New York City will block all student-facing generative AI tools in public schools from pre-K through eighth grade for the 2026–2027 school year, the Mamdani administration announced on September 2. The one-year moratorium, paired with new screen time restrictions, affects roughly 600,000 students across nearly 1,600 schools in the
New York City will block all student-facing generative AI tools in public schools from pre-K through eighth grade for the 2026–2027 school year, the Mamdani administration announced on September 2. The one-year moratorium, paired with new screen time restrictions, affects roughly 600,000 students across nearly 1,600 schools in the
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on September 2, 2026, the completion of Matinecock Court, a $98 million affordable housing development in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, that delivers 145 cooperative homes nearly half a century after the project was first proposed and blocked by local zoning. The development, built
New York City’s Housing Court will now assign a judge the same day a case is filed for buildings with widespread hazardous conditions, active vacate orders, or prolonged elevator outages, under a new directive announced August 25 by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s court system. The fast track,
New York City launched Renew Crew on August 24, 2026, deploying a 24-member team of painters, electricians, plumbers, and trade specialists to deliver fast-turnaround repairs at playgrounds, recreation centers, and sports courts across all five boroughs. The $2.3 million initiative targets up to 30 projects per year, with each
By: Rosalind Beckett The migration is no longer news. For the better part of a decade, residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts have been relocating to Georgia, the Carolinas, and Florida in significant numbers, joined each winter by a seasonal wave that turns I-95 and I-75
Amtrak on Monday completed a 15-month rehabilitation of one of four East River train tunnels connecting Penn Station to Queens, finishing the first phase of a post-Hurricane Sandy repair project that forced the Long Island Rail Road to cut peak-hour service by 20%. MTA Chair Janno Lieber used the
A fire aboard an MTA vacuum train at the Astor Place subway station in Manhattan’s East Village injured 14 people and temporarily shut down service on the 4 and 6 lines early Tuesday morning, August 4. The four-car maintenance train, used to suction debris and litter from the track
Viceroy Hotels & Residences announced its return to Manhattan with Viceroy Park Avenue, a 252-room flagship at the corner of Park Avenue South and 29th Street in NoMad set to open in December 2026. The luxury property is a joint venture between Highgate, Tao Group Hospitality, and BGO. Key
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced OPEN for Small Business on July 20, 2026, a regulatory reform package containing more than 50 changes designed to reduce paperwork, eliminate outdated permits, and ease inspection burdens on the city’s approximately 180,000 small businesses. The initiative, backed by a new Executive
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order on July 20 launching OPEN for Small Business, a package of more than 50 regulatory reforms designed to eliminate outdated permits, reduce redundant paperwork, and cut unnecessary fines for the city’s roughly 180,000 small businesses. The initiative, short for
The New York City Department of Transportation released results from the largest parking study in its history, concluding that congestion pricing has had no measurable impact on curbside parking availability either inside or outside the toll zone. The findings dismantle years of warnings from elected officials who argued the
New York City became the centerpiece of America’s 250th birthday over the July 4 weekend, hosting the Sail4th 250 flotilla of international tall ships in New York Harbor. The six-day maritime celebration drew millions to the waterfront and was projected to deliver a multibillion-dollar tourism and hospitality boost to
New York City is expanding its heat emergency response as a historic, multi-day heat wave collides with the July Fourth weekend, activating hundreds of cooling centers, extending outdoor pool hours, and deploying mobile cooling units. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the expanded measures on June 30, building on an emergency
The 57th NYC Pride March steps off at noon on Sunday, June 28, from 26th Street and Fifth Avenue, and for the second consecutive year, the grand marshal lineup tells you as much about what the march is pushing back against as what it is celebrating. Three of the
The horse-drawn carriages that have circled Central Park for more than a century remain off the road this week, with Transport Workers Union Local 100 extending its self-imposed suspension of all hansom cab operations inside the park through at least Tuesday, June 23. The pause, first announced June 18,
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on June 16 that approximately 2.78 million New York homeowners and seniors will receive $2.1 billion in property tax relief this summer and fall through the state’s School Tax Relief (STAR) program. For New York City, the rollout means 474,000 households are in line for
Few New York laws are broken as openly, or as often, as the one that makes honking a car horn illegal. Under the city’s Noise Code, a driver may sound a horn only as a signal of imminent danger, yet the blare of impatient traffic remains a constant on
New York answers to several nicknames, but none has traveled as far as “The Big Apple.” The phrase appears on souvenirs, in song titles, and across tourism campaigns, yet its origin has little to do with fruit and everything to do with the early twentieth-century horse-racing circuit. The story
Every region in America has a ghost story tied to a road, but few have proven as durable as the vanishing hitchhiker. The basic version, told in some form across nearly every state in the country, goes like this: a driver picks up a young woman on a quiet
Albany is finally inching toward closing the books on a fiscal year that should have been settled almost two months ago. State lawmakers spent Tuesday and Wednesday voting on the remaining bills in the Fiscal Year 2027 spending plan, a roughly $268.5 billion package that has dragged through the
Long Island Rail Road service returned to North America’s busiest commuter rail system on Tuesday, May 19, after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and five labor unions reached a tentative agreement late Monday night, ending the first LIRR strike in 32 years. The shutdown, which began just after midnight on
Mark Zuckerberg’s company is making its East Coast retail bet official. Meta Platforms has signed a 10-year lease with Vornado Realty Trust for the entire 15,000-square-foot, five-story townhouse at 697 Fifth Avenue, converting what began as a blue-painted pop-up last November into the company’s first permanent flagship store on
New York City health officials are closely monitoring two separate viral concerns this week, even as they continue to reassure residents that the public risk remains low. Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin confirmed Friday that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is tracking both a rare hantavirus outbreak
For the thousands of city employees who clock in every morning at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan, childcare has long been one of the most persistent financial pressures of working life in New York. The city that never sleeps has never been cheap — and
Central Park is one of the most recognized urban green spaces in the world, drawing more than 40 million visitors a year to its 843 acres in the heart of Manhattan. Yet the park that today serves as New York City’s most beloved outdoor refuge began as a controversial
The city’s latest public health push meets young New Yorkers where they are — on social media, at corner delis, and on the streets they walk every day. New York City is taking its fight against youth vaping directly to the sidewalks, screens, and storefronts where teenagers spend their
On Wednesday afternoon, thousands of doormen, porters, superintendents, and handypersons packed Park Avenue on the Upper East Side and held up signs reading “Yes.” The message was unmistakable. Members of 32BJ Service Employees International Union approved a strike authorization by voice vote, if contract negotiations fail to yield a
Mayor Zohran Mamdani approaches his first 100 days in office on April 11 with a mixed but notable operational record, a split public verdict, and a budget battle that will define the next phase of his tenure. New York City’s 112th mayor entered office on January 1, 2026, as
A vacant newsstand near City Hall Park has been transformed into a first-of-its-kind infrastructure hub for the workers who keep New York City fed — and it only took a change in city leadership to make it happen. For years, the men and women who pedal through rain, snow,
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the city’s first free, on-site child care program for municipal workers, a pilot that will open applications on April 30 and begin serving families this fall at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan. The program marks a concrete
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