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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced details for the opening of five municipally owned supermarkets across the five boroughs, per a campaign promise for a public grocery plan designed to slash staple food costs by 30 percent and to counter corporate price-gouging in working-class neighborhoods.
Following the expiration of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, Mayor Mamdani held emergency meetings with Haitian community leaders as advocates warned that the looming deportation threat directly endangers thousands of Haitian home caregivers and the homebound elderly New Yorkers who rely on them.
An aggressive summer of federal raids has triggered a wave of damages claims from tri-state residents, while the Trump administration’s dismantling of protections leaves vulnerable migrant children forced to fight child asylum claims alone in court, prompting a growing chorus of mainstream New York Democrats to demand that ICE be completely abolished.
City Hall is granting property owners an extra month to apply for pied-à-terre exemptions following a rollout of the City’s new luxury residence tax.
New York and New Jersey have filed a joint lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s overhaul of health insurance marketplaces, arguing the changes will drive up premiums.
Attorney General Letitia James has sued prediction-market platform Kalshi, targeting its event-based betting operations as an unlicensed and illegal gambling scheme in New York.
Mayor Mamdani appointed Jennifer Jones Austin, veteran of the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations, to lead the Civilian Complaint Review Board, aiming to overhaul police oversight and clear a deep backlog of officer misconduct complaints.
The New York Immigration Coalition granted voluntary recognition to its staff union after months of internal organizing.
The Mamdani administration is taking steps to establish a municipal commission to study reparations for New York City’s historical role in transatlantic slavery.
Gothamist’s new field guide highlights the rising political power of the “commie corridor” in Brooklyn and Queens.
Tenant power continues to expand after a newly formed Bensonhurst tenant union scored a major funding boost and recognition from City Hall.
The MTA’s Construction & Development division reported generating $1.2 billion in capital savings through modernized signal projects and streamlined transit station upgrades. The MTA is also rolling out vending machines across dozens of subway stations.
Residents and tenant activists at New York City Housing Authority’s Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses are fiercely condemning the City after an appellate court cleared the way to demolish 18 public housing buildings in favor of a controversial private redevelopment plan.
A practical new community guide breaks down how neighbors can start a block association to organize street events, green spaces, and local advocacy.
Local athletes celebrated the launch of the Women’s Pro Baseball League, including The New York Heights.
Former Mayor and real estate shill Eric Adams was heckled during a contentious town hall in Wisconsin Rapids after showing up to advocate for a controversial local AI data center project, drawing pushback from residents angry over the facility’s strain on local land and power grids.
Politico reflects on New York Democrats locked in a deep generational reckoning between party leadership and the surging socialist movement.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s potential presidential path is coming into focus.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is laying the groundwork for election denialism as he prepares his upcoming gubernatorial campaign against Governor Kathy Hochul.
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