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The Knicks have cancelled watch parties outside MSG for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, due to President Trump’s plans to attend the game as a guest of Knicks owner James Dolan. Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive and Republican candidate for Governor, will also be in attendance alongside Trump.
57,000 rent stabilized units were vacant as of April of last year, according to a new report.
A New Jersey cop stole a journalist’s camera gear at a protest against an ICE detention center in Newark, according to prosecutors.
The Trump Administration has brought the practice of mass deportation hearings to immigration courts in New York state.
City & State reviewed Mayor Mamdani’s lobbying wins and losses after his first state budget session as mayor.
Mount Sinai Hospital may be planning to share trans children’s health records with the Trump Administration.
Ali Najmi, a friend and former lawyer of Mayor Mamdani, is representing billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen in court.
Governor Kathy Hochul is set to appoint a formerly incarcerated person to a board overseeing conditions at correctional facilities across the state.
Council Members are demanding further investigation into last month’s incident where a handcuffed woman gave birth in a courtroom.
AI and cryptocurrency were major topics at the debate for the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler in NY-12 (Manhattan).
NYC-DSA endorsed Assembly Member Claire Valdez (District 37, Queens) and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso participated in a televised debate as they vie to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in NY-7 (Brooklyn, Queens).
NY1 will host a debate between incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Upper Manhattan, Bronx) and NYC-DSA endorsed challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier on June 16th.
Our chapter’s labor newsletter, The Local, arrives every other week with a focus on labor organizing, bargaining, and local legislation that impacts NYC’s workers. Give them a follow here.
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