320 Pearl St. homeless shelter and Peck Slip School, Feb. 15, 2026. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Mamdani Opens Homeless Shelter Next to Peck Slip School On Tuesday February 3, with no public forewarning, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced via press release that a 106-bed “Safe... News 16 Feb 2026 | 03:07
In his first Tin Cup Day in Albany on Feb. 10, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pleads with state legislatures to help close a two year budget deficit of $7 billion. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/ Mayor’s Photography Office) Mamdani Asks State to Help Close $7 Billion Budget Deficit Mayor Zohran Mamdani journeyed to Albany on Tuesay Feb. 10, to plead with lawmakers to send the city more money even as he... News 13 Feb 2026 | 02:37
Look skyward! Atop the David N. Dinkins building, from left: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayor’s Photography Office) Top of David M. Dinkins Bldg. to Become Viewing Deck by June Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that the top of the David M. Dinkins Municipal Building—otherwise known as its cupola—will... News 11 Feb 2026 | 12:08
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Tricia Shimamura on High Bridge in the Bronx. ( Photo: Kara McCurdy/Mayor’s Photo Office.) Shimamura Rising: Manhattan Boss Parkie Named NYC Parks Commissioner Manhattan parks watchers got a welcome surprise on Saturday January 17, when Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the appointment... News 26 Jan 2026 | 09:43
Senator Bernie Sanders (at mic) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani address nurses in bitter cold outside Mount Sinai West hospital on Tenth Ave. and W. 59th St. on Jan. 20 during the ninth day of the strike. ( Photo: Facebook) Bernie Sanders and Mayor Mamdani Join Picket Line as NYC Nurses’ Strike Drags On On a bitter cold morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a rally at Mount Sinai West on Jan. 20 as the... News 20 Jan 2026 | 09:36
Gov. Hochul said her budget will allocate money to install 85 more saftery barriers on platforms in the NYC subway system. The above shows safety barriers at the Eighth Ave. and 14th St. subway station in Manhattan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul: More Cops in Subways, Extend Q Line, Childcare, Affordability and Blasts Trump Despite the drop in crime on the New York City subways in 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul in her State of the State address said... News 20 Jan 2026 | 03:43
As of Jan. 23, landlords must disclose key information about any rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units they own—via public signage—to tenants. Pictured above: Peter Cooper Village-Stuyvesant Town, where 5,000 of the 11,000 units in the 110-building complex are rent-stabilized. ( Photo: Alexander Jordan, Wikimedia Commons) Bill Forcing Disclosure of Rent-Stabilized Info to Take Effect A new City Council law will force NYC landlords who oversee rent-stabilized units to be more transparent with tenants beginning... News 17 Jan 2026 | 11:18
City Council Speaker Julie Menin called an emergency press conference at City Hall on Jan. 12 after she learned that a Venezuelan-born City Council employee had been seized by ICE after what he thought was a routine check-in with immigration officials on Long Island. ( Photo: NYC Council Media Unit ) Arrest of City Council Employee Sparks Protests and a Dispute Over His Immigration Status NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker... News 15 Jan 2026 | 08:11
UES Now Boasts City’s Two Most Powerful Political Leaders The Upper East Side is now officially the political epicenter of New York City with the two most powerful political leaders... Voices 11 Jan 2026 | 10:27
Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber attend a rally at McBurney YMCA on West 14th St. on January 5, 2026, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the implementation of Congestion Pricing. ( Photo: Marc Hermann/MTA) Congestion Pricing Has Raised $550M for MTA, Cut Traffic Too: Hochul One year to the day after tolling cameras were turned on from 60th Street to the Battery in Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul,... News 08 Jan 2026 | 04:42
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order repealing all executive orders signed by Eric Adams after Sept. 26, 2024, but said an executive order he signed will preserve the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism. ( Photo: Michael Appelton/Mayor’s Photography Office) Mamdani Nixes 2 Exec Orders Jewish Groups Favored; Keep Office to Combat Antisemitism Only hours after his public inauguration ceremony on Jan. 1, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was repealing all executive orders... News 05 Jan 2026 | 01:44
