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It's Tuesday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s helping hand for tenants at risk of losing their homes is not working, advocates say.
The city has long offered low-income tenants who fall behind on rent a final option to avoid eviction: a city emergency aid program known as the One-Shot Deal.
But the percentage of applicants who received assistance remained flat after Mamdani took office, despite the mayor making eviction prevention and tenant protections a hallmark of his campaign.
A plan to build a marina in Greenpoint is at the center of the latest clash over the neighborhood's future. The proposal from two local business owners would transform the park, which features a sweeping view of the Manhattan skyline.
NYPD's specialized units are conducting unconstitutional stops at a higher rate, court monitor finds. The units missed nearly every monitor-set compliance benchmark for 2025, and 91% of the people they stopped were Black or Hispanic.
A woman was fatally stabbedin a Brooklyn park and the search for her killer is ongoing. The incident is the first murder to occur in Brooklyn’s 77th precinct this year.
A Manhattan judge has indefinitely postponed Luigi Mangione’s September trial in state court while his defense attorneys argue that the state charges should be dismissed.
Amtrak wrapped up a 15-month rehabilitation of one of its East River tunnels, completing the first phase of a project that’s drawn criticism from MTA officials because of its effect on LIRR service.
Banned from owning power plants, NY utilities now want to build solar and wind farms. Utility companies say they can help the state address its climate goals.
NYC homeless shelters are falling apart and providers say the city’s fix-it process is broken. Volunteers of America said fixing up crumbling shelters will help homeless New Yorkers move out more quickly.
This Thursday at 7 p.m. in Astoria, join WNYC's “NYC Now” for a live podcast with host Janae Pierre. It's the second event in a five-part live community series focused on New York City’s affordability crisis. Free tickets are available.
Mayor Mamdani’s free babysitting program Parents’ Night Out went off without a hitch.
No two days are alike for NYC reporters covering press conferences next to panda bears or floating on the Hudson River.
Julia Fox is directing a feature film in the city and is casting authentic New Yorkers as background actors.
An iconic burger joint in Long Island has been burglarized.
Beloved Upper West Side restaurant, Good Enough to Eat, is closing its doors with a final brunch.
“I think building a marina and taking away the views that so many of us find solitude in, and taking away the community that's free for all for a restaurant where you might have to have hundreds of dollars to even get a drink, that doesn't seem fair to me."
As a candidate, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to close loopholes that allowed landlords to limit compliance with the city’s landmark law capping building emissions.
But later this week, landlords will have the opportunity to buy their way out of the climate law through an energy credits program initiated by his predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams.
Groups that provide services to crime victims — including rape survivors — are sounding the alarm over millions of dollars in lost state funding.
Dozens of organizations received notice in recent weeks that grants from the Office of Victims Services are coming in lower than expected or have been canceled. The problem, association executives say, is that too many groups applied for a finite pool of funds.
Five years ago, one of the state’s top judges found Queens prosecutors had deliberately hidden evidence that could have spared three men decades in prison.
Not long afterward, an attorney asked a disciplinary committee to investigate the incident.
