Hochul is expected to introduce measures aimed at affordability, after already announcing plans to increase subsidized child care and adding funding to a state heating assistance program.
On the transit front, the governor will be making a major change to the Second Avenue subway extension project, adding three more stations on 125th Street, ending at Broadway in Morningside Heights.
Here’s what else is happening:
Mayor Mamdani is calling for the release of a New York City Council employee who was detained by federal immigration authorities yesterday during a routine immigration court appointment on Long Island.
A man wasstabbed and injured at a McDonald’s in the heart of Times Square early this morning.
NYC Now: We looked back at congestion pricing one year later with WNYC/Gothamist reporter Stephen Nessen, how New Yorkers have adjusted, why backlash softened over time and more. Listen here.
Tenants of more than 5,000 rent-stabilized New York City apartments have been fighting for months to slow the sale of their buildings to ensure proper management. Now, they’re questioning the family ties between the current owners and the company that’s bidding for the purchase.
Two former NYPD officers who were charged with sexually abusing an intoxicated woman while off duty in 2023 have been sentenced to probation and sex offender treatment programs as part of a plea agreement.
Last week, Mayor Mamdani signed an emergency executive order that requires Rikers Island officials to restrict the use of solitary confinement. We broke down the details.
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Gov. Murphy vetoed a bill that would’ve made it easier for Milltown, New Jersey, to secure another groundhog for their Groundhog Day event, which has been a difficult feat following the death of the town’s beloved Milltown Mel in late 2021.
New York lawmakers are proposing legislation that would allow residents to sue federal agents in state court.
Rudy Giuliani filed a lawsuit over his firing from his WABC radio gig in 2024, which has left his former co-host and “best friend” John Catsimatidisdistraught and brought to tears.
Eric Adams introduced a crypto token yesterday during a press conference in Times Square, which lost over 80% of its value not long after it hit the market
Back in 1931, a public naming contest was held for a new bridge that connected New York and New Jersey, even though officials already chose to name it the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
The mayor and his allies indicated NYPD officers would still respond to emergency calls like the ones on Thursday that left two people dead at the hands of the police.
