Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in New York City.
New York City jail costs reach record level
The average daily cost of incarceration in New York City has reached a record level as officials work to overhaul the city’s jail system, according to an official study of the city’s Department of Correction.
Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal.
Mapping the tech takeover of New York City
Where five of the biggest tech companies are signing leases in Manhattan.
Read the full story on Curbed NYC.
Staten Island pols once again float secession from New York City
Last month, Republican City Council members Joe Borelli and Steven Matteo announced their intentions to create a task force to analyze a possible secession of Staten Island from the rest of the boroughs. And back in 1993, residents of the borough voted to secede from NYC in a non-binding referendum; but the State Assembly never voted on those results.
Read the full story on Curbed NYC.
New York City will pause controversial homeless export program to Newark
The de Blasio administration on Monday agreed to pause a program that relocates homeless families to Newark following a lawsuit by the New Jersey city.
Read the full story on New York Post.
New York cop chomps down on razor blade in sandwich, ruled accident by NYPD
A police officer has been injured after biting into a sandwich that contained a razor blade in New York City in what police have since called an accident.
Read the full story on Yahoo News.
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