April 2025

Adams Administration Inks Executive Order Allowing ICE Back on Rikers Island

New York Today

New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro signed an executive order Tuesday allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reestablish an office on Rikers Island, rolling back a provision of the city’s sanctuary protections that had been on the books for more than a decade.  Mastro’s order cited “transnational gangs such as MS-13 and Tren […]

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Opinion: The Air We Can’t Afford—New York Needs Cap-and-Invest

NY Chronicles

“Every day of delay means more pollution, more suffering, and more costs for people who can least afford them.” Gov. Kathy Hochul delivering her State of the State in 2023, where she first unveiled the state’s Cap-and-Invest plan. She’s stalled on moving the program ahead since. (Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Hochul) Like many people, the

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Council Looks to ‘Trump-Proof’ City Budget, Calls for Extra Housing, NYCHA Funds

NY Chronicles

The City Council’s budget response calls for additional dollars for new construction and preservation, to address maintenance issues at NYCHA and to staff up the city agencies that oversee housing. NYC Council members unveiling their budget response on Wednesday. (Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit) The NYC Council is pushing for billions of additional dollars

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Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

New York Today

With the Trump Organization vying to run Wollman Rink in Central Park, 19 elected officials on Tuesday asked Mayor Eric Adams to halt the bidding process and reconsider a proposed $120 million gift by the park’s nonprofit conservancy to refurbish and run the facility that his administration shot down last fall. In a letter to

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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: Inside the Life (And Apartment) of John Lennon

Arts & Entertainment

The small color TV that graced the Bank Street apartment John Lennon and Yoko Ono shared in Greenwich Village from 1971 to 1973 was perched at the end of the bed, a few inches from their toes. We know this not just from historical photographs but because in the new documentary One to One: John & Yoko, the

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Inside the Billionaire’s Game Room: Why the Ultra-Rich Are Spending Millions on Play

Arts & Entertainment

There’s a shift happening in the world of luxury. The wealthiest individuals—those who’ve spent decades accumulating everything money can buy—are no longer interested in more. What they want now is better. More refined, more personal, more rare. And nowhere is this more evident than in the rise of the high-design game room. We’ve seen it

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FEMA claws back more than $300M for city flood protections

Latest News

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is cutting more than $300 million in grants that would have helped fund flood protection projects in neighborhoods across New York City, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office. Federal officials have revoked $325.5 million in federal grants to support flood mitigations throughout the state, with funding cut for projects planned

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