Yeshiva University announced a three‑year dental school in Midtown Manhattan with specialty clinics and an accelerated DDS curriculum as the city faces dentist shortages.

A 24-year-old food vendor was slashed in Central Park during an apparent dispute over vending territory; police say the suspect fled toward Heckscher Park and the victim is expected to recover.

SL Green paid $18.5M for the condo that houses Restaurant DANIEL, moving the Upper East Side dining room into the REIT’s portfolio as Boulud expands abroad.

A Midtown landlord has filed to add a four‑story digital billboard to the Herald Center, a move that would test decades‑old sign rules and reshape 34th Street's look.

NYPD closed East End Avenue and Carl Schurz Park after a suspicious device was reported; Bomb Squad and federal investigators are on scene. Streets and park entrances remain blocked.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say defendants who responded to a 311 prostitution complaint committed acts that violated a vulnerable victim’s civil rights. The U.S. Attorney's Office says it will pursue accountability.

Rep. Yvette Clarke and House Haiti Caucus leaders demanded DHS explain how Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody after a reported untreated tooth infection. The lawmakers want medical records and a timeline.

A 38-year-old man was found shot and killed in his car a few blocks from the Coney Island boardwalk early Sunday. Police say no arrests have been made and detectives are combing surveillance video.

Mindspace is adding 11,500 square feet at 25 Kent in Williamsburg, bringing its local footprint to about 50,000 square feet with an expected summer 2026 opening.

A 30-year-old woman was shot in the lower leg Monday near City Point in Downtown Brooklyn and was taken to Brooklyn Methodist; she is expected to recover.

A new mapping analysis shows many NYC school attendance lines mirror 1930s redlining maps, locking low‑income Black and Latino students out of top public elementary schools.

A Manhattan jury found Camby Wilson guilty on all counts in the 2022 East Harlem liquor-store killing of Shaquell Gainey, prosecutors announced March 9.

Live By The Sword filed a $3M defamation suit in Manhattan, accusing three former piercers of posting images alleging dirty needles, pests and bedbugs. The chain says the posts cost it customers; ex‑staffers call the suit retaliatory.