It's Wednesday in New York City, where the Tillary Street Women’s Shelter, tucked amid some of Brooklyn's most affluent neighborhoods, was intended to be a safe harbor for vulnerable women.
But a Gothamist investigation shows that reports of fights and other emergencies at the shelter have increased substantially in recent years.
Policy experts and former Tillary residents said much of the chaos has resulted from packing the facility with too many women who are all facing vastly different challenges.
“We have no history of drug or alcohol abuse or severe mental illness, and they send us to a mental illness facility,” said Miranda Morales, a former resident who said she was assaulted outside the building. “It’s insane.”
The MTA said many Long Island Railroad trains were cancelled or delayed this morning due to a disabled NJ Transit train blocking one of the East River tunnels feeding into Penn Station.
Carl Wilsondeclared victory in Tuesday night’s special election for the 3rd City Council district. His opponent, Mamdani-backed candidate Lindsey Boylan, conceded shortly afterward.
Wilson’s win would mean the district — home of the Stonewall Inn and the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement — would continue to be served by a gay representative, as it has since 1991.
Brooklyn lawmakers yesterday decried an MTA plan to close sections of the G train on 10 weekends through the end of the year in order to make upgrades to the line.
A new City Council bill would ban the NYPD from using robots armed with weapons.
The Port Authority said it plans to expand transponder technology on its rescue vehicles after one was missing from the fire truck involved in last month’s deadly crash at LaGuardia Airport.
The CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian testified before Congress yesterday that hospital prices are going up not because of consolidation, but rather because of the rising cost of labor, drugs and medical supplies, among other pressures.
The man police said they recently beat in a Gowanus liquor store after mistaking him for someone else is seeking $100 million in damages from the city.
A ritzy waterfront section of Battery Park City has been closed to the public as crews move forward with a $2 billion project to add flood protections to the area.
City officials yesterday broke ground on a project to give buses priority on a traffic-jammed stretch of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
Come celebrate the culmination of Poetry Month with WNYC’s Morning Edition, tonight in the Greene Space at 7 p.m. Tickets are free.
Mahmoud Khalilwrote about his recent experiences going out in New York City and not knowing whether he'll be viciously harassed or get an unexpected free meal from a sympathetic waiter.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is renewing the fight to take back a section of Borough Hall parkland that's currently used as a parking lot for judges.
The New York attorney general's office argued in court last week that the state has no legal requirement to make ultra-Orthodox yeshivasteach math, English or history.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, reported income in 2025 from Israeli bonds and shares of ExxonMobil, his federal tax returns show.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin came together on Tuesday in a rare moment of unity to pressure Albany lawmakers to reform a tax credit that primarily benefits the wealthy.
Highlights of this year's schedule, which goes from May to October, includes benefit concerts by the Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Charley Crockett and Simple Plan.
