A Meteor Burned Up 29 Miles Above Midtown Manhattan, NASA Sayswww.thecity.nyc Some residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island heard a loud boom Tuesday morning sparking alarm, while city officials scrambled to identify the cause.
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Mayor Adams’ Reelection Campaign Raked in More Than $1 Million as Opponents Circlewww.thecity.nyc The 2025 race for New York City’s Democratic nomination for mayor is taking shape at a difficult time for Adams, as he faces looming federal probes and record low approval ratings.
Con Ed Just Asked New Yorkers to Limit Energy Use — Here’s Whywww.thecity.nyc Widespread need for air conditioning strains the aging electric grid — and not all parts of the city are equally impacted.
Seaweed Farming and Wetlands in a Box: How Governors Island Has Become a Climate Labwww.thecity.nyc Entrepreneurs are testing ideas and products that aim to advance solutions to the climate crisis, which you can see in action this weekend.
The Ghost Newsstands Haunting NYC Subwayswww.thecity.nyc Just under 27% of retail spaces in the subway are currently open, MTA stats show. In some empty newsstands, artists have found pop-up performance space.
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Kara Ahmed, NYC’s Head of Early Childhood Education, to Leave After Turbulent Tenurebuff.ly Ahmed said she’s leaving to “assume a position that will help to elevate the quality of early childhood education on a national level.”
New York Unlikely to Hit 2030 Climate Goals, State Report Concedeswww.thecity.nyc Getting to 70% electricity from renewables by 2030 looks shaky, as global economic factors and rising energy demand imperil ambitious targets.
New NYC Garbage Bins — and New Rules — Roll Out This Novemberwww.thecity.nyc How much do they cost? When do you have to start using them? And what should you do with obsolete bins?
NYCHA Steps Up Evictions on Tenants, Paying Marshal Feeswww.thecity.nyc In the first three months of 2024, the public housing authority removed more households than it did in all of 2023, as the cash-strapped authority tries to get more money coming in.
City Parks to Get Even Smaller Share of Budget Under Mayor Adamswww.thecity.nyc
Cop Who Lied About COVID Vaccine Gets to Keep Her Job, NYPD Commissioner Caban Rulesbuff.ly Police disciplinary guidelines say officers who intentionally provide false statements should be terminated, but in his first deviation from those guidelines, Commissioner Edward Caban said a cop who ...
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‘Adams and Adams’ Shake Hands on $112 Billion City Budgetwww.thecity.nyc The mayor and City Council leaders celebrated on Friday after finding money to restore some cuts to library, parks and education programs.
Open Seas at Brooklyn’s Least Exclusive Beach Clubwww.thecity.nyc A group of ocean swimmers is on a mission to make the joys and terrors of diving into nature accessible to people ready to venture out of the pool.
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MTA Board Votes to Confirm Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause, Scales Back Future Planswww.thecity.nyc Major projects that sought to improve the quality of transit in New York City are being “put to the back burner” as a result of the governor’s U-turn on the Manhattan tolling plan.
Who Will Challenge Eric Adams for Mayor in 2025?www.thecity.nyc Primary contenders are already lining up to try to defeat Adams and become the city’s next leader.
Red Signals Ahead for First MTA Board Meeting Since Hochul Derailed Toll Planwww.thecity.nyc The panel of experts and advisors that ostensibly oversees the state transit agency was blindsided by the governor’s move to pause congestion pricing. They meet Wednesday to “make sure the wheels don’...
Teachers’ Union Withdraws Its Support for Medicare Advantage Pact, Following Retiree Election Upsetwww.thecity.nyc “The courts have spoken. My members have spoken,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew. Left unsaid is how else unions might find $600 million in annual cost savings.
Want Another Chance at Shelter? Apply for Asylum, Migrants Learn the Hard Waywww.thecity.nyc A March court settlement created a new and confusing process for migrants seeking to extend shelter stays beyond 30 days, but a state law seems to have limited its impact.
How Dyckman Basketball Became the ‘Red Carpet of Streetball’www.thecity.nyc The summer tournament in Inwood grew from a bring-your-own-shirt, $50 entry to now hosting NBA players, major sponsorships and celebrity fans.
Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Lawswww.thecity.nyc Advocates are fighting for more funds for language access programs in the city’s budget this year.
Adams Filings Contradict His Claim He Paid for Foreign Tripswww.thecity.nyc “My dime, my time, don’t whine,” the mayor said last year about south-of-the-border travel as migrants surged into New York City. His latest financial disclosures show Colombia and a Mexican foundatio...
Rent Board Approves 2.75% Hike on One-Year Leases and 5.25% for Two Years in Contentious Votewww.thecity.nyc Eleven tenant protesters were arrested outside Hunter College but demands for a rent freeze went unheard, as landlords warned income will lag costs.