It's Monday in New York City, where Ken Pearl became one of 92 people diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak that tore through the Upper East Side this summer and left him bedridden for weeks, unable to walk even 100 steps outside his front door.
It was the second outbreak in New York City in as many years, unusual compared to past outbreaks, with Harlem being last summer’s epicenter.
Earlier this month the outbreak passed a grim milestone when the death toll reached a total of nine people, surpassing last year’s fatalities.
And here's what else is happening:
Queens council member Phil Wong demands the city invest more on flood prevention after Queens residents struggled with bouts of storms in the last month.
A new state law prohibits local police in New York from cooperating with ICE or detaining immigrants for the agency in local jails. Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin says he will not comply with the new law.
The MTA plans to begin testing out a “virtual” reloadable OMNY card that New Yorkers can keep on their smartphones after year of delays.
Williamsburg’s anarchist bookstore is called “Property Is Theft.” But in a city with skyrocketing costs, patrons said having the co-chair of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter live in a $1.5 million home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn bought by his parents is relatable.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch pledged her department’s full support in protecting Jewish New Yorkers as she addressed worshippers at a Midtown synagogue Friday night, a week after a man disrupted Shabbat services there.
More than 600 homeless New Yorkers died in the city in 2025 — a significant decline compared to the previous year, even as the city’s homeless population remained at record levels, city numbers show.
FDNY officials say a lithium-ion battery caused a two-alarm fire at a Bronx barber shop Thursday night that injured six people – the latest in what appears to be a rising trend.
