Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the lower 90s. A serious heat wave —with temperatures potentially reaching 105 —arrives tomorrow. Here's what the city is doing to prepare.
It's Tuesday in New York City, where the decision to freeze rents on about 1 million stabilized units has many residents asking:
Where do I find one of these apartments? (There are a bunch in Washington Heights and Inwood, not so many on Staten Island or in eastern Queens.)
How do I check if I'm already in a rent-stabilized unit? (You can request your apartment's status through a state portal.)
Police said two people were killed and 20 injured after a coach bus crashed into several other cars and flipped over on the Long Island Expressway last night, leaving significant delays on the highway for this morning's rush hour.
Developers behind the latest plan to build thousands of new apartments above and along Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards train tracks say they plan to break ground by 2028.
Queens-based Haitian Americans United for Progress said they've experienced "nonstop calls and community panic" since the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration could end temporary protected status for thousands of Haitians in the U.S.
New Jersey prosecutors yesterday charged 63 people in connection with an alleged auto theft network accused of stealing more than 90 luxury vehicles and shipping many of them to buyers in West Africa.
An imposing fleet of tall ships from around the world has begun converging on New York City ahead of the Sail4th celebrations on July 3 and 4.
🌭 Are you attending a special July 4 event in or around New York City? Something unique or off the beaten path (but still legal)? Our Looped In newsletter would love to give it a shout-out — tell me about your event at jramsay@wnyc.org.
NYCHA has admitted that a paperwork snafu on its end recently led to hundreds of residents receiving errant eviction notices.
“It's accepted to sleep on the street in New York City,” explained outreach worker Butch Andreas. Things are different in the smaller cities and rural towns of New York’s Southern Tier — the region west of Binghamton along the Pennsylvania border. People stay out of sight.
Mangione is slated to stand trial on second-degree murder and other charges in a separate case in state court this September. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett said that would not leave enough time for jury selection in the federal trial that was initially scheduled for November.
