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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island residents face dangerous wind chills Sunday morning as a cold weather advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The combination of temperatures in the single digits to teens and sustained winds of 15-25 mph is creating hazardous...

The state Public Service Commission approved new utility rates in January that will raise bills for Con Edison customers across New York over the next three years, with electric rates increasing by about 9% and gas rates by roughly 6%, according to The City. For the average New York City...

While the world’s eyes turn toward the Italian Dolomites this winter for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics , New Yorkers have a familiar urge kicking in: head north, chase snow, and pretend we’re on a European mountain holiday . I don’t know about you, but starting February 6th, not only will every hour of Olympic...

District 22 Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages joined parents, educators, childcare providers and state lawmakers at Harbor Child Care in Mineola to call for expanded access to universal pre-K and increased state investment in early childhood education on Long Island. The group highlighted ongoing issues, including...

New York’s long running Bay Ridge condo scandal has reached a turning point, with a court ordering landlord Xi Hui “Steven” Wu to repay more than $4.2 M to the immigrant families he deceived. The ruling forces the man who “sold” nonexistent or illegal apartments to finally return $4.2 Million, plus interest, to...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept into office promising an aggressive housing agenda, from a sweeping rent freeze to a crackdown on what he cast as a “rent ripoff.” Now a yawning budget gap has forced him to slam the brakes on that push just as expectations from tenants and landlords peak. The collision... ...

Retiring in New York has always been a bit of a flex. The bagels, the culture, the healthcare, the energy—it’s hard to imagine spending your golden years anywhere else if you don’t choose to flee to a nearby retirement town . But according to a new financial analysis, that dream comes with a very real price tag, and...

Investors in a Brookfield Opportunity Zone fund that invests in New York and Connecticut real estate have been absolutely crushed, but don’t know why. The fund, Brookfield Opportunity 71IV7, had an internal rate of return of negative 18.3 percent through the third quarter of last year. Since mid 2019 it had lost 71...

Council progressives had hoped they could convince fellow lawmakers to override former Mayor Adams’ veto and pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. But new Speaker Menin, who abstained from voting on COPA last year, declined to call it for an override vote, effectively killing it—for now. A...

Happy Friday, New Yorkers ! That’s definitely one reason to smile on your commute today. Speaking of which , have you noticed that your fellow subway riders have been more chipper in general lately? Okay, okay, maybe not in this weather . And even so, it would be a little hard to tell with everybody bundled up,...