A well-known conservative radio host in New York called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a cockroach, resurfacing anti-Muslim sentiments that the mayor said were all too common.

The battle to lower costs has reached the State Capitol, where concerns have emerged about the fate of a 2019 climate law and its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Asif Merchant testified in his own defense, saying he participated in the plot to protect his family in Iran. Prosecutors reject his account of his motives.

Representative Dan Goldman of New York distanced himself from the social media activity of his wife and campaign treasurer, saying she does ?not speak for me.?

Bruce Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, formed a band of special deputies. A lawsuit calls the unit?s members unqualified and says that some appear to have arrest records.

The city has been absent from the list of school districts around the nation that are using A.I. in the classroom. That could change.

Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the university for its actions after the 2012 arrest of Robert Hadden, a former Columbia gynecologist convicted of sex crimes.

A waiter?s training takes an unlikely turn, panic on a crowded bus and more reader tales of New York City in this week?s Metropolitan Diary.

A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.

Hugh Jackman returns in ?Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes,? Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays Truman Capote, and Celia Keenan-Bolger and Tony Shalhoub star in an ?Antigone? riff.

Judge Michael E. Farbiarz warned in an order on Monday that he may have to hold the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in criminal contempt.

Public housing vacancies in the city doubled to over 6,700 between January 2022 and May 2025, according to the Department of Investigation, posing safety risks to residents.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had taken over Hamilton Hall in 2024 faced expulsions, suspensions and the revocation of their degrees.

The authorities in Sag Harbor, N.Y., said they would not yet release footage of the singer?s 2024 arrest while they work out a resolution with his lawyers.

A judge ruled to preserve the toll, ending, for now, a dispute that has become emblematic of New York?s resistance to federal intervention in local affairs.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to create a free, universal child care system during his tenure. On Tuesday, he named the diverse areas where the first 2,000 seats would be offered.

Sotheby?s, now in the former Whitney Museum on the Upper East Side, is auctioning off Scottie Pippen?s basketball memorabilia.

Corima, in Chinatown, boldly experiments with the familiar cuisine, but doesn?t lose sight of simple pleasures.

David Novros has spent years finessing and repainting site-specific artworks in his SoHo space.

New outreach teams from New York City?s public hospital system include a clinical professional to evaluate the needs of homeless New Yorkers.

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