It's Tuesday in New York City, where Viva Fruits and Vegetables inside the Essex Street Market sells conspicuously cheap limes, herbs and scallions.
That's because it's one of six markets overseen by the city’s Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-public nonprofit that offers these grocers steep discounts on rent so long as they pass on the savings to customers.
With Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani making "city-owned grocery stores" central to his campaign platform — and his detractors calling it a "false promise" and "radical socialism" — we looked at versions of his idea that already exist in the five boroughs.
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Pedro Hernandez, a store clerk who confessed to kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in SoHo in 1979, should get a new trial and be released from prison in the meantime.
Several states including New York sued the Trump administration yesterday seeking to block a policy change barring undocumented immigrants from accessing a range of federally funded safety-net services.
A woman who alleges her cat was kidnapped by a former friend won a legal victory earlier this month when a Manhattan judge granted her full custody of the elderly feline — but the pet parent said she’s yet to be reunited with her companion.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday pledged to flood New York City with more ICE agents after last weekend's shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent.
Thanks to some viral Instagram posts, business is currently booming for a veteran West Village shoe-and-watch repair man who lost his shop and now works out of the trunk of his car.
“It’s full-contact MMA [mixed martial arts] with steel weapons and group fighting,” said Damion DiGrazia, the founder of Santa’s Knights, a nonprofit that runs free weekly fitness classes that are functionally gladiator bootcamp.
Two state lawmakers announced much-needed assistance for the Rochdale Village co-op, a sprawling but ailing affordable housing complex in southeast Queens. But residents said the money will barely make a dent in the community’s financial woes.
If approved, the rules for what the city calls "ancillary dwelling units" would introduce an array of safety regulations, including a prohibition on basement and cellar apartments in flood-prone areas. Owners would also have to live in the buildings where the apartments are located.
The governor said CBS’ sudden cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will cost hundreds of local jobs — about a decade after the state wagered $16 million to keep the show in New York City.
