The Cuauhtémoc being towed June 6. It suffered damage resulting in the death of two Mexican naval cadets when it crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17. ( Photo: Office of Emergency Management) Damaged Mexican Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Towed to Brooklyn Navy Yard The doomed Mexican Navy training ship the ARM Cuauhtémoc is one port of call closer to going home after the United States... News 07 Jun 2025 | 04:15
Under the new 2025-2029 MTA Capital Program, 150 more stations will have new anti-fare evasion turnstiles like this one at the Times Square Station, with fins and paddles. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Congestion Pricing Nets MTA $215.7 Million; Lieber Says Big Rail Improvements Ahead “Congestion pricing isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving,” noted MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, after the Metropolitan Transportation... News 06 Jun 2025 | 07:51
Swimmers cool off at Hamilton Fish Pool, which for the past three years was the only pool in Manhattan offering youth learn to swim programs staffed by city lifeguards. In a bygone era, most city pools offered free youth swimming programs but the lifeguard shortage forced the program to be curtailed in past years. ( Photo: NYC Parks Department) NYC Parks Confident Lifeguard Numbers Will Meet Summer Demand Following years of staffing shortage, which have left beaches partially closed and youth swim lessons scrapped in most Manhattan... News 06 Jun 2025 | 06:41
Pictured is a QR code sticker partially removed from a ParkNYC meter. The NYC DOT has urged drivers not to scan QR codes and to report any suspicious stickers. ( Photo: Reddit User) NYC DOT Issues Warnings of Fraudulent QR Code Amid Parking Scam Drivers across New York City are being warned to avoid scanning QR codes on parking meters. In a consumer advisory issued... News 06 Jun 2025 | 04:46
A truck driven by an alleged drunk driver crashed through a fence and came to rest atop metal bleachers next to a baseball field in Corlears Hook Park early in the evening of July 4. Six firefighters were honored for their work extracting four civilians from the wreckage at the FDNY Medal Day ceremony on June 4. ( Photo: FDNY) Six Firefighters Earn Medal for Complex Truck Rescue at Corlears Hook Park Manhattan’s Ladder Company 18 was honored with the World Trade Center Memorial Medal at the FDNY Medal Day Ceremony in City... News 06 Jun 2025 | 07:40
Kotzo’s roof rescue as shown via animation. ( Photo: FDNY) FDNY Hero Honored Following Dramatic Roof-Rope Rescue In the early afternoon of Feb. 23, 2024, FDNY Company 28 responded to an intense fire in a six-story building at 2 St. Nicholas... News 06 Jun 2025 | 07:43
The JCC Marlene Meyerson Center recently held a scam-prevention training, in order to help senior citizens ward off scams such as phishing attacks (overlaid photo top right corner). ( Photo: Jack Ahern/Wikimedia Commons ) Scammers Are Targeting Seniors...Here’s How To Ward Them Off Scams are as present as always these days, and can target any of us no matter how savvy we are. Unfortunately, however, scammers... News 06 Jun 2025 | 05:56
Juneteenth Now & Then: Black Cowboys at Battery Park, 2024; Party in Los Angeles, 1963. ( Photos: Battery Park City Authority, California Eagle ad, 1963) Juneteenth: It’s a Celebration! Know this first: Juneteenth is a celebration! This is how the day was born on June 19, 1865— when Union Army General Gordon... News 07 Jun 2025 | 01:20
State Assmembly Member Rebecca Seawright is touting new bills that will streamline aging-at-home and other eldercare programs for seniors statewide, including in her Upper East Side district, which has one of the highest concentrations of seniors in the city. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Seawright Heralds Passage of Bills That Streamline Elder Care Upper East Side State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright is touting two freshly passed bills that she says will streamline... News 08 Jun 2025 | 06:49
The historic Church of St. Luke in the Fields on Hudson Street is 204 years old and has long been active in Greenwich Village social causes. Its plan to rebuild its mission building after a fire is stirring a local controversy. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Historic Village Church’s Plan for New Mission Building Stirs Neighborhood Controversy Nestled along Hudson street just a few blocks from the River sits the Church of St. Luke in the Fields. The Episcopal Church... News 06 Jun 2025 | 08:19
Police and firefighters responding to the scene of a fatal shooting in the Times Square area on the evening of June 4. One person was killed. A second homicide had been reported in Chelsea a short distance away only 90 minutes earlier. ( Photo: Citizen App) Two Shootings, Two Dead on West Side; Police Hunt for Suspects Two separate shootings occurred in Manhattan just hours apart on the night of June 4. Police responded first to a 911 call... News 06 Jun 2025 | 01:23
Knicks say goodbye to Thibs on its offficial Instagram account. ( Photo: New York Knicks Instagram) The Knicks Did Not Give Tom Thibodeau a Raw Deal Let me get this out of the way: The Knicks, who sparked a public outcry this week by firing head coach Tom Thibodeau, did... Voices 06 Jun 2025 | 01:19
WNBC streamed the first major New York City Democratic mayoral debate, June 4, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) NYC Mayoral Candidates Battle Each Other — and Trump — in Chaotic 9-Way Debate The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with... News 05 Jun 2025 | 11:05
Executive Director Julia Zeuner launched the program in 2022 after pushing for it for several years. ( Photo: Gillian Blum) A Place to Remember: How 92NY Supports Minds in Transition “My mom, with dementia, remembers almost zero of anything. The only thing she has remembered consistently from that first... News 06 Jun 2025 | 06:17
FDNY Medal Day 2025. Firefighter Michael D. Kotzo, Ladder Company 28, receiving the Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Medal. First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro (left), FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker (second from left), and Mayor Adams also present. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Among 70 Honorees at FDNY Medal Day Are 18 Who Answered the Call in Manhattan Thousands of firefighters, their families, and friends filled the plaza and lawns at City Hall Park on June 4 for the annual... News 05 Jun 2025 | 06:44
Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions