Hochul and Mamdani unveil new free child care plan for 2-year-olds
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) unveiled a plan on Thursday to give 2-year-olds in the city free child care. The announcement began Mamdani’s 2025 campaign promise of universal child care. The plan will expand the city’s program to include 2-year-olds for free and bolster the program for...
State warns med spa customers: ‘Be aware of the dangers’
Following a probe, the New York Department of State is warning consumers to be cautious about seeking services from medical spas that aren’t properly licensed. The probe, with the first phase in New York City, inspected 223 businesses, resulting in fines, suspensions, and revocations. While the majority of...
Judge rejects Mayor Mamdani’s bid to slow bankruptcy sale of 5,100 NYC apartments
Mayor Mandani announced his intention to intervene in the bankruptcy sale on his first day in office. The decision poses an early setback to Mamdani in his first full week in office. [ more › ]
Hoboken Man Arrested for Exposing Himself
A 45-year-old Hoboken man was arrested on New Year’s Day after police responded to a report of lewd conduct near Willow Avenue and Third Street. At approximately 3:10 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2026, Hoboken Police officers were dispatched to the area after receiving a report of a man exposing himself and committing a lewd act...
NYC Mayor calls Minneapolis ICE shooting ‘murder’
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeats his claim that the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent was “murder.”
Woman wanted for stabbing rider, 57, in the head on Midtown subway train
The NYPD released surveillance images Thursday of a woman who allegedly stabbed another subway rider in the head on a train in Midtown Manhattan this week.
Workplace Violence is Pushing New York Nurses to the Brink of Striking
Next week, nearly 16,000 nurses at five private hospitals across the city could walk off the job in what would be the largest health care labor strike in New York since the 47-day hospital strike in 1984. Many of the nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association union, are immigrants. They say they’re...
Ralph Lauren Invests in Domestic Fashion as U.S. Manufacturing Job Market Shrinks
Ralph Lauren and the Council of Fashion Designers of America is widening its financial commitment to domestic apparel production as new economic data underscore just how fragile American fashion manufacturing has become. This week, the CFDA announced two new grant programs aimed at stabilizing and modernizing...
Huge Broadway Triangle development opens lottery for 120 apartments, from $812/month
A huge mixed-use development in the Broadway Triangle section of Williamsburg opened a housing lottery for 120 affordable apartments. Developed by Rabsky Group, the project includes eight buildings across two blocks at a site formerly occupied by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The development has been constructed...
Anti-ICE rally held in NYC in response to deadly Minneapolis shooting
Hundreds gathered in New York City's Foley Square on Wednesday evening for a rally in response to the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis.
