It's Wednesday in New York City, where we've reached Peak Big Jort.
Once considered deeply uncool, loose denim shorts that graze or extend beyond the knee are now ubiquitous on Lower East Side twentysomethings looking to stay cool (but still draped in long, heavy cloth?) in the summer heat.
A fifth person has died and a total of 82 have been infected in connection with the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side.
City Council members said yesterday they plan to introduce new legislation to strengthen public education around Legionnaires’ disease and bolster prevention efforts.
Should New York City speed up the time it takes to build new bus and bike lanes by 33%? The proposal, which is backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, could be on voters' ballots in November.
An unlicensed doctor who recently injected a Bronx woman during a purported anti-aging treatment told police he "made a very big mistake" after she was pronounced dead, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
A federal appeals court yesterday overturned a lower court’s ruling last year that released Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi from immigration detention.
EPA Chief Lee Zeldin and country singer John Rich, of Big & Rich, co-signed a letter criticizing Gov. Kathy Hochul for trying to install solar panel fields on upstate farmland.
Between June 2023 and June 2024, roughly 6,600 ID applicants indicated “no” on keypads at Motor Vehicle Commission offices when asked if they were American citizens. The software registered them to vote anyway.
“Like many organizations — and especially other nonprofits operating on tight budgets — our event terms of service do not provide for cash refunds in the event of weather-related cancellations,” a Sail4th email said.
When the mayor announced his citywide plan to speed up bus service, he said he’d deploy more traffic enforcement police officers to keep bus lanes clear. MTA Chair Janno Lieber said he wants those agents to target the dollar vans.
