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Transit workers union sues MTA over rule eliminating requirement for staffed token booths

The lawsuit is the latest sign the union is flexing its muscle ahead of contract negotiations this spring.

Orca-clad activists arrested downtown

Climate activists dressed as orcas were arrested in Lower Manhattan. The protest aimed to raise awareness about environmental issues and marine conservation.

Holiday Open Streets program returns to Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan this weekend

Part of Fifth Ave. near Rockefeller Center will be closed to vehicular traffic for the next three Sundays as the city’s holiday open-streets program returns for a second year. Motor vehicles will be...

Phil Banks quiet on rumored exit from Adams administration

The deputy mayor for public safety declined to comment on whether he would continue to serve in the role after this year.

Trump’s Georgia trial should be kicked to 2029 if he wins the election, his lawyer says

How Oysters Will Save New York (Published 2023)

Not all oysters are for holiday parties. I checked in on a local effort to build oyster reefs on a river floor.

Civil servants – including NYPD and MTA employees – not exempt from $15 congestion pricing toll

Ambulances, garbage trucks, police cars and fire trucks don’t have to pay the toll. But private vehicles belonging to those workers are still on the hook.

Hochul confirms she won’t pursue suburban housing mandates in ‘an election year’

The Democratic New York governor is leading efforts to regain suburban House seats that flipped in 2022.

Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House

Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers voted to expel him over criminal corruption charges and accusati...

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93 (Published 2023)

During a crucial period in American law — when abortion, affirmative action, sex discrimination and voting rights were on the docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country.

Latimer visits Israel ahead of potential run against Bowman

George Santos introduces expulsion resolution in potential final act in Congress

The House is slated to vote to expel Santos on Friday.

Suspect Rex Heuermann's estranged wife's cheek swab matches DNA found on victims: report

A cheek swab was taken from Asa Ellerup on the night her husband was arrested. That sample now matches the DNA found on hair strands on the victims.

Mayor Adams vows to remove parking spots from 1,000 NYC intersections every year

The street safety measure, called “daylighting,” is meant to reduce pedestrian deaths. Officials said traffic fatalities will also be recorded for the first time in CompStat, the NYPD’s weekly...

Vendors Return to Corona Plaza — With Tough Competition for Just Over a Dozen Stalls

A treasured Queens marketplace reopens after mass eviction, while immigrant retailers ask how they’ll survive with limited hours and few spots where they can sell.

New York’s top court upholds state gun laws – for now

The Court of Appeals rejected Second Amendment challenges to the state’s gun laws on procedural grounds, but both sides of the gun control debate expect more lawsuits to be filed.

NYC congestion pricing draft shows costly commute, especially for New Jersey drivers