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An unsettled pattern will continue through this entire Mother's Day weekend in the New York City area.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s newly announced (and mostly finished) state budget deal was the talk of City & State’s Affordable Housing Summit on Thursday. “There’s a buzz in the air, the big news of the governor’s announcement,” said Edith Hsu-Chen, executive director of the New York City Department of City Planning.

ALBANY – Mass transit has been part of the overall crime conversation in New York over the last several years. While some statistics show that subway crime in New York City is trending downward – the MTA reported last summer an 9.3% drop in felony assaults and a 16.7% drop in robberies compared to 2024 – the U.S. Department of Transportation recorded a 21% in violent index...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New Yorkers should prepare for a hotter summer than usual, federal forecasters say, with the odds tilted toward above-average temperatures across the city and even higher chances of heat upstate and parts of Long Island. Last month, the Climate Prediction Center published a pair of...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier A 19-year-old New York man is behind bars in Broward...

The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants. They will vote on a final number in June. The magic number is “zero” for supporters of a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced sweeping changes to its SNAP program, affecting millions, including in those in New York City. Agency officials will now require more "real food" from its retailers, it says, as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted last year has started to reshape how benefits are funded and who qualifies. Here's what to know about the new changes...

Hochul announces $268 billion state budget deal, including second-home tax

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigations (OSI) launched a probe into a Jackson Heights fatal collision that killed a woman just steps from her home last month after it was determined that the driver of the vehicle was an off-duty NYPD officer. On Saturday, April...