Comptroller Brad Lander took aim at the NYPD’s ShotSpotter technology Thursday, calling the citywide network of sound sensors designed to detect gunfire an ineffective waste of resources. The New York City Comptroller’s... Read more »
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said Thursday that negotiations over the nearly due city budget are in a “holding pattern” — co-opting Mayor Eric Adams’ frequent description of the spending plan as... Read more »
City Council members are introducing a new version of a bill banning horse carriages from Central Park — but it will no longer feature incentives for drivers to switch to electric horseless... Read more »
Harlem locals are fuming after hearing the news that the Second Avenue Subway extension to the neighborhood had been halted weeks after Gov. Kathy Hochul put the congestion pricing plan on ice.... Read more »
With Independence weekend upon us, the New York Blood Center has teamed up with the New York Mets to encourage New Yorkers to donate blood. On June 3, 2024, the center declared... Read more »
Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled the first phase of his long-sought effort for the city to specifically hire a certain percentage of city-contracted workers from lower-income communities. The initiative, known as... Read more »
New York voters are nearly twice as likely to support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to pause congestion pricing as to oppose it, but tend to disapprove of her leadership more generally, according... Read more »
World No. 2 and reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff headlines the United States’ tennis teams that will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris beginning next month. The United States... Read more »
With a banged-up bullpen, the Yankees announced on Thursday that they signed left-handed reliever Tim Hill to a one-year deal. The 34-year-old southpaw made 27 appearances for the Chicago White Sox this... Read more »
Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency. Read more »