Morning Briefing: Plows working to clear streets, crews handling outages and how to watch...
Good morning, New York. Here's what you need to know today. Cold & blustery with continued snow chances today. Highs in the 20s/30. Area-wide snow is likely this evening and could lead to messy roads for New Year's Eve plans. CNY Forecast | Northern NY Forecast | Southern Tier Forecast.
EPA completes five-year reviews at 32 Superfund sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its statutory obligation of conducting "five-year reviews" for 32 Superfund sites across New Jersey, New York, and Puerto Rico in 2025. These reviews are part of the EPA's ongoing efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of cleanup efforts at these sites and...
What to know about new laws in NYC and the state in 2026
New York City and the state will enact several new laws in 2026, primarily pertaining to employment, health care and consumer protection.
NY weather: Snow squall warning in place for Nassau and Suffolk counties Thursday morning
On Thursday at 6:31 a.m. a snow squall warning was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 7:15 a.m. for Nassau and Suffolk counties. "At 6:30 a.m., a snow squall was located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Port Jefferson to near Brentwood to Jones Beach, moving east at 55 mph,"...
After Bull Run: Mutineers, Scapegoats, and the Dead
Three regiments filled with Irish and Scotch immigrant New Yorkers struggled to survive in the days after Bull Run. The Seventy-Ninth New York Highlanders was a proud militia regiment formed from the crème of New York’s Scottish community. Today we rarely think of the Scots as an immigrant ethnicity, but they were a...
The education challenges the Mamdani administration faces
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will soon assume control of the nation’s largest school system where he will confront a bevy of challenges ranging from teacher recruitment to enrollment declines to significant federal funding cuts. Leading that effort in his administration will be Kamar Samuels, who Mamdani announced as...
Ready for 2026? These 5 new laws will change how you work, drive and...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As we bid farewell to 2025, it’s time to look forward to 2026 and all the new laws slated to go into effect in the new year. Here’s what you need to know to step confidently into 2026:. New York’s minimum wage boost...
Mamdani wants to change the tax code. Here’s what that could look like.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani The incoming mayor has proposed increasing taxes on large companies and on New Yorkers earning over $1 million. [ more › ]
NYS reports 47% increase in road repairs & 19% increase in bridge fixes in...
New York says it made significant progress improving roads and bridges in 2025. The state Department of Transportation reports over 4000 highways were improved, 3700 bridges were either replaced or repaired, and over a million potholes were filled. Central New York saw 191 lane miles repaved and 419 bridges addressed.
Where to watch the ball drop in Times Square
NEW YORK (PIX11) — New Year’s Eve in Times Square is officially here, along with Nexstar’s Coast to Coast Countdown to 2026 rocking across the country. The most iconic moment of the New Year’s Eve celebration is the moment the ball drops in Times Square. This time around, the ball will drop twice; once to […]
