The playground inside St. Nicholas Park on West. 133rd St. is to get a complete makeover. ( Photo: NYC Parks Dept. ) Harlem Playground Dodges Parks Cuts, Set for Big Makeover The Parks Department funds may be under pressure as Mayor Zohran Mamdani looks to balance the budget next fiscal year, but... News 27 Mar 2026 | 05:54
E-bikers such as the one above on Seventh Ave. last week, were routinely ignoring red lights even before Mayor Mamdani took away the criminal summons penalty for bike traffic infractions. The relaxed standards take hold on March 27. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Repeal of Criminal Summonses for Bikes Stirs Controversy As of March 27, bikers and e-bikers will no longer face criminal summons for traffic infractions. The bike lobby was rejoicing... News 23 Mar 2026 | 03:20
Amanda Brown from New Windsor, NY, gives a lift up Fifth Ave. to her son Cameron, who waves two tri-color flags. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) St. Patrick’s Day Parade Marked by Good Cheer & Politics The Saint Patrick’s Day Parade crowds might have been a little lighter than usual along Fifth Avenue due to the cold temperatures... News 18 Mar 2026 | 06:01
Manhattan’s School District 6 will be one of the first four districts citywide set to receive an influx of free 2K seats this fall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced. ( Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office, YouTube ) Manhattan’s District 6 Will Be One of First to Get Free 2K Seats Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that New York City School District 6, which encompasses a swath of Upper Manhattan neighborhoods,... News 06 Mar 2026 | 05:18
Police said they arrested 27-yea- old Gusmane Coulibaly, wg ( Photo: NYPD) Arrest in Washington Square Park Snowball Melee After Blizzard A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the snowball fight in Washington Square Park in which cops who were... News 01 Mar 2026 | 03:11
Elmina “Ellie” Aghaveva, a 29-year-old student, who was seized in her dorm room by ICE agents at 6 a.m. on Feb. 26 was freed by 4 p.m. after Mayor Mamdani,--who had a meeting with President Trump in Washington that morning--interceded on her behalf with the president. ( Photo: Instagram @ellharve) Columbia Student Detained by ICE Released After Mamdani-Trump Meeting The Columbia student arrested by ICE agents inside her dorm was released hours later following an intervention from President... News 27 Feb 2026 | 10:37
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who recently stepped down as leader of the Archdiocese of New York and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, who succeeded him earlier this month made a joint appearance at the State of the NYPD address delivered by Jessica Tisch on Feb. 10. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Crime Down, New Chaplains Tapped and Police Academy to Be Named for Steven McDonald Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who just stepped down as the leader of the 2.8 million Catholics in the Archdioces of New York, and... Voices 16 Feb 2026 | 04:39
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 | 03:24
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 to plead with lawmakers to send the city more money even as he said the projected... News 13 Feb 2026 | 02:39
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
