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The New York City Council last week approved Int. 31, a bill to expand commercial organics diversion requirements. The bill is set to become law without Mayor Zohran Mamdani's signature. During a hearing last week, New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Gregory Anderson was supportive of the bill, which...

New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis, Assemblymember Kalman Yeger, civic organizations, homeowners and neighborhood leaders on Thursday, July 9, rallied on the steps of the Holiday Inn Express at 5244 Kings Highway in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where they demanded that the city immediately reverse its decision to conve

A maniac repeatedly whacked a 68-year-old man in the head with a Razor scooter during a Brooklyn clash this week, police said. The senior got into an argument with a much-younger stranger around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lincoln Place near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights when the brute suddenly grabbed the kick scooter and

Breeze, the modern Sichuan and dim sum restaurant that launched in Greenpoint, has locked in a 15-year lease for a ground-floor flagship at 590 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The deal covers roughly 2,790 square feet on the ground floor plus a 779 square foot lower level, with reported 18 foot ceilings and about 8

MAGA influencer and Turning Point USA talk show host Jack Posobiec criticized Democratic Socialist Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani for noting that the city was the first capital of the United States, a fact Mamdani mentioned during a Fourth of July celebration last weekend. Mamdani wrote: “Today's Parade of Sail

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Of Staten Island Technical High School’s nearly 300 offers, just one went to a Black student. At Stuyvesant, that number was three — the lowest number since at least 2014, which is as far bac

SEAPORT, Manhattan (PIX11) — New Yorkers are looking up at skyscrapers under construction more than ever after an old Pfizer building buckled and led to evacuations throughout Midtown, Manhattan on Tuesday. In the historic Seaport district, a 600-foot leaning skyscraper where a construction worker fell to his death has

The Bayonne Fire Department made an early morning technical rescue at a construction site today after a worker fell approximately 20 feet. At approximately 7:50 a.m. Friday, the Bayonne Fire Department, Bayonne Police Department, McCabe Ambulance, and the Bayonne Office of Emergency Management responded to a reported t

Not only are they expanding their footprint, they’re also doubling headcount. Anthropic said it plans to have more than 1,000 employees by end of year.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — New York City is a food mecca, offering New Yorkers and visitors the opportunity to discover cuisines from all around the world. To monitor the plethora of establishments, the NYC Health Department conducts unannounced inspections at least once a year. Grades are typically assigned after inspect