Top Correction Department leaders are actively working to undermine the court-appointed officials overseeing the troubled jail system, the federal monitor warned Thursday, accusing the commissioner and other leading…
A rookie transit worker was fatally struck by a D train late Thursday night in The Bronx while setting up flags to warn of a construction project ahead, city and union officials said.
Many 9/11 documentarians have focused on the raw, horrific events of that day of infamy.
Dozens of companies, big and small, across the five boroughs have made New York City Comptroller Mark Levine’s second-annual list of city businesses committing the most labor violations, released ahead of Labor Day.
A renter looking for a spacious, stylish pad who doesn't have budget worries would surely find the upper triplex in this 1890s Crown Heights brownstone alluring.
by Isabella Gallo, amNY The Rent Guidelines Board’s June decision to freeze the rent for nearly 1 million apartments on October 1 now rests in the hands of a Manhattan Supreme Court judge set to rule in the coming days.
Residential towers grow in Brooklyn. Affordable and mixed-income housing developer Ailanthus has filed a rezoning application with the New York City Department of City Planning to build a 17-story, 175-foot-tall…
After Labor Day weekend, New York City will no longer allow piles of black trash bags to sit on street curbs — attracting rats and befouling sidewalks — outside residential buildings with up to nine units.
Whales have made a remarkable comeback off New York City’s coastline.
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Police officers shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding, suicidal man following an hour-long standoff on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday morning, police sources said.
Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them.
Tenants at three Crown Heights buildings sat through a nervy auction where their rent-stabilized apartments were up for sale.
Organized labor in New York City has been mightily active so far this decade, and the first half of 2026 was no exception.
The city Landmarks Preservation Commission is evaluating a new proposal to protect the site of a 19th century burial ground for Black New Yorkers that was turned into a parking lot by an anonymous property developer.
Queens lawmakers are joining Resorts World’s push, saying the casino expansion could otherwise collapse.
"Strong reforms are necessary if we're going to have public transit agencies that are successful," says this week's guest.
The New York Transit Museum is dancin’ in September as it rolls back to 1976 to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The 36-year-old Democratic nominee couch surfed for a year, and lived in NYCHA for over a decade.
A former Department of Probation (DOP) chief investigator has amended her whistleblower lawsuit after city lawyers moved to dismiss it, explicitly arguing that an alleged prior relationship between Commissioner Sharun…
This is my third and final essay looking at the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and how it’s likely to affect housing supply.
The MTA Inspector General's office found "serious gaps" in the transit authority's maintenance and oversight of its substations in a new audit the agency watchdog released Thursday that was sparked by a 2024 explosion…
A Brooklyn developer who illegally sold condo units in a troubled seven-story development in south Williamsburg, and then left homebuyers in the lurch with no money or property for years, has been ordered to pay back…
On the top floor of a circa-1900 Bay Ridge brownstone, this apartment has high ceilings, original woodwork, and some fun wallpaper.
Even gardens are heaving a sigh of relief that the worst of summer heat is past, though this low-maintenance Cobble Hill backyard, dominated by boxwoods and ornamental grasses, probably tolerated it better than most.
In the second episode of the FAQ NYC podcast’s three-part special series, A Knickerbocker History of America, Katie Honan, Dr.
A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
Council’s $1 million investment in the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will fund free field trips for New York City students, with a focus on eighth graders, and expand educational programming NEW YORK — Ahead of the 25th…
After years of advocacy from street vendors, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has begun accepting new applications for merchandise vending licenses for the first time in decades.
By Samantha Maldonado, The City Reporter This article was originally published on September 1 at 5:56 p.m.