• Mamdani ranks first in Working Families Party’s picks for NYC mayor

    Updated: 2025-05-31 16:28:48
    Zohran Mamdani got a key endorsement from the WFP The party’s ranked endorsement could help progressives unite around Mamdani, who’s polling in 2nd place behind Andrew Cuomo. [ more › ]

  • ' It seems unfair' — e-bike riders protest NYPD crackdown and criminal summonses

    Updated: 2025-05-31 16:28:48
    E-bikers have been getting criminal summonses The riders get slapped with summonses for the same sorts of violations that result in tickets for drivers. [ more › ]

  • 13 completely free and pretty fun things to do in NYC this June

    Updated: 2025-05-31 16:28:48
    A scene from a previous year's Mermaid Parade. There are free concerts, fitness classes and more to keep you occupied all month. And you won’t have to spend a dime. [ more › ]

  • City Council Approves Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan to Bring 4,600 Homes To Central Brooklyn

    Updated: 2025-05-31 11:30:03
    The New York City Council has approved the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a neighborhood rezoning initiative that will bring approximately 4,600 new homes and 2,800 permanent jobs to a 21-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn. Spearheaded by the Adams administration and the Department of City Planning (DCP), the plan targets areas spanning Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, and includes around 1,900 income-restricted affordable units.

  • Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 91 De Sales Place in Bushwick, Brooklyn

    Updated: 2025-05-31 11:00:48
    The affordable housing lottery has launched for 91 De Sales Place, a four-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by BTE Design Services and developed by Yuda Furth, the structure yields ten residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are two units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $93,018 to $140,000.

  • Permits Filed for 3141 Atlantic Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn

    Updated: 2025-05-31 10:30:22
    Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 3141 Atlantic Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Located between Norwood and Hale Avenues, the lot is one block south of the Norwood Avenue subway station, served by the J and Z trains. Ramani Mariappan of Royal Builders Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.

  • NYC subway stab victim attacked by maniac blocking Grand Central elevator

    Updated: 2025-05-31 04:18:26
    A subway rider was slashed on the nose and stabbed in the hand during a dispute over a bike that was blocking elevator doors at Grand Central Station on Saturday morning, cops said. 

  • Homeland Security cops handcuff one of Rep. Nadler's aides in chaotic day at NY fed building

    Updated: 2025-05-31 00:25:26
    . Gothamist A non-profit newsroom , powered by . WNYC Gothamist Listen Live Donate     News Homeland Security cops handcuff one of Rep . Nadler's aides in chaotic day at NY fed building By Arya Sundaram Published May 30, 2025 at 8:17 p.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Never miss a story   Email address By submitting your information , you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms   Submitted video By Arya Sundaram Published May 30, 2025 at 8:17 p.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email We rely on your support to make local news available to all Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations In a dramatic incident captured on video , U.S .

  • Supportive Housing Project Wraps Up Construction at 96 Saint Edwards Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

    Updated: 2025-05-31 00:00:18
    Construction is finishing up on 96 Saint Edwards Street, an 11-story residential building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Slate Property Group, the 115-foot-tall structure spans 66,837 square feet and yields 105 supportive housing units with an average unit scope of 624 square feet. The project also includes 1,274 square feet of community facility space and a cellar level. The property is located at the intersection of Saint Edwards Street and Auburn Place.

  • NYC’s biggest power brokers are circling Penn Station

    Updated: 2025-05-30 23:00:00
    People enter Penn Station in Manhattan. For decades, New Yorkers have endured the cramped, overcrowded disgrace that is North America’s busiest transit hub. [ more › ]

  • NYC mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams unlocks matching funds after boost from Mamdani

    Updated: 2025-05-30 23:00:00
    Adrienne Adams and Zohran Mamdani at a Working Families Party rally in Fort Greene Park. The day after Zohran Mamdani urged his supporters to donate to the Council speaker was her best day of fundraising so far. [ more › ]

  • NYPD searches East River for missing 15-year-old girl

    Updated: 2025-05-30 22:55:00
    The Roosevelt Island Bridge. Police were searching the waters in the area of the bridge Friday after a report a teen girl had gone into the water but not come out. Police said they were searching in the area of Roosevelt Island Bridge Friday afternoon. [ more › ]

  • Extra Extra: An Aperol Spritz on St. Mark's Place, you say?

    Updated: 2025-05-30 22:55:00
    Because we're not talking about the St. Mark's in Venice, here are your afternoon links: New York lacrosse champions, "Survivor" is 25, creemees look good and more. [ more › ]

  • NYC school field trips frequently become fiascos because buses don’t show, parents say

    Updated: 2025-05-30 16:10:09
    After a school bus didn't show for a field trip to the Bronx Zoo, third graders at the Brooklyn New School hung out in a park. Parents said the problems are another example of the city's byzantine bus system. [ more › ]

  • Early Addition: Spike Lee pays for his Knicks tickets

    Updated: 2025-05-30 16:10:09
    Because the celebrities sitting courtside "for free" have to play by different rules, here are your early links: Cuomo running a red light, Juan Soto struggling, new Alex G and more. [ more › ]

  • Bernard Kerik, NYPD commissioner during 9/11, dead at 69

    Updated: 2025-05-30 16:10:08
    Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, center, as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during his hush money trial in Manhattan last year. Kerik was often seen at former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's side in the aftermath of 9/11. [ more › ]

  • A new COVID-19 strain has landed in NY. Here’s what to know about it.

    Updated: 2025-05-30 16:10:08
    File photograph of a COVID-19 vaccination center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on Jan. 19, 2021. The variant is being detected just as the federal government announced new guidance on vaccines. [ more › ]

  • Brannan and Levine spar over Mayor Adams and Trump in NYC comptroller debate

    Updated: 2025-05-30 08:08:37
    Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and City Councilmember Justin Brannan are running for comptroller.. The two Democratic frontrunners traded barbs over budget cuts, Adams’ record and how they’d confront President Trump. [ more › ]

  • New NYC swimming program to be named for teens who drowned

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:07:25
    Mayor Eric Adams announced the Elyjha Chandler and Christian Perkins Swim for Life program. [ more › ]

  • NYPD officer, call center owner plead guilty in bribery scheme targeting crash victims, DOJ says

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:07:24
    Federal prosecutors say the duo made nearly $1 million by exploiting confidential NYPD crash data to solicit injury victims for profit. [ more › ]

  • Thousands in NY, NJ to lose access to NY1, News 12 in cable dispute

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:07:23
    New Yorkers may soon lose access to NY1. The dispute ends an eight-year agreement on program sharing. [ more › ]

  • Columbia's NASA climate lab, above Seinfeld diner, evicted by Trump

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:07:23
    It's moving day for NASA scientists evicted by the Trump Administration It's unclear if the eviction will save the government any money. [ more › ]

  • NYPD places officers on modified duty amid SoHo crypto kidnapping investigation

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:07:00
    A police spokesperson said "members of the service were modified" on Wednesday, but declined to elaborate. [ more › ]

  • 499 President Street Finishes Construction in Gowanus, Brooklyn

    Updated: 2025-05-30 00:00:22
    Construction is finished on 499 President Street, a ten-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by the Brodsky Organization and Avery Hall Investments, the 85-foot-tall structure spans 322,000 square feet and yields 350 rental units in studio to two-bedrooms layouts with 88 dedicated to affordable housing. The project also includes 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.  Eighty-eight of the apartments are designated as affordable housing. The 1.6-acre property is bounded by Union Street to the north, President Street to the south, and Nevins Street to the west.

  • Section of East River Park reopens after being lifted to fight floods

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:23
    East River Park is being lifted as much as 10 feet to conceal a flood barrier. The reopening marks a milestone in the $1.5 billion flood mitigation project. [ more › ]

  • Your guide to New York City Pride 2025

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:22
    Pride month is June 2025. The events will likely have some different vibes this year. [ more › ]

  • Early Addition: Finally some good news for Michael Grimm

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:22
    Because he's had a rough go since the last time you probably heard his name, here are your early links: Trump also pardons NBA YoungBoy, New York Liberty limited-edition library cards, good lil' burgers and more. [ more › ]

  • NY, NJ attorneys general sue Trump administration over cuts to science, diversity in research

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:22
    , , Gothamist A non-profit newsroom , powered by . WNYC Gothamist Listen Live Donate     News NY , NJ attorneys general sue Trump administration over cuts to science , diversity in research By Giulia Heyward Published May 29, 2025 at 8:00 a.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Never miss a story   Email address By submitting your information , you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms   Getty Images By Giulia Heyward Published May 29, 2025 at 8:00 a.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email We rely on your support to make local news available to all Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations New York and New Jersey†s attorneys general

  • NY lets Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards owner skirt huge penalties for affordable housing failure

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:21
    A view of the Vanderbilt railyard in Brooklyn where affordable housing was supposed to have been built. New York’s Empire State Development is letting the owner of the Atlantic Yards avoid millions of dollars in monthly penalties for missing a decade-old affordable housing deadline. [ more › ]

  • MTA board approves $65B plan to save NYC transit systems

    Updated: 2025-05-29 15:52:21
    Gothamist A non-profit newsroom , powered by . WNYC Gothamist Listen Live Donate     News MTA board approves 65B plan to save NYC transit systems By Stephen Nessen Published May 29, 2025 at 5:31 a.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Never miss a story   Email address By submitting your information , you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms   Li Qiang By Stephen Nessen Published May 29, 2025 at 5:31 a.m . ET Share Facebook Twitter Reddit Email We rely on your support to make local news available to all Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations The MTA board approved a 65 billion five-year construction plan on Wednesday that aims to rescue

  • Queens infant’s death not caused by dog mauling, medical examiner says

    Updated: 2025-05-28 22:58:04
    The Queensbridge Houses in Queens. Officials say the baby’s injuries from the family dog happened after she had already died, though the exact cause of death remains under investigation. [ more › ]

  • Killing NYC congestion pricing would 'harm the public,' judge rules

    Updated: 2025-05-28 22:58:03
    Congestion pricing is here to stay --- at least for now, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling marks a legal victory for the MTA, but does not end the agency's court battle with the feds over the future of the tolling program. [ more › ]

  • Cell service coming to G train subway tunnels, MTA says

    Updated: 2025-05-28 22:58:03
    Screen time is about to shoot up for G train riders. The announcement is part of the MTA's years-long push to bring wireless connectivity to all the city's underground subway tunnels. [ more › ]

  • The Manhattan Golden Mall Inches Closer to Opening

    Updated: 2025-05-28 14:34:41
    Skip to main content clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile Eater NY homepage New York Follow Eater NY : online Follow Eater NY on Twitter Follow Eater NY on Facebook Follow Eater NY on Youtube Follow Eater NY on Instagram Subscribe Log in or sign up Log In Sign Up Site search Search Search Eater NY main menu Cities Maps Openings Neighborhoods Video More Cities Atlanta Austin Boston Carolinas Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Philadelphia Phoenix Portland , OR San Diego San Francisco Seattle Twin Cities Washington DC Eater.com Maps Openings Neighborhoods Video Filed : under NYC Restaurant News NYC Restaurant Openings Coming Attractions The Manhattan Golden Mall Inches Closer to Opening The seven-story food hall will feature stalls

  • Turn Up the Sounds of Summer: Your Guide to Black Music Across New York State

    Updated: 2025-05-28 14:00:00
    From jazz and hip-hop to soul, funk, and multicultural roots music, get set to honor the rhythm, soul, and legacy of Black musical innovation in New York State at vibrant festivals, concerts, and events during Black Music Month in June.

  • 37 of New York State's Hottest New Summer Openings

    Updated: 2025-05-28 13:00:00
    No place does summer quite like the Empire State! With new attractions, restaurants, exhibits, and hotels opening in all corners of the state, summer 2025 is sure to be one to remember.

  • How to Celebrate 4th of July Weekend in New York

    Updated: 2025-05-23 13:00:00
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    Updated: 2025-05-20 15:00:00
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  • Where to Celebrate 2025 Pride in New York State

    Updated: 2025-05-13 13:00:00
    Pride is always an exciting time in New York, and 2025 is bringing a jam-packed lineup of meaningful and fun events all across the state. Highlights include the iconic NYC Pride March, illumination of Niagara Falls in Pride colors, and Pride Night with the Syracuse Mets.

  • Where to Celebrate Father’s Day in New York State

    Updated: 2025-05-12 04:00:00
    Happy (almost) Father’s Day! We appreciate all different types of dads, so instead of one-size-fits-all plans, read on for ideas on where and how to treat the unique dad in your life. From outdoor activities to unique museums, from gardens and restaurants to historical attractions and even spas, find the best way to show Dad you appreciate him.

  • 23 New York State Islands You Have to Visit

    Updated: 2025-05-10 13:00:00
    Spend some island time in New York State! Whether you prefer an island with a mysterious history, beachfront ambiance, or an elegant castle fit for royalty, New York’s islands are waiting for you to explore.

  • 11 Path Through History Weekend Getaways in New York State

    Updated: 2025-05-08 15:00:00
    June 14-15 marks Path Through History Weekend in New York State! It’s the perfect time to celebrate the state’s rich and vibrant past, from the lush Adirondacks to the sandy shores of Long Island.

  • Bougie on a Budget: How To Save Money While Living It Up in New York State

    Updated: 2025-05-06 15:00:00
    Who says luxury has to come with an expensive price tag? In New York State, there are all kinds of ways to live your best life without breaking the bank! From world-class theater to serene spa escapes to Michelin-starred cuisine, check out these wallet-friendly hacks and add a little luxury to your next Empire State getaway. 

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