Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent the week visiting mosques, joining suhoor with workers and hosting iftars — but a Gracie Mansion dinner with activist Mahmoud Khalil ignited national backlash.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly restarted fines for not separating food scraps; DSNY has issued hundreds of summonses as enforcement resumes amid low participation.

Richard Lee has left the City Council to join Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Finance, removing Speaker Julie Menin’s top budget strategist amid tense budget talks. The change raises questions about how revenue assumptions will be handled this spring.

A Mercedes struck an unmarked NYPD car in the Bronx on March 19, injuring two officers and narrowly missing a child. The driver was arrested and charges are pending.

Yonkers Public Schools will reassess the Cesar E. Chavez School name after a New York Times investigation alleged abuse by the labor leader. The district says it will review naming policy and honor those who have come forward.

Gov. Kathy Hochul launched the FutureWorks Commission to study AI's impact on New York jobs and laws, with a report due by year's end.

TWU Local 100 has sued the MTA, saying new booth‑staffing rules leave stations partially unstaffed and endanger riders who need on‑site help. The MTA points to a prior agreement to modernize agents’ roles.

The Port Authority has launched a procurement to replace PATH’s two‑decade‑old turnstiles with TAPP‑compatible, ADA‑friendly gates. The multi‑year effort will stretch into the late 2020s.

Kenneth Thom, who called himself K$, pleaded guilty in Manhattan to investment adviser fraud after prosecutors say he raised nearly $800,000 from followers and diverted funds for personal use.

Attorney General Letitia James backed two state bills that would ban personalized algorithmic pricing and bar digital shelf tags at grocery and drug stores. The measures sharpen New York’s rules on how retailers use consumer data at checkout.

Yeshiva World News was briefly defaced Wednesday with Persian-language messaging that included the phrase “Now we are in control”; the homepage later showed a "We will be back shortly" notice.

A New York Times report says Peter Chatzky posted years of explicit Facebook material, complicating his self-funded bid to flip NY-17.

Seven people were treated after elevated carbon monoxide levels were found at a Grant Avenue home in the Bronx; two are in serious condition.