NYC’s Easter Bonnet Festival draws huge crowd despite a drizzly weather
Tiffany Rae Knight (right), and her mother Ellen Rose. Thousands descended on Fifth Avenue near St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the annual event. [ more › ]
How Manhattan's 'last queer bookstore' just might be saved by a Bushwick peer
The selection at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division Hive Mind in Bushwick has its sights set on the West Village's Bureau of General Services — Queer Division. [ more › ]
It's nesting time for piping plovers, NYC's 'cotton balls with legs'
This particular piping plover, photographed in 2021, was nicknamed Clark Kent and beloved by birders. The piping plover is the only threatened shorebird that breeds on New York City beaches [ more › ]
MoMA PS1 is turning 50. Here's how it's celebrating.
MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York. The Queens museum is commemorating the milestone with a full slate of programming and free admission for all visitors. [ more › ]
In bloom: NY and NJ cherry blossoms are objectively the best in the nation
Spring is here again at Branch Brook Park in Newark. The blossoms are better than in D.C. and also it's a real city. We're peaking. [ more › ]
NYC's LGBTQIA+ office leader poised to tackle 'entrenched disparities'
Taylor Brown, at an announcement where Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced she would be the first head of the city's new LGBTQIA+ affairs office. Attorney Taylor Brown is the highest-ranking openly trans person in the history of New York City government. [ more › ]
Rock it like a woodcock: This Bryant Park bogsucker is NYC’s latest 'it bird'
The American woodcock in Bryant Park You've got to see how this thing walks. [ more › ]
Second person arrested in shooting death of baby girl in East Williamsburg
Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was arrested Friday in Pennsylvania following a police manhunt. [ more › ]
Why Thousands of City Workers Could Lose NewYork-Presbyterian Coverage
Approximately 40,000 New York City civil servants, retirees and their dependents may lose in-network coverage at NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospital network as early as next week, as the embattled hospital system continues a drawn-out dispute with insurer EmblemHealth over rates. The United Federatio...
NY is relaxing restrictions on eating Hudson River fish — but maybe go easy for now
Gone fishin' instead of just wishin' The group Riverkeeper advises caution, especially for sensitive groups like children and pregnant moms. [ more › ]
Nonprofit at the center of federal corruption probe still has a $94M city contract
Fort Security, which is tied up in a federal corruption probe, is listed as the address for BHRAGS in a $94 million city contract. Officials won't say whether a new contract set to begin this summer will be canceled. [ more › ]
Cardi B pairs with City Hall to push applications for free NYC child care
The rapper Cardi B in a Sept. 2, 2025, file photo. The Bronx native and rapper will judge a city jingle contest around applying for child care seats. [ more › ]
Legendary NYC taxi hustler says modern airport scammers are out of control
Landing at JFK Airport can be confusing for locals. For tourists, it's a dizzying ordeal. Jan “Rocco” Uzzo bilked tourists at New York City's transportation hubs for a half century until he retired last year. He says today's taxi hustlers run a far more sophisticated operation....
Early Addition: Guess what turned up in a ditch on the side of an NJ highway?
Because it was a cute bear cub, that's what, here are your early links: Open Street dining is on, Chinatown sneaker shop suing Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, plant a tree and more. [ more › ]
Travel is hell. You should staycation in New York.
On the beach in Coney Island. Eight ways to enjoy the five boroughs. Who needs Greece? [ more › ]
Job Losses and Wall Street Woes Cloud NYC’s Economic Outlook
New York City is losing jobs, making life more difficult for Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he seeks to close a big budget deficit while emphasizing economic justice rather than growth. The city lost 20,000 jobs in 2025 to end the year with employment of 4.823 million, according to revised job numbers r...
Not All Elevators at Yankee Stadium Subway Stop Ready for Opening Day
When baseball returns to Yankee Stadium on Friday, two elevators at the neighboring subway station will remain on the disabled list — with their return to action still weeks away, according to the MTA. Contractors for the transportation authority have been replacing five elevators at 161st Street...
Mamdani Pushes to Delay Class Size Law as Deadline Looms
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On the campaign trail, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to take a state mandate to slash class sizes seriously, saying it “will transform our students’ ability to learn.” “The question of compliance ...
Drive-by Detention: 800 New Yorkers Swept Up in ‘Collateral’ ICE Arrests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 811 immigrants in New York City since August who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Of these “collateral” arrests — as the agency calls them — 85% involved people with no criminal history, according to newly obta...
Feds Indict Another Eric Adams Pal, This One for Insurance Fraud
A longtime pal of ex-Mayor Eric Adams who ran one of the nightlife mayor’s favorite haunts was indicted Wednesday in an alleged scheme to submit tens of millions of dollars of bogus no-fault car insurance claims. Zhan “Johnny” Petrosyants, 44, was taken into custody late Tuesday...
Congestion Tolls Fund Fridges to Replace Diesel-Spewing Units in South Bronx
Diesel-powered refrigeration units that have long spewed toxins into neighborhoods with some of the country’s highest rates of respiratory ailments are being phased out at the Hunts Point Produce Market. Officials on Wednesday unveiled the first 20 electric-hybrid transport refrigeration units th...
Mayor Rips ‘Unrealistic’ City Council Plan to Balance Budget Without Hiking Property Taxes
The City Council released its own plan for filling the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit over the next two fiscal years, mostly through reestimating the city’s revenues and spending – a proposal Mayor Zohran Mamdani said would require cutting city services instead of bringing in new revenue. The...
A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s ‘Blue Zones’
Peering at New York City’s landscape more than 400 years in the past — when the marshes, ponds and streams crisscrossed our string of islands — can help planners and policymakers better understand the city’s flooding future. Researchers at the New York Botanical Garden looked at where water used ...
What the Warnings About NYC’s Bond Rating Do and Don’t Mean
The big four rating agencies aren’t happy with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.  Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Kroll, which each assign a letter grade to the bonds New York City sells to finance its debt, have warned they may reduce their rating because Mamdani intends to dip into the city’...