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Christmas Eve turned tragic on the Parkway, leaving families in traffic and one man’s life lost. The roads were far from festive this year.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to move into public housing, New York City’s Gracie Mansion, next Thursday, when he assumes power on New Year’s Day. This is good for him and his wife, Rama Duwaji, as he is about to make owning private property in the Big Apple a riskier proposition. Mamdani’s flagship […]

A US city is preparing to hand out a pile of cash in a new guaranteed income program for disadvantaged residents. The New York City Council says it is allocating $1.5 million in the 2026 budget for a guaranteed income initiative known as the “Cash with Care” program, targeting residents facing housing insecurity.

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. A man who spent more than two decades in prison before his conviction for the murder of a retired NYPD detective was dismissed due to DNA evidence has sued New York City for $100 million. Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez...

Credit: (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA, Sipa via AP Images) and (Evan Vucci/AP photo) After New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Tuesday announcement that he will appoint an FDNY commissioner who never served as a firefighter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed on Friday via X that “people will die because of this.”

The heroic officer was in the right place at the right time when his neighbors needed help.

The storm is set to bring the most snow to New York City in years.

Jen Hardell was living the suburban life in Florham Park, as a wife, mom and successful business professional, and sipping the occasional bourbon, when she combined the two and sealed them in a can. Eighteen months later, Subourbon Life is a smash hit on retail shelves and at an array of seasonal festivals, where...

Just over five years ago, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials were celebrating the largest fleet of electric airport buses on the east coast. Today, those buses are parked, forlorn and up for sale. What happened?. The 36 Proterra transit buses were in service for only three...

A Black man was sitting in his car when a New Jersey police officer allegedly assaulted him. The cop maintained that he acted after the man tried to attack him. Matters escalated when the officer failed to submit bodycam footage when asked by a judge. Carlton Brathwaite and his brother Derek were sitting in a […]