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A North Bronx subway station is finally on track to have elevators installed — more than a decade after the MTA opted against adding them during a $22 million station renovation. Transit officials broke ground Friday at the Middletown Road stop on an elevator project which grew out of a federal lawsuit that charged the […] The post North Bronx Subway Station to Get Elevators, Nearly a Decade After ADA Lawsuit appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
For decades, residents of a neighborhood that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens have dealt with the unique effects of living in a basin: swampy flooding, bumpy streets, overgrown lots strewn with trash and leaky septic tanks — because homes are not connected to the city sewer system. With roads named for Amber, Sapphire, Ruby […] The post They Live Below Sea Level in NYC. Now, the City Could Buy Out ‘The Hole’ appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
Investigators are looking into whether a safety system failure in the boiler of a Bronx public housing building allowed gas to build up inside the boiler chamber and travel up a 20-story chimney, a breakdown that triggered a massive explosion when a technician flipped the switch to turn it on, THE CITY has learned. In […] The post Bronx NYCHA Explosion May Have Been Caused by Safety System Failure appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
In their bright T-shirts, the volunteers for Zohran Mamdani’s campaign on a recent Saturday afternoon at McGolrick Park in Greenpoint fit right in, part of a citywide cohort of canvassers 50,000 strong and growing. But within their own families and communities of origin, the three are outliers. Their families all fled socialism or fought against […] The post Their Families Fled Soviet Socialism. Now They’re Knocking Doors for Mamdani. appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
New York officials pledged Thursday to fight to keep the Second Avenue Subway’s path to East Harlem on track — even as the nearly $7 billion expansion project faces a funding threat from the Trump administration. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/The Bronx) and other elected officials ripped the U.S. Department of Transportation’s move to withhold billions […] The post City Leaders Rip Trump DOT for Pausing Billions for Second Avenue Subway appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
Hundreds of people flocked to a South Bronx park Tuesday to pick up food for their families — pets included. Jonathan Vicente hauled a large sack of kibble for his 3-year-old bully mix, Maria, who walked alongside him at Bill Rainey Park to one of the dozens of mobile food pantries across the city where […] The post Pinched for Pet Food: Hunger Pains Extend to New Yorkers’ Furry Friends appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
The Adams administration is moving to fast-track a deal with real estate developer Related Companies to continue running Wollman Rink, sealing it before the mayor finishes his term — and freezing out rival proposals. On Wednesday the Parks Department announced it had picked Wollman Park Partners II, an affiliate of Related, to run the rink […] The post Parks Fast-Tracks Wollman Rink to Developer As Adams Exits appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would withhold $18 billion in federal funding from two major New York City transportation projects. Democrats say it’s meant as punishment. “It’s horrible. He’s selectively thinking he’s using it to target New York or Democrats, but this is something that’s important not just to the city and state of […] The post Trump’s Freeze on Billions for NYC Transit Is Retaliatory, Say State Dems appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
The federal government shut down on Wednesday with no clear end date in sight as Congress feuds over funding. The shuttering will have a near-term impact on federal workers’ paychecks and food benefits — and affect even more people and services should the fight extend. Nicole Hunt, director of public policy and advocacy at Food Bank […] The post How the Federal Shutdown Will Impact New Yorkers appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
Investigation focuses on the boiler room, after explosion wrecks 20-story chimney but leaves no injuries.| THE CITY - NYC News
With shrinking undergraduate enrollment and two faculty votes of no confidence in senior leadership, longtime staffers fear the board of Brooklyn's “small college of big dreams” is planning to shut the 166-year-old school down for good.| THE CITY - NYC News
The mayor’s reelection campaign remains under probe by the Campaign Finance Board, which has repeatedly denied requests for millions of dollars amid a straw donor scandal.| THE CITY - NYC News
Judge Dale Ho’s decision to dismiss the charges “with prejudice” means the Trump administration cannot bring them again — removing leverage it sought over the mayor.| THE CITY - NYC News
Citing his federal indictment, the Campaign Finance Board told the mayor that he may be decertified from the public money program.| THE CITY - NYC News
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The director of a volunteer soup kitchen at The Parish of Calvary-St. George’s has clashed with its rector over a Covid-era rule banning clients from eating in the church or using its bathrooms.| THE CITY - NYC News
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell, appointed to the role under Mayor Adams, has been unapologetic about the aggressive new tactic.| THE CITY - NYC News
The department had mulled moving its division handling public school safety from a community bureau to the office of Chief of Department John Chell but decided against it after THE CITY reported the proposed switch.| THE CITY - NYC News
The department’s school safety division will be taken out of the Community Affairs Bureau and put under the office of the Chief of Department, THE CITY has learned.| THE CITY - NYC News
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.| THE CITY - NYC News
New Yorkers who felt heard by a politician for the first time, including people who aren’t citizens and couldn’t vote, found ways to register their support and spread the word.| THE CITY - NYC News
Adams begged Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi and Chauncey Parker to stay, but they announced their resignation following the mayor’s agreement to aid immigration enforcement in exchange for dropping his corruption prosecution.| THE CITY - NYC News
An older brother is detained in Newark while two other siblings remain in New York, “unprotected and traumatized” after arrests at immigration check-in.| THE CITY - NYC News
More than 150 people showed up to a midday hearing to make their feelings known on a plan that would bring a gambling hub to Midtown.| THE CITY - NYC News
Winnie Greco, Eric Adams’ longtime link to growing Asian communities, demanded donations for Gracie Mansion access and pressured a city employee to work in her own home, campaign supporters tell THE CITY.| THE CITY - NYC News
Half of all immigration courthouse arrests earlier this summer were in Manhattan, as the Trump administration has mostly kept ICE enforcement off of the streets, in stark contrast to Los Angeles and other cities.| THE CITY - NYC News
The funding is aimed to implement the statewide cellphone ban. Some schools are getting more than $100,000 for device storage solutions.| THE CITY - NYC News
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.| THE CITY - NYC News
The mayor, now running as an independent candidate, has repeatedly failed to access the public money due to dubious donations and a lack of transparency.| THE CITY - NYC News
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The Correctional Association of New York on Tuesday unveiled a new dashboard detailing that the suicide rate at state lock ups spiked 108% last year.| THE CITY - NYC News
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The National Weather Service had predicted up to 5 inches of rain in the area and issued flash flood warnings for all five boroughs.| THE CITY - NYC News
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Pantries providing free groceries to New Yorkers in need are increasingly relying on unwanted excess from wholesalers at the Hunts Point Produce Market.| THE CITY - NYC News
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