It's Tuesday in New York City, where construction on the Second Avenue subway extension in East Harlem is underway.
This means that every day, the sound of a pile driver rattles the area while scaffolding and fences cover local businesses, making it harder for customers to see or reach them.
But in five years (at least), this should all be worth it, according to both the MTA and many locals.
"We'll have to be patient with them. We can't fight the government," said Said Aqel, who owns a local sheet metal business.
An early morning train fire at the Astor Place subway station left more than a dozen individuals, including MTA workers and FDNY firefighters, with minor injuries.
New York City's Dec. 31 age cut-off for kindergarten has long been a source of angst for parents. Does Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new free 2-K program present an opportunity to change the policy?
Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, a 41-year-old who'd been detained at the federal Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, died Saturday, becoming the facility's second detainee to die in custody.
A federal judge yesterday blocked New York state's law banning ICE agents and other law enforcement from wearing face masks while on duty.
It turns out the person with the "MayorEricAdams@gmail.com" email address who's been working as a consultant for a firm trying to build an AI data center in a small Wisconsin town is that Eric Adams, and many residents of said town don't want the data center or our former mayor anywhere near them.
The WalkNYC app, which appears to be like Strava but for walking specifically in New York City, was hit with a cease and desist letter from the city's transportation department demanding that it change its name.
During Mamdani’s first six months in office, the fares the MTA collected from bus riders fell by $31 million compared to the first half of 2025. And MTA Chair Janno Lieber suggested Mamdani’s campaign pledge wasn’t helping.
Emerge Career is actively working with 800 people across New York City with the goal to help them find work as commercial truck drivers and diesel technicians.
Instead of newspapers or gum, the former newsstand is stocked with free zines, guides to several subway stations and a limited supply of rat tail keychains.
Homeowners who feel they're being unfairly targeted by the mayor’s new tax on secondary residences now have until Sept. 18 to prove that they live in those places full-time.
