC; Details on Hochul's $227 billion NY spending plan; 12 year old Brooklyn boy shot accidentally by friends

Biden vows to kickstart NYC’s Hudson River rail tunnels; NYC public schools poised to reverse ban on controversial AI tool; NY Attorney General accuses Trump of lying on the record in response to lawsuit over company

NYPD's plan to change discipline guidelines for misconduct; Representative George Santos vows to cooperate with ethics probe; Mayor Adams defends NYPD’s own anti-gun unit

New York’s snow-less streak ties major record; Sharpton asks for peaceful protests in Tyre Nichols’ death; Mayor Adams’ pal named in sexual harassment lawsuit

Queens daycare unlicensed and running out of basement illegally; Mayor Adams vows to improve NYC ‘quality of life’ in light-on-details State of the City speech; Madison Square Garden facial recognition attorney ban challenged by NY Attorney General

Adams admin angers local leaders with plan for homeless shelter in Bronx area; Mayor Adams claims right-to-shelter law does not apply to NYC asylum seekers; Eighteen children injured in Queens daycare fire

Hochul wants to address ‘inconsistency’ in New York’s bail law; Mayor Adams weighs in on the great stove debate; Representative George Santos claims he was mugged in broad daylight;

Gov. Hochul gets highest job approval rate in new Siena poll; Mayor Adams launches newsletter to counteract ‘distorted’ NYC press coverage; East Harlem residents say drug injection site is hurting their neighborhood

ury to decide fate of Brooklyn man accused of abandoning family to fight for ISIS and train snipers; Wild melee in Manhattan ends with brawling brothers stabbed by security worker; Vandal smashes through fence of Staten Island synagogue

Governor Hochul ‘weighing options’ for Chief Judge; NYC Council has no plan to pass bill that would let Mayor Adams charge retired city workers for health care; Queens man gets 3 years in prison for fake prize notice scam that targeted elderly victims.;

Democrats deny Hector LaSalle’s nomination to be state’s top judge; NYC Mayor Adams again floats possibility of housing migrants on cruise ships; Self-defense claimed in fatal Brooklyn sidewalk stabbing of ‘superfriendly’ pizzeria worker;

FIFA soccer corruption trial kicks off in Brooklyn; Mayor Adams slams stigma against ‘the word vagina’ as NYC expands access to free abortion pills; NYC trial kicks off for ex-NYPD detective charged with perjury

Body of 13-year-old girl washes up on shore of Brooklyn Bridge Park; NYPD captain forced out after collecting about $60K for hours he never worked; NYPD scaling back releasing graphic video footage that helps nab suspects

Saks Fifth Avenue pitches ‘high-end’ casino on top of Midtown Manhattan store; With a truck depot opening in Harlem where housing had been planned, BP Mark Levine pushes to reverse course; Bills defeat Dolphins in Wild Card matchup with Damar Hamlin ‘supporting from home’

Nurses strike ends at NYC hospitals Mount Sinai, Montefiore after tentative deal reached; Mayor Adams unveils $102.7B budget; Brother of NYPD inspector arrested for impersonating an officer

NYC nurses strike continues into third day; Judge blocks NYC from charging retired city workers $15 copays; Companies co-founded by top Adams adviser Frank Carone sued by major NYC real estate firms

NYPD officer jumps from Queens building in apparent suicide; Gov. Hochul floats another N.Y. bail law rollback; NYC early childhood education staffers to remain in their current jobs

Damar Hamlin released from hospital a week after cardiac arrest; NYC nurses’ strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore leaves hospitals severely short staffed; Brooklyn judge agrees to step down, accused of racist anti-gay outbursts

Nurses strike averted at two more NYC hospitals; Outrage as NYC girls’ wrestling left out of state competition; Thieves steal bag of $300,000 cash by distracting armored truck guard outside Brooklyn Chase bank

NYC crime up 22% in 2022; Nurse walkout threat remains at five NYC hospitals; Hillary Clinton to be Columbia University professor

Nearly 1,000 NYC government vehicles becoming all-electric; Brooklyn Assemblyman Lester Chang seated as session begins;

Governor Hochul vetoes bill to prohibit building schools near highways; Mayor Adams hit with two more tickets for rat infestation; Five wounded in series of Midtown Manhattan slashings and stabbings in 3-hour span;

Confirmation of Governor Hochul’s chief judge pick is questionable as opposition mounts; Hudson River rail tunnel construction in NYC starting in 2023; MTA-contracted security guards arrested for pummeling straphanger in Manhattan station

Former judges praise Governor's pick for top judge; NYC to donate 2 sanitation trucks to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Fiona cleanup; Mayor Adams was in Virgin Islands during storm that flooded homes in Queens

MTA honors Bronx resident as billionth subway rider of 2022; At least 29 dead in Buffalo blizzard; Migrants bound for NYC spent five days on buses after getting stuck in winter storm

NYPD launches crackdown on holiday drunk driving; New federal legislation will help victims of EBT fraud by refunding stolen money; Release secret Rikers Island violence data, NYC members of Congress demand of federal monitor

NYC’s first legal recreational pot dispensary opens in Manhattan next week; Brooklyn Assemblyman-elect defends residency at hearing; NYPD cop shot in foot during clash with gunman on Brooklyn street

Two killed on L train subway tracks in Manhattan; Emotionally disturbed man busted in hammer attack on transit worker in Manhattan; NYC landlord racked up 2,980 open violations;

Governor Hochul celebrates Brooklyn groundbreaking of affordable, supportive housing campus; Mayor says NYC migrant surge will strain ‘every’ city service; Uber, Lyft drivers protest in NYC after lawsuit stalls pay raises;

Uber lawsuit halts raises, devastates drivers; Rikers Island correction officers contribute to flow of drugs and other contraband in NYC jails; NYC nurse accused of assault exonerated by Ring camera — but NYPD wouldn’t look at it

NYC seizes 600 pounds of weed in crackdown on illegal pot sales; NYC Council proposes housing construction targets for every neighborhood; NYC wins key ruling in plan to mandate Medicare Advantage Plan for retired city workers

Mayor Adams tells progressives who bash the rich to ‘leave’ NYC; Hochul, Adams unveil a blueprint for changeNYC rolling out child care subsidy program for migrants, other undocumented children

NYC to address lack of spots for preschoolers with disabilities; Mayor Adams defends NYC social services official accused of inappropriate behavior in past jobs; The Trump Organization was held in criminal contempt in secret trial for ignoring subpoenas

MTA spending $1M per month on private security guards in subway system; Rikers Island shoplifting suspect dies of suspected overdose; NYCHA sets rules for voting on Preservation Trust funding

Man caught driving 2 kilograms of fentanyl into Queens; Man arrested in clash with cop, Drag Story Hour protesters at NYC public library; Woman punched by stranger who yells anti-gay remark inside Manhattan subway station

Nearly 14% of all New Yorkers live in poverty; Mayor Adams’ rat infestation ticket is dismissed; NYC subway station agents will spend more time helping riders outside token booths;

AOC faces unspecified House ethics probe; New York monitoring hospital capacity and stockpiling ventilators; New cruise ship deal will bring $100M, 200K tourists to NYC

The Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud in NYC; Mayor Adams makes another push for federal prosecutors on gun cases involving convicted felons; Historic Greenwich Village gay bar declared a city landmark after decade long effort

Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker gets prison sentence; Mayor Adams defends plan to force mentally ill into treatment; Brooklyn Councilman Ari Kagan officially switches parties

Former Brooklyn prosecutor pleads guilty in pot distribution ring; NYPD officers shoot man after stolen car chase and gunfight in Bronx near Yankee Stadium; Mayor Adams’ mental health hospitalization plan greeted with skepticism from cops

Governor talks housing crisis and teases priorities and policy ideas; Mayor says NYC should have ‘no plea bargain rule’ for prosecuting hate crimes; NY task force takes down ghost gun ring

Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn is elected leader of House Democrats; ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes’ killer Brian Boyd sentenced to 1-to-3 years in prison; Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights up in NYC;

Governor announces $46.5M in grants awarded to three Long Island colleges; Mayor Adams’ new plan to force treatment upon homeless mentally ill; N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit accusing upstate nursing home of misusing $18 million in state funds

FDNY makes diversity push; Mayor Adams touts NYPD subway rescue; NYPD sergeant punished for wearing pro-Trump patches at Black Lives Matter protest

Man critically hurt by hit-and-run driver in East Village; Manhattan chef fighting 9/11 illness battle; Ex-Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. removed from flight

Hochul approves 2-year ban on fossil fuel cryptocurrency mining; Texas firm that built NYC’s doomed migrant tent overcharged city more than $130K as part of COVID contract; Men robbed to make it rain at NYC strip club

Governor Hochul signs anti-bias bills; Mayor Adams defends mostly sparing NYPD from latest budget cuts; Fifth Avenue will open to pedestrians during holidays

Biden declares federal emergency in western New York; Mayor Adams slams Twitter as platform for hate speech and violence; N.Y. hands out first recreational weed dispensary licenses

Nets lift Kyrie Irving’s suspension after emotional apology; Broadway Boxing events coming back to NYC; Nets lift Kyrie Irving’s suspension after emotional apology; Details on man fatally struck by Manhattan train

Ax-wielding man enters New York Times building; Wrongly convicted man freed by Queens court; Brooklyn Democrat Representative could become House’s first Black minority leader in new Congress

New York City Football Club stadium deal provides affordable housing; New York’s concealed carry gun laws reinstated; Notorious NYC pickpocket busted;

New York lost at least $11B in unemployment fraud during pandemic’s first year; NYC budget balloons to $104 billion under Mayor's revised fiscal plan; Morgue worker busted for stealing Louis Vuitton bag from dead man

Trans rights activists clash with TERF protesters outside NYC City Hall; Mayor Adams overhauls NYC’s embattled rental assistance program; Rudy Giuliani raid fails to produce criminal charges

NYPD detectives release images of suspect in Manhattan subway slashing; NYC stripped $533M in federal funding from Department of Correction; Brooklyn Bishop suing hip hop station over ‘drug dealer’ charge

NYC Mayor Adams orders closing of migrant tent camp; Mayor Adams blames progressives for N.Y. midterm losses; Loaded gun found in 6-year-old Bronx boy’s backpack

Uneven election night draws out division for democrats; New Yorkers approve $4.2 billion environmental bond act; Nets tab Jacque Vaughn as Steve Nash’s full-time replacement

Midterms bring big voter turnout in NYC; Group allied with mayor pumps $10K into Lee Zeldin’s GOP bid; Queens robbery crew carjacks, zip-ties and kidnaps man

Hochul, Zeldin spar over crime on eve of election day; Ex-NYC Buildings head linked to former member of alleged mob-run gambling; New York City voters accounted for about 37% of the ballots cast in the state

Climate on the New York election ballot; Governor Hochul works to toughen "Blue Wall; Canine owners locked out in turf war with baseball players over Brooklyn park

NYC seeks to rent more hotel rooms for migrants; Hochul rips Zeldin over defense of far-right group; NYC Buildings head resigns

New York absentee ballot laws upheld by appellate court; Body of NYPD Officer found in Guyana; Mayor Adams not ruling out removal of NYC Buildings head

Poll shows Hochul leads Zeldin by 8 points in New York governor’s race; NYC secures federal grant to roll out 51 all-electric school buses; Retired NYPD Detective racked up lawsuits that cost NYC more than $80K

About 100K vote in NYC’s opening weekend of early voting; NYC pay transparency law to go into effect; NYC-approved company caught immediately rejecting low-income housing applicants for having criminal records

Mexican protesters’ civil assault case against Donald Trump heads to trial in the Bronx; Pair wrongly convicted of Malcolm X’s murder to get $36 million from New York;

NYC Council Speaker open to legislation ensuring tech chief doesn’t carry gun at work; NYC Council passes bills to fight rats; NYPD warns Extremists may target Election Day voting sites

Far fewer migrants now coming to NYC; Mayor Adams unveils new resiliency efforts ahead of Hurricane Sandy anniversary; New York City Council to pass anti-rat legislation

Teenage boy shot in leg outside Staten Island high school; NYC Council presses DOC commissioner on reasons for contraband drugs entering jails; NYPD officers, supervisors accused of stealing, drinking liquor at Electric Zoo fest

Governor says state red flag law is working; Mayor Adams tones down bail reform rhetoric; Confusion over NY evidence reform law leads to some criminal cases being tossed

NYC rolls out new subway crime crackdown and homeless plan; Potential winter surge in COVID cases leaves New Yorkers unfazed; Critics blast pistol-packing Adams administration official

Mayor Adams shrugs off fired staffer’s comments about him, but calls anti-NYPD rant ‘unacceptable’; Long Island lawyer accused of attacking cops at the Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection Mayor Adams touts ‘substantial’ drop in NYC migrant wave — as new tent camp stands largely empty

NYC’s controversial Randalls Island tent camp admits few migrants on first day; NYC developers indicted for pocketing $1 million from affordable housing program

Zeldin gaining ground on Hochul in ‘competitive’ N.Y. governor’s race: Quinnipiac, Siena polls; Queens man charged with manslaughter for shoving stranger into path of subway train in fight over dropped cellphone; Correction Department officials a no show at NYC oversight meeting

Rep. Lee Zeldin downplays support from Trump as texts reveal his proximity to election denial push; Queens car thieves make off with 20 cars in 20 hours over the weekend; Man fatally struck by subway train after getting into fight on Queens platform

MTA officials for years misled the public about delays, cost overruns in long-stalled project to bring LIRR to Grand Central; NYPD cops fatally shoot parolee brandishing gun during confrontation on Manhattan street; Trump endorses Republican Zeldin in New York governor’s race

Mayor Adams, Gov. Hochul present united front on N.Y. migrant crisis, call for federal aid; NYC borough presidents demand freeze on eviction cases; NYC officials push major overhaul to Third Ave. in Manhattan, plan to turn over two lanes to bikes, buses

Gov. Hochul awards additional $13.4 million to increase access to abortion services in New York; New York’s gun-free zones remain in effect pending appeal; Trump must sit for deposition next week in NYC lawsuit brought by rape accuser, says Manhattan federal judge

Brooklyn public school staffer shot in head steps from school; NYC rat sightings up 74% from same point in 2020 despite mitigation efforts; Yankees, Mets projected to generate close to $100 million in total new revenue for NYC from playoffs according to Mayor Adams

New NYC Council bill would reward NYers for calling in illegal parking complaints; Retired NYPD and GOP congressional hopeful Anthony D’Esposito is in the hot seat again for losing his gun; Woman arrested for fatal Bronx MTA bus stabbing as friends mourn victim

Ukrainian runners want to ban Russians from New York City Marathon; New York Gov. Hochul raises a whopping $11M in last quarter ahead of Election Day; Six attackers in hoodies and masks beat, stab teen on Midtown Manhattan subway platform

Biden visits IBM in Hudson River Valley to highlight $20B expansion plan and campaign with Democrats; NYC Mayor Adams unveils $9 million program for students and schools with higher suspensions, absences; Federal judge temporarily blocks New York State’s new gun law

President Biden to visit New York City, New Jersey on Thursday; Kevin Spacey headed to trial on NYC sexual assault allegations; YC Council members want migrants sent to hotels, not Randalls Island

NYC Mayor Adams defends decision to move migrant tent city to Randall’s Island; NYC to issue new licenses to 1,000 electric for-hire vehicles; first new cars on street since 2018; Panic at NYU campus in downtown Brooklyn after gunfire

Online database makes public thousands of misconduct accusations against NYPD cops, NYC correction officers; NYC Mayor Adams ordered NYPD protection for his public safety deputy Philip Banks: ‘I am the intelligence bureau’; Using federal funds, NYC pours $1M into building ‘street hubs’ for food delivery workers

Massive backlog of New York rent hike complaints leaves tenants frustrated, angry; Feds must crack down on cyberattacks, Sen. Schumer says; NYC jail training chief quit after 9 days; Rikers unit he previously led was criticized for use of violent tactics

Hurricane Ian’s remnants will soak parts of the New York area this weekend; NYC doctor pleads guilty in $31M insurance fraud plot; performed unneeded surgery on poor patients; New NYC high school admission process to reward hard work, reversing pandemic policy: chancellor

Gov. Hochul takes new steps to fight polio amid outbreak in New York: ‘An imminent threat to public health’; Impact of pandemic on NYC students seen in newly released test results; FDNY unit heads to Florida to assist Hurricane Ian response; Former New York Gov. Cuomo announces a new political action committee, a ‘candid’ podcast and gun safety push in comeback attempt

NYC to appeal judge’s vaccination enforcement ruling, until then NYPD will comply with order; NYC correction chief slammed for email pushing release of dying Rikers detainee to keep jails death count down; Brooklyn landlord gets 6 months in jail after fatal space heater blaze in ‘absolute disaster’ apartment building

New York lawmakers ask for hearing on Con Edison prices as energy costs soar; NYC lawmaker makes push to ban tattoo discrimination by employers and landlords; Bronx man arrested in fatal beating of boyfriend; bloody hammer recovered from crime scene

NYC Mayor Adams, local pols visit Puerto Rico in aftermath of Hurricane Fiona; Moped creep now wanted for groping 7 women in Brooklyn; Brothers from upstate New York caught subway surfing in Queens

Giuliani critic seeks $2 million from NYC for wrongful arrest in Staten Island pat on the back of ex-mayor; NYC Mayor Adams to open refugee-style camps to house deluge of migrant asylum seekers; Penn Station rebuild to be overseen by architectural firm behind London’s King’s Cross station, MTA says

Exorbitant hospital prices have NYC Council member poised to clamp down with several bills; Supreme Court to hear NYPD cop’s challenge against NYC’s municipal COVID vaccine mandate; Brooklyn Dem Party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn announces reelection bid after year of internal controversies

NYC Mayor Adams weighs in on GOP response to migrants; N.Y. lawmakers vow quick response after Puerto Rico left in dark by storm; NYC detainee jumps into East River from Bronx jail barge in escape attempt

Mayor Adams unveils free Wi-Fi program for NYCHA residents; the administration expects the program to cost roughly $30 million a year, though the final price tag depends on how many households enroll; NYC Mayor Adams’ chief of staff Frank Carone to resign

NYPD shifting to SUVs and electric vehicles; NYC would have to give out free food during water outages in public housing under new bill; Queens public school staffer broke autistic student’s arm;

Hochul signs student loan forgiveness legislation for New York public servants; Mayor Adams’ team insists NYC can reassess right-to-shelter practices; New York State corrections officer charged with selling drugs and guns out of East Harlem apartment

Police investigating string of robberies in and near Central Park; Former aide sues ex-Governor Cuomo and top officials; New York’s $4.2B environmental bond act getting big boost

NYC commits $1M to fund abortion services for low-income women; NYC fails to house dozens of homeless people in latest ‘right to shelter’ blunder; Mayor Adams slams Council solitary confinement ban

New York’s COVID state of emergency to expire; Mayor Adams pours $33M into private-sector apprenticeships for NYC students; Zeldin counts conservative Dems among backers of governor bid

Former N.Y. Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin did not file campaign finance data; Benched Brooklyn judge’s alleged homophobic, racist remarks preceded removal from the bench; Long Island Congressional candidate compared reproductive rights to slavery

Hochul approves amended class-size cap for city schools; Council leaders demand Mayor Adams revoke Trump golf license; Flags ordered to half-staff on NYC buildings after death of Queen Elizabeth II

Mayor Adams rallies for Bronx housing project; New York ends subway, bus, train COVID mask mandate; Bruce Springsteen artifacts go west for Grammy Museum exhibit

Hochul hammers Zeldin in new ads ; NYCHA residents told not to use water; A non-binding resolution to reverse school budget cuts

Trump returns to center stage in New York governor’s race; Mayor Adams laments not being told earlier about arsenic in NYCHA complex drinking water; NYC principals outraged over sudden departure of high-ranking union official

Officials commemorate Hurricane Ida one year later; Mayor Adams stands by NYC social services chief; NYC carriage horse industry proposes more regulations

N.Y. officials roll out new ‘gun-free zones’ across state; Thousands of migrants still pouring into NYC from Texas; NYC educators still grappling with effects of pandemic in classroom

NYC to put up ‘gun free zone’ signs throughout Times Square; Mayor Adams claims ‘a win’ in fight against NYC subway homelessness; NYC yellow taxi medallion owners struggling with debt can get relief;

NYPD cops with inhouse jobs in precinct commands ordered to hit the streets; Cop fired after paling around with Roger Stone and Jan. 6 insurrectionists sues NYPD;

Coney Island Boardwalk shooting leaves one man dead, four wounded; Teen admits role in Bronx attack on off-duty cop; Broadway and Sopranos actor Robert Lupone dead at age 76

Biden plans New York trip to speak at United Nations General Assembly; Three NYPD cops must pay $191,000 in excessive force, wrongful arrest verdict

The Governor and Mayor take credit for drop in shootings, uptick in gun seizures; Bill de Blasio to serve as visiting fellow at Harvard University; NYC scooter battery fires have doubled

38 NYC Council members urge Education Dept. not to cut restorative justice funding; NYC Election Day turnout is abysmally low; Grandson of former Staten Island borough president faces federal charges in girlfriend’s shooting

New York candidates mount final push to lock down votes; NYC Mayor Adams slams ‘silly’ concerns about his nightlife habits; New York rolling back COVID rules for schools, expanding monkeypox vaccinations and monitoring polio cases

A look at key endorsements in the crowded NY-10 Democratic congressional primary; A look at key endorsements in the NY-17 Democratic congressional primary; NYPD issues ‘emergency rules’ on concealed-carry gun licenses to obey Supreme Court ruling;

NYC Mayor Adams defends weed truck seizures; Mayor Adams launches crackdown on NYC’s abandoned outdoor dining sheds; New York’s tuition assistance program to include part-time students

Trump to headline fundraiser for New York GOP gubernatorial candidate; NYC plans to rent another 5,000 hotel rooms to house migrants; FDNY Hispanic Society leaders push for Mayor Adams to appoint Latino fire commissioner

New York judge sides with Cuomo in dispute over book deal; Adams endorses N.Y. Senate candidate with an interesting history; NYC Education Dept. scraps in-school student COVID-19 testing;

Mayor Adams insists ‘no conflict of interest’ in putting casino executive on NYC payroll; Adams administration could be eying big cut to NYC’s school restorative justice programs; Several call on DA to probe horse carriage industry

Fight against menacing spotted lantern flies in N.Y. to get extra $22M, Schumer says; Long Island man accused of attacking three federal court officers in elevator melee; What you need to know about the Aug 23rd primary election

Cuomo sues N.Y. AG Tish James, wants state to cover legal bills in trooper harass suit; Gang member arrested for fatal shooting outside Brooklyn NYCHA complex; Weezer’s Broadway residency scrapped over low ticket sales

Trump takes the Fifth, refuses to answer questions in NY Attorney General deposition over real estate business; Queens scooter rider dies week after he’s struck by hit-and-run Porsche SUV driver; NYC negligent in death of man, 25, at Rikers, says mom’s lawsuit; case alleges jailers ignored his mental illness

Mayor Adams’ admin still mum on fed talks over asylum seekers from Texas traveling to NYC; Gov. Hochul encourages local N.Y. gov’ts to aid in combating extremism and domestic terrorism; NYC reaches $20 million settlement with Chipotle in workers’ rights suit

Governor Hochul signs bills boosting tax relief for N.Y. seniors; NYC Education Department moves forward with new dyslexia program; NYC to launch Queens-wide composting program

More migrants from Texas border arrive in NYC; NYPD tickets to dangerous drivers down by nearly half from pre-pandemic year; Hochul campaign slams Zeldin over 11,000 allegedly photocopied petition signatures

Mayor Adams speaks on monkeypox vaccine delays; New York cops have seized twice as many guns this year than 2021; Mayor Adams unveils Far Rockaway’s affordable housing facelift

Adams declares himself NYC’s first ‘hip hop mayor’; Governor Hochul says judges need better understanding of current N.Y. bail law; NYC’s rat problem is getting worse;

NYPD seizes 240 dirt bikes, ATVs in one day; Mayor Adams takes a pass on border tour from Texas Governor; NYC public housing to become more energy efficient under $70M plan

Polio found in N.Y.’s Rockland County wastewater; Mayor Adams shuts down Brooklyn bishop’s gun permit plea; NYC speed cameras begin 24/7 enforcement

Nearly 50 rescue dogs arrive in NYC after being saved from Kentucky floods; State Liquor Authority, Manhattan bar face legal fight; Woman who sued mobsters over son’s murder dies in Brooklyn crash

GOP gubernatorial hopeful aligns himself with Mayor Adams; Mayor Adams considers new rules for garbage on NYC curbs; NYC to receive 10% of federal monkeypox vaccine order

Mayor Adams announces crackdown on unlicensed NYC waste haulers with mob ties; NYC schools chancellor wants to keep ’Summer Rising’ program going after federal funds end; Unvaccinated NY appeals judge will finally get the jab

Governor Hochul touts gun violence investments; NYC business group to put $8M to homeless outreach; New York builds upon legacy of federal Americans With Disabilities Act with new state laws

New York makes diapers fully tax exempt; NYC subway tunnels to get cell service over next 10 years; Monkeypox cases in NYC surpass 1K

Lower Manhattan groups sue to stop tower from being constructed; NYC subway security improvements move at snail’s pace; New Jersey woman sentenced to prison time for $400K GoFundMe scam

New York records first U.S. polio case in almost a decade; Five indicted in ‘Iron Pipeline’ investigation of guns smuggled to NYC; Feds pay NYC $4B in COVID relief funds

Talks to restore $250 million to slashed school budgets; Mayor Adams takes aim at five top U.S. weapon-makers; New York prepping for fall COVID surge

Report finds traffic deaths on the rise in the Bronx; Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ends congressional bid; Mayor Adams calls out Texas and Arizona for sending asylum seekers to city

Brutal heat coming to New York City; NYC parents and teachers file lawsuit to block school budget cuts; Mayor Adams unveils 45-ton storm-surge barrier

Police looking for two sex attackers; CUNY distributes $3 million to help student parents take summer courses; Manhattan prosecutors won’t pursue charges against alleged suspect

New York City Council passes abortion access package; Mayor Adams announces NYC Ferry price hike; NYC Education Dept. projects student enrollment will fall by another 30,000 next year;

Governor Hochul plans $1.2B tax break for developers in Penn Station overhaul; Mayor Adams defends keeping ‘secret’ office space; Owner of Manhattan bar to pay $500,000 for harassing workers

Private boat dumps a dozen riders in Hudson River; NYC sues Manhattan slumlord over short-term rental scheme; NYC sends tests to pools, establishes treatment line as COVID roars

protesters disrupt entrance to local airport; NYC COVID infection and hospitalization rates increase; NYC sheriff seizes 54 ‘ghost cars’ with fake plates

Bill passed legislature would prohibit building new schools within 500 feet of highways; Man killed after opening fire on NYPD officer in Brooklyn; Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run SUV driver in Brooklyn

75% of NYC monkeypox cases are in Manhattan; Security deposit settlement nets Brooklyn tenants $300,000; Bodega worker accused of fatally stabbing aggressor has bail lowered

New York City’s COVID positivity rate tops 14%; NYC Ferry ran deeper in red than de Blasio administration let on; NYC strikes deal to boost pay for lifeguards in bid to address staff shortages

Governor signs off on package of environmental bills; Mayor Adams vows crackdown on paper license plates in NYC; Monkeypox cases in NYC double in a week;

Three men shot in Queens; Ex-NFL player graduates from NYPD academy; Joey Chestnut wrestles protester, wins record 15th Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in Coney Island

NYPD Special Victims unit faces Justice Department probe into allegations cops ‘re-traumatizing’ sex assault victims; NYC speed and red light cameras to begin 24/7 enforcement Aug. 1; Jalen Brunson to sign 4-year, $110M deal with the Knicks; Kevin Durant demands a trade from the Brooklyn Nets

New NYC school superintendent resigned from last job over sexual harassment allegations; N.Y. Attorney General James and NYC Mayor Adams sue ‘ghost gun’ distributors, citing murder and violence as impetus; NYC Mayor Adams doubles down on push to probe Rudy Giuliani for falsely reporting a crime

NYC Mayor Adams suggests Rudy Giuliani exaggerated assault claim on Staten Island: ‘To falsely report a crime is a crime’; Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual exploitation of teen girls; Release of ‘Duck Sauce Killer’ on bail rattles neighbors, workers at Queens Chinese restaurant

Giuliani slapped in Staten Island; Manhattan strippers sue their employer; Kyrie Irving seeks a trade

NYC’s Pride March rolls out with mixed emotions; 500,000 more New Yorkers are eligible for MTA ‘Fair Fares’ discounts; Driver fleeing cops mows down Brooklyn pedestrians

Supreme Court strikes down New York concealed-gun law; Mayor Adams and City Council poised to use ‘sensitive places’ designation to limit firearms in NYC; NYC to launch virtual high school for 200 students this fall

Mike Bloomberg sworn into advisory post at Pentagon; unveil low-income housing where South Bronx juvenile jail once stood; Mayor Adams defends retreat from solo NYPD subway patrols

NYC’s COVID alert level ticks down to ‘medium’; Teen calls in bomb threat to Queens Catholic school; Solo NYPD patrols begin on NYC subway system

NYC’s early voter turnout low in primary; Mayor Adams raises cash from crypto execs; New York enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act

Off-duty NYPD officer dies by suicide; Andrew Giuliani claims he’s being discriminated against by NY1 because he’s not vaccinated;

NYC and New Jersey picked as hosts for 2026 FIFA World Cup; Governor Hochul signs NYCHA trust into law; Demoted NYPD lieutenant suspended

Mayor Adams endorses Governor Hochul in New York’s Democratic primary; Enrollment losses in NYC public schools even sharper than predicted; Mayor Adams blames cuts to NYC swim classes on ‘national lifeguard shortage'

Mayor Adams rolls out plan for fixing NYC housing crisis; NYC Council passes budget in late-night vote; New York Republicans won’t return Paladino cash after his outrageous ‘Hitler’ praise

Governor Hochul signs New York’s new abortion bills into law; Mayor Adams defends keeping NYPD budget flat amid crime spike; Feds hunt for loaded gun in Brooklyn’s MDC jail

NYPD reports 51% surge in stolen cars this year; Rapper arrested just before Governor’s Ball performance; Man dies after drunken fall onto Manhattan subway tracks

Governor Hochul forges ahead with NYC Penn Station redesign plan; NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls on Democratic alliance with cops; N.Y. Republican congressional candidate says Hitler is the ‘kind of leader we need today’

NYC officials vow to make 100 streets safer in 2022; Cuomo attorney seeks investigation; MTA bus driver arrested for NYC hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian

More than 75% of New Yorkers worry they will be victims of violent crime; Gov. Hochul signs NYC hotel-to-housing conversion bill;

Hochul signs off on New York’s strict new gun laws; Mayor Eric Adams rips Albany lawmakers and the criminal justice system; Neighbors still fuming 1 year after MTA bus crashed into Brooklyn apartment building

Dispatcher who hung up on frantic Tops employee during Buffalo massacre is fired; Beloved NYC Dept. of Correction captain dies after plastic surgery in the Dominican Republic; Bronx lawmaker demands more public input for redistricting

LGBTQ groups boycott Mayor Adams’ NYC Pride Month event; Class size reduction bill pass NY state Senate; NYC Mayor Adams taps Andre Mitchell as ‘gun violence czar’

Final new terminal at LaGuardia opens; NYC lawmakers propose rent tax rollback for Manhattan businesses hit by COVID; Two more New Yorkers believed to test positive for monkeypox

New York raising age for purchasing semiautomatic weapons to 21; NYC Mayor Adams vows mistakes in Texas school shooting won’t be made by NYPD; NY legislators to vote on two-year extension of mayoral control over NYC schools

Governor Hochul says NYC will ‘never forget’ 20 years after 9/11 cleanup ended; Mayor Adams says NYC faces ‘Pearl Harbor moment’ in COVID; Suspicious package shuts down NYC subway service at Grand Central Terminal

NYC Mayor Adams announces bust of $3.8M shoplifting ring; Ghost gun found outside Brooklyn school; Mayor Adams makes bid for Democratic National Convention

Governor Hochul wants to raise the age to purchase guns in New York to 21; Mayor Adams pleads with NYC parents to check their kids for guns; Antonio Delgado sworn in as New York’s next lieutenant governor

Suspect caught in Q train subway slaying; Adult Survivors Act signed into N.Y. law; New York cancels U.S. History Regents exam after Buffalo shooting

NYC Mayor Adams pushes for gun ‘scanners’ at Port Authority after latest subway shooting; De Blasio vows return to roots in Congress run; N.Y. Assembly approves Adult Survivors Act

Cuomo addresses Buffalo congregation reeling from mass shooting; MS-13 member serving time for murder of Ohio teen dies at Brooklyn federal jail; Teen fatally shot in head outside Brooklyn NYCHA development

Mayor Adams fills final seat on NYC education panel after ouster of anti-gay member; Health officials investigating possible monkeypox case in NYC; Two Black women make history as first promoted to division chief in FDNY EMS

Mayor Adams not reinstating indoor face mask mandate; NYC bus drivers fed up with assaults; Hochul to strengthen gun laws

NYC enters ‘high’ COVID alert status; President Biden visits Buffalo massacre scene; Bronx judge finds city in contempt for missed medical visits on Rikers Island

City to distribute 16.5 million at-home COVID tests at key centers; NYPD officer arrested on charges he beat, threatened estranged wife; Hochul calls for ‘national response’ to tighten gun laws after racist Buffalo massacre

Buffalo suspect brought in for mental health evaluation and released last year; ; Buffalo shooting spurs Governor Hochul to call for crackdown of social media; NYC parents push back on shift to special education hearing system

NYC students walk out of class to join abortion rights protest; Mayor Adams predicts peril in NYC if Supreme Court strikes down gun license law; Family of Brooklyn teen wants answers in fatal late-night TikTok shooting;

Gov. Hochul commits to join 2 debates in New York Democratic primary; Mayor Adams wants feds to yank license of Nevada-based ‘ghost gun’ parts seller; New York Assembly map upheld for 2022 elections

Hochul directs $35 million to abortion providers for expected surge; N.Y. COVID rates keep rising; Hunt still on for suspect who fatally shot off-duty NYPD employee

COVID continues steady rise in New York; Mayor Adams aims to build 30K affordable housing units in NYC; Shooting erupts outside Staten Island school for autistic children

Governor Hochul tests positive for COVID; Fourth inmate this year dies on NYC’s Rikers Island as threat of federal takeover looms; Decomposing body found in Bronx apartment

NYC Council bill would require watchdog to probe claims of NYPD lying in court; Hochul says N.Y. is ‘leaving no stone unturned’ to solidify abortion safe haven status; Two men shot to death at Midtown Manhattan home recording studio

NYC Mayor Adams’ approval rating sliding on nearly all issues; The Center honors the life and legacy of artist Keith Haring; A new bill could bring fines for excessive honking

N.Y. lawmakers eye expanding reproductive rights, access to birth control; Hochul picks new Lieutenant Governor; Mayor Adams’ homeless encampment crackdown has resulted in 39 shelter placements so far

NYC enters medium risk COVID alert level; Amazon workers reject union at second Staten Island facility; Retired NYPD cop found guilty of assaulting officer at Capitol riot

Man found dead after brush fire tears through Brooklyn homeless encampment; AAPI groups get $20M from New York State; Man stabbed to death inside Times Square Dave & Buster’s

Brooklyn subway shooter's lawyers accuse feds of illegally taking DNA sample; NYC Council leaders push back on Mayor Adams’ budget plans; NYC retirees could be denied ‘medically necessary care’ under Medicare Advantage plan

Mayor Adams backs political push to remove Benjamin from ballot; HUD approves refinancing of Bronx’s Co-op City; NYPD union hits Mayor Adams for remark about cops using their phones

Mayor Adams unveils revised $99.7B budget; N.Y. Senate approves Adult Survivors Act; Lawmakers defend New York’s potential crypto mining moratorium

Hochul’s primary lead remains strong despite job performance plunging; Mayor Adams to slash NYC government’s car fleet by 4%; NYC City Council preempts Mayor Adams with $1.3B spending demands

Eight firefighters injured battling Brooklyn house blaze; NYC Mayor Adams’ meeting policy could lead to more red tape, ethics concerns; Amazon union rally in Staten Island gets a boost from Bernie Sanders

NewYork-Presbyterian finally agrees to accept World Trade Center Health Plan for 9/11 survivors; NYC Council Speaker and colleagues demand more from Mayor Adams on housing, homelessness; Bill Clinton joins Hochul, Adams to unveil plan for making N.Y. high-rises carbon neutral

COVID ticks up in New York; Mayor Adams thanks NYPD cops, tipsters who helped track down Brooklyn subway shooter; Police officer shot in Yonkers

NYC Mayor Adams commits to releasing unspecified ‘tax information’ following backlash; Governor Hochul unveils new TV ad ahead of Democratic primary; Off-duty NYPD cop accused of shooting man in Brooklyn and not reporting it

Mayor Adams holding off on new COVID restrictions; Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg returns to City Hall after eight years out in cold; First televised debate is set in N.Y. Democratic race for Governor

NYC Mayor Adams calls for ‘national and local’ solutions to violence; Two men shot and wounded on Lower East Side; Queens woman found dead in duffel bag

N.Y. approves first round of 50 adult-use marijuana growing licenses; N.Y. Democrats back change to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from ballot; Black and Hispanic admissions to ‘Gifted and Talented’ program double after NYC scraps entrance exam

Brooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested in East Village; Governor Hochul claims she was blindsided by Benjamin indictment; NYPD watchdog wants discipline for cops who drove van into George Floyd protesters

16 injured in Brooklyn subway shooting; Mayor Adams responds to Brooklyn subway shooting; Former Lieutenant Governor Benjamin to remain on the N.Y. primary ballot even after stepping down

NYC will recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for city employees; N.Y. budget mixed bag for housing; Brooklyn high school student caught with 40 bullets in his backpack;

Mayor Adams has tested positive for COVID; NYC Councilman floats free optometry for low-income residents; NYPD officer shoots out tire of fleeing Porsche on Belt Parkway

Mayor Adams set to name new NYC sanitation commissioner; New York budget plan includes gas tax suspension 20 arrested in violent gang crackdown tied to murder and drill music

Hochul urges New Yorkers traveling for spring holidays to test and boost; Mayor Adams breaks ground on ‘inclusive’ Brooklyn office building, local politician raises gentrification concerns; NYPD brass say repeat offenders big factor in city’s crime spike

NYC Council majority calls on Mayor Adams to end ‘cruel’ homeless encampment sweeps; NYC correction officers charged with smuggling drugs and phones to gang members at Rikers Island; Thousands of MTA employees miss state-required anti-sex harassment training

New York launching cannabis public health campaign; Brooklyn judge guilty of obstruction of justice resigns; Mayor Adams launches ads inviting LGBTQ Floridians to NYC

NYC on track to score at least one full-blown casino license ; Upstate judge tosses New York redistricting maps; New York budget misses deadline

New York’s COVID rates drop slightly as BA.2, a subvariant of omicron, becomes dominant strain; Bronx murder conviction overturned because DA took six years to try ‘relatively simple case;’ NYC Council progressives blast Mayor Adams’ anti-gun plan as heavy-handed, discriminatory: ‘We cannot police our way out of this’; MTA inks $50M deal to install security cameras near turnstiles at 88 NYC subway stations

A spike in COVID cases in NYC; Mayor Adams Mayor Adams needled over his decision to keep a COVID vaccination mandate in place; Mayor Adams' new plan for foster care children

More than 64,000 retired city workers opt out of a controversial Medicare plan; JetBlue to add 5,000 new jobs in NYC; A homeless man living in a tree has been arrested;

Evictions are racing ahead in NYC; A 28-year-old man was shot to death after getting into an argument in a Bronx public housing development; Study shows cars on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge move slower due to a bike lane

Mayor Adams lifts COVID vaccine mandates for performers, athletes; NYC employee unions bash Mayor Adams’ rollback of COVID vaccine mandates for athletes; Uber users will soon be able to catch taxis through the popular e-hail app

NYC to launch citywide doula program for moms; NYC gang members busted for Washington Heights drug ring, DEA says; MTA seeks company to give homeless New Yorkers free rides to shelters

Mayor Adams to drop NYC school mask rule for kids younger than 5; New York Lieutenant Governor apologizes for dodging questions over proposed bail changes; HUD secretary to announce $228M in disaster relief for N.Y. following Tropical Storm Ida

The NYPD’s top counterterrorism official is facing intense backlash; Governor Hochul's leaked plans to roll back bail reforms ahead of the state budget deadline; A man fell between moving subway cars in Brooklyn

A new technological solution to keep public schools safe; What happened to the "Mosaic" curriculum?; An unlicensed box truck driver has been charged after fatally striking a man in a wheelchair in Queens

Cuomo blames “woke” progressives for his undoing; A Queens man was duct taped, pistol-whipped and robbed; A budget battle over bail is brewing

Andrew Cuomo eyeing a run in the election; The latest on the "museum madman"; Mayor Adams may modify pandemic protocols for NY athletes

Woman accused of luring a would-be suitor to his kidnapping indicted; New commissioner for the city’s Department of Investigation; The Rockefeller Center's "rolling" renovation

More than 100 municipal workers were terminated Monday for refusing to get the second vaccination dose; City Comptroller weighs in on Mayor Adams’ recent policy rollback; New York lawmakers have unveiled their fiscal priorities

New York City companies are finally headed back to the office; New York's burdened court system set back after the pandemic; ;

Two NYPD officers found guilty of stealing cash from ‘drunk driver’ in a police ‘integrity’ sting; Sarah Lawrence sex cult leader Lawrence Ray tortured victims in ‘The Ray Family,’ prosecutors say in openings of NYC trial; Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn appears before Jan. 6 committee, pleads the Fifth

Brooklyn man used 3D printers to make plastic ‘ghost gun’ parts: cops; Washington man who injected people with fake COVID-19 vaccine sentenced; Russia bombs maternity ward in southern Ukraine as Putin scales up attacks

Founder of NYC Russian center charged with illegally working as a foreign agent for Russia and Putin; Ghislaine Maxwell trial juror explains why he failed to reveal past sex abuse: He was ‘thinking about a breakup’; First trial in Capitol riot ends with conviction all counts

Delivery companies like Amazon, UPS to pay less for NYC parking fines, blocking bus lanes; Cyber threats increase since Russian invasion of Ukraine, NYC officials warn; Pelosi to push blocking Russian oil imports to the U.S., approving $10B aid to Ukraine

Settlements top $1M for much-sued NYPD sergeant accused of unwarranted stops, arrests and raids; Queens dog owner returned home to find pet dog dying and correction officer ex-boyfriend waiting inside her apartment; Russia to block Facebook, a major escalation in the information battle

NYPD grabs 27 ghost guns in Queens as more build-them-yourself weapons show up on city streets; Mayor Adams meets with LGBT leaders after sparking outrage over NYC appointments; Jan. 6 panel claims Trump engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’

NYC parolees jailed on minor violations denied state-required court hearings, says Legal Aid Society; Man wanted for attacking 7 women in Manhattan in 2-hour anti-Asian assault spreeSupreme Court confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson set to kick off March 21

NYPD trial begins of cop who accompanied Trump adviser Roger Stone on Jan. 6; Central Park 5 members call on New York lawmakers to support wrongful conviction bill; Biden in State of the Union: Dictators must ‘pay a price’

Despite lifting NYC restaurant requirements, Mayor Adams keeps vaccination mandate for workers; Many Capitol riot cases could hinge on 1st trial’s outcome; Biden calms fears of nuclear war after Putin raises alert level of Russia forces

New York mask and vaccination updates; A new medical center coming soon; New York will no longer do business with companies headquartered in Russia or run by Moscow

The City Council approved two of Mayor Adams’ top appointments; LGBTQ politicians, activists protest Mayor Adams appointments; MTA found 29 ‘homeless encampments’ in NYC subway tunnels

Mayor Adams plans to soon phase out NYC’s indoor COVID rules, but ex-pandemic advisor warns against; Gov. Hochul announces creation of New York cybersecurity force; Biden slaps Putin with sanctions over invasion of Ukraine while Russia considers next move

Mayor Adams defends hiring pastors with anti-gay pasts as ‘what’s best’ for NYC after they apologize; Trump praises Putin as ‘genius’ and ‘very savvy’ for invading Ukraine; FDNY EMT arrested for homicide in fatal hit-run Rolls-Royce crash that killed beloved Brooklyn teacher

NYPD detective charged with drunken driving after reporting his car stolen;Ex-NYPD Narcotics detective says she was framed by cop casting Santeria spells ; Trump lashes out after N.Y. judge rules he must testify under oath

SUNY student shot to death walking home from campus; FDNY firefighter arrested, suspended in ‘ghost gun’ trafficking sting; AOC suggestion to rename Queens post office angers LGBTQ leaders

Hunger strike among ICE detainees in upstate jail over conditions; jail officials dispute allegations; Senate sends Biden bill averting federal government shutdown on Friday; NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force head is reassigned

Jurors deliberating in Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against New York Times received alerts that judge would dismiss the case; Biden orders release of Trump White House logs to Jan. 6 committee; Nikki Lucas, Manny De Los Santos win special N.Y. Assembly elections in Manhattan, Brooklyn

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre reach settlement in sex abuse lawsuit; Feds investigating NYPD for mistreatment of moms nursing newborns on the force (EXCLUSIVE); Mayor Adams considering anti-gay ex-NYC Councilman Fernando Cabrera for ‘faith-based’ post: sources

Mayor Adams fails to convince Dems to reverse criminal justice reforms during Albany visit; Judge will toss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times; Trump’s accounting firm says decade of financial documents should ‘no longer be relied upon’

Proposed elementary school merger stirs debate over race, education in East Village; FDNY captain busted after search warrant turns up steroids, ecstasy in his home; Rikers Island officers fail to prevent savage caught-on-video attacks on inmate, 67, prompting demands for release of other jail assault victims

Adams signs orders to improve the quality of food offered by NYC agencies;

NYC schools masks debate heats up as Gov. Hochul keeps mandate in place; CDC chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky says ‘not there yet’ on easing COVID-fighting mask rules; Sen. Mitch McConnell slams GOP whitewash of Jan. 6 attack: ‘A violent insurrection’

New Yorkers and lawmakers howl over utility hikes; Con Ed says they’re not to blame; Families and survivors of fatal Bronx apartment fire sue building owners for ‘negligence’; NYC couple, including Wall Street ‘rapper,’ busted in record setting $3.6B Bitcoin scam

Andrew Cuomo has taken a small step toward reentering public life; Mayor Adams slams the New York City Housing Authority; A drive-by shooter killed a woman and wounded a man in the Bronx

Mayor Adams approves controversial new Medicare plan for retired NYC workers despite lawsuit; NYC Mayor Adams seeks to reassure progressives on judges and bail; Trump’s GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

Bronx NYPD sergeant who shot dead emotionally disturbed woman cites ‘judgment call’; said he had no choice; N.Y. COVID positivity rate falls under 5%, deaths remain stubbornly high; U.S. says new intel shows Russia plotting false flag attack

Brooklyn judge’s son pleads guilty to role in Capitol riots; Actress Susan Sarandon retweets message comparing cops at funeral for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera to ‘fascists’; Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension

50-round handgun magazine gave Harlem cop killer firepower advantage in shooting of two NYPD officers; Nearly 4K unvaccinated NYC workers face firing next week amid slowdown in COVID shots; Georgia DA investigating Trump asks FBI for security help

Mayor Adams reaffirms commitment to school safety agents after NYC student busted with backpack full of weapons; Women inmates will return to Rikers Island from state prison as DOC staff levels improve; Former top NYC jails official Stanley Richards says fire correction officers who abused sick leave

Four blizzard-related deaths on Long Island, three while shoveling snow; NYC Mayor Adams days he may hire more cops amid rash of shocking crimes; Ex-N.Y. Ranger feuds with photographer who confronted Sarah Palin about being COVID positive at Manhattan eatery

Hundreds of Rikers Island correction officers caught abusing sick leave policies during COVID staffing crisis: ‘Just completely dysfunctional’; NYC Mayor Adams gets waiver to hire his brother — but can only pay him $1: ‘It was never about the money’; Biden says he plans to pick Supreme Court Justice Breyer’s replacement within weeks

Rikers Island inmate on hunger strike labeled a ‘snitch’ and beaten in retaliation: attorney; New York Communities for Change endorse Jumaane Williams for governor; Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a rare opportunity to fill the role

COVID hospitalizations drop in New York as state emerges from winter surge; Queens home renovation site where dumpster mishap killed neighbor had no work permits; White House cites Trump’s ‘injecting disinfectant’ in squabble with Flordia Gov. DeSantis over COVID treatments

Burglary suspect tried to rape nurse on Rikers Island, was stopped by another inmate: D.A.; Mayor Adams brings back NYPD plainclothes unit as part of sweeping anti-crime plan: ‘We will have boots on the ground’End of NYC’s MetroCards delayed until 2024 amid software issues with tap-to-pay OMNY system

NY expands absentee voting after defeat of ballot measure;Hochul fast-tracking plan to get mental health workers into N.Y. subways; Sinema’s sins deserved censure, says Bernie Sanders

NYC dog owners say rats at Brooklyn park are spreading disease to their pets; Bronx prosecutors withdraw 133 cases linked to former NYPD narcotics detective accused of perjury; NYC Mayor Adams converts first paycheck into cryptocurrency in bid to fulfill campaign promise

Gov. Hochul unveils $216 billion spending plan for New York in first budget address; Bronx native Cardi B to cover funeral costs for all 17 victims of deadly borough high-rise blaze; Senate Democrats push to avert a filibuster in order to pass voting legislation

U.S residents can order free at-home COVID test kits from feds starting Jan. 19; Fiery Bronx gas explosion building collapse kills elderly resident, injures 7 others: ‘The pieces just went everywhere;NYC Mayor Adams concedes he feels unsafe when taking the subway, acknowledging concerns of transit riders

Off-duty NYPD cop pummels drunk driver, spews anti-Middle Eastern hate, in crazed road rage clash; NYPD veteran fired for hitting on women during busts; Knicks fans react to NYC Mayor Adams at Madison Square Garden following MLK Jr. speech

NYC gallery displays works of autistic and special needs artists; Former NYPD cop sentenced to prison over best friend’s death; Sen. Kyrsten Sinema slammed after blocking voting rights reforms

NYC Mayor Adams avoids contact with Bronx landlord who served on transition committee to prevent issues with investigation; Activists, pols back detainee food strike at Rikers over poor conditions, lack of services; Mayor Adams’ new jails commissioner pressured top investigator to ‘get rid of’ 2,000 disciplinary cases, then fired her after she resisted

Mayor Adams puts younger brother in charge of his security detail despite lingering ethics concerns;Ronnie Spector, Ronettes singing sensation and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, dead at 78; Jan. 6 panel requests interview from GOP leader Kevin McCarthy

Suspect who shoved Asian man onto Queens train tracks nabbed months later after subway groping: NYPD; Bronx fire death toll drops to 17, including 8 children, as faulty self-closing doors blamed for lethal smoke spread; Biden, Harris push voting rights in Atlanta but some civil rights activists say too little, too late

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday; Betty White had a stroke 6 days before death: report; Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule

NYC Mayor Adams defends controversial appointments of brother and ex-cop with ties to corrupt businessman; Space heater sparks deadliest NYC fire in decades, killing at least 19 Bronx building residents, 9 of them children; Manhattan DA Bragg defends easing up on minor crimes in face of criticism from new NYPD Commissioner Sewell, police unions

NYPD Internal Affairs boss asked to leave — by the former high-ranking cop he once investigated; N.Y. lawmakers pitch insurrection commemoration marking Jan. 6 as ‘Democracy Day’; Biden rips into Trump on Jan. 6 anniversary as former president complains: ’He can’t accept he lost’

Cops rushing to assault called in by Mayor Adams found just one man, who denied fight: sources; COVID cases surge in NYC courts: ‘Everyone who is entering these spaces is getting sick’; New Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg won’t pursue fare beating, resisting arrest, other non-violent, non-felony charges, angering cop union;

New York’s COVID hospitalizations keep surging, positivity rate at 23%; Mayor Adams not ruling out vetoing noncitizen voting bill, angering NYC Council progressives; Takedown targets alliance of three gangs responsible for four senseless killings: Brooklyn DA

COVID cases surge in city jails, with seven-day positive test rate hitting 37%; Trump’s children subpoenaed as part of NY AG’s fraud probe; Hochul to pitch term limits, ban on outside income for New York’s statewide elected officials

Ex-NYPD highway cop says officers already record traffic stops — advocates believe data will prove suspicions about racial profiling; Victim of NYC anti-gay hate crime says subway attack left him afraid to publicly show affection (EXCLUSIVE); AOC slams GOP’s ‘very obvious, strange, and deranged sexual frustrations’

Two NYPD officers put on desk duty after ignoring gunshots inside Brooklyn apartment: sources; Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of recruiting underage victims for Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse; Calls mount for other Jeffrey Epstein enablers to face charges after Ghislaine Maxwell guilty verdict

Mayor-elect Adams taps City Hall ‘fraud’ watchdogs, defends potential selection of scandal-scarred ex-cop; New York’s daily COVID positivity rate surges to almost 20%; Judge rules against Proud Boys using First Amendment defense in Jan. 6 case

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rants against ‘fake religion’ Kwanzaa as Black holiday begins; Dems planning next steps for Build Back Better, says Maryland senator; Trump made several versions of Jan. 6 video praising Capitol rioters — and outtakes could be used against him