Earlier this month, a woman gave birth inside arraignment court while in NYPD custody after police arrested her for a low-level drug charge. Her case garnered a renewed interest in the bills, one of which would make it illegal in most cases to shackle pregnant people in police custody during labor, delivery and post-birth recovery.
Here’s what else is happening:
A former New York-based IBM employee filed a federal lawsuit claiming the company favors South Asian workers at the expense of African Americans, and blames the Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies as the cause of the discrimination.
Under New York state’s budget bill, New York City is set to see short-term pensioncosts drop. But they will go up again because of some changes Mayor Zohran Mamdani has in store.
It was a tense holiday weekend at a New Jersey ICE detention center as protesters and federal agents clashed over the secretive transfer of a man who advocates say organized a hunger strike.
By late Tuesday, demonstrations continued outside of Delaney Hall immigration center with federal authorities arresting two people.
The state Legislature approved some major changes to New York’s landmark climate law, which included eliminating a requirement that New York cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 40% by 2030.
Skincare company “The Ordinary” is offering a free shuttle bus for two weeks between Domino Park and Prospect Park.
Check out these renderings of the winning plan to rebuild Penn Station, which features gold-accented railings, columns and escalators and a presidential seal featuring President Donald Trump’s name.
The water at some Jersey Shore beaches is looking pretty tropical lately thanks to a convergence of nutrient-dense water, spring sunlight and seasonal ocean upwelling, NASA said.
Speaking of beaches, there’s a new little waterfront park with sand that just made its debut in Greenpoint, but please don’t swim there.
The Bronx Zoo just welcomed an endangered babyPrzewalski’s horse who will be housed at the Wild Asia Monorail exhibit.
StreetEasy has a new tool that will allow you to book reservations at New York City hotspots 20 years in advance.
