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Subway upgrades that stalled for nearly a year and a half at five stops in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan are finally advancing after the federal government agreed to release more than $150 million that had been secured for the MTA in 2024. The 16-month delay in turning loose $156.5 million from the federal All

Over the last few months, THE CITY built a comprehensive database of ICE arrests from five months of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrant detainees in federal courts — offering a first-of-its-kind view into ICE’s tactics in the region since street arrests began to unfold in immigrant neighborhoods last year. These lawsuits, known as habeas corpus

Subway upgrades that stalled for nearly a year and a half at five stops in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan are finally advancing after the federal government agreed to release more than $150 million that had been secured for the MTA in 2024. The 16-month delay in turning loose $156.5 million from the federal All

As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani promised to fund the city’s three library systems with half of 1% of the city’s budget, vowing to end the usual budget dance and financial uncertainty that put libraries at the middle of tense negotiations with the City Council.  But as mayor, Mamdani’s executive budget proposal coughs up just .42%

Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to lower the rent for some of the poorest New Yorkers. The mayor will announce on Tuesday that New Yorkers who are considered “extremely low-income” — no more than $50,880 for a family of four — will pay a quarter of their income on rent, down from 30%, on city-subsized apartments.

On a street corner in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a volunteer cuts a knife through a square container, releasing a flood of dead vapes in rainbow waves. The clear plastic box filled up over a three-day Earth Day festival at a performance nightclub across the street, where partygoers dropped off the eye-popping smoking devices rather than sending

The Knicks are on an epic winning streak at the perfect time not just for the team but for owner James Dolan as the Trumnp administration announced $8 billion for a new Penn Station plan that leaves Madison Square Garden intact atop the railroad station and for Mayor Mamdani as he tries to tap into the

Dozens of protesters blocked entrances to Delaney Hall, a massive ICE detention facility in Newark, for hours Sunday evening after word spread that guards were trying to move a detainee involved in an ongoing work and hunger strike. The detainee, Martin Soto, was among those who announced the strike on Friday, calling for the immediate