Non‑attorney Legal Aid staff say management is holding $6.9M in city funds and using it as leverage in contract talks; both sides face a May 18 deadline.

A plan to install lockable gates at Washington Square has split neighbors and park lovers ahead of a Community Board 2 hearing. The debate will play out at a public meeting this week.

Bowen Yang and four others will lead the NYC Pride March on June 28, blending mainstream visibility with activist roots under the "For All of Us" theme.

Allan Dabrio Marrero was freed after more than 150 days in ICE custody and reunited with his husband and church in New York. Advocates say delays in accepting bond raise fresh legal questions.

Clashes broke out outside Park East Synagogue as protesters and counterprotesters confronted each other under a heavy NYPD presence. The event tested the city’s new buffer‑zone rules.

A $2 million federal grant will expand the Neighborhood Internet program and bring NYPL‑run, free high‑speed broadband into affordable housing across the Bronx and Upper Manhattan.

A Gothamist analysis and federal records show NYC released far fewer unaccompanied minors last year while average ORR custody times jumped, advocates say.

After his son self‑immolated outside the Manhattan courthouse, a father visited LiveOnNY to urge organ donations after both kidneys were transplanted to two patients. He says he wants his son’s registry to save lives.

Interpreters say AI scheduling fragmented hours and cut pay, prompting a union push and City Hall scrutiny.

A section of World Trade Center steel began a cross‑country memorial tour Saturday, stopping on Staten Island before heading to national landmarks and returning for the 25th anniversary.

Neighbors say the stoops outside a landmarked East Village church have become a "human biohazard," and city outreach teams say they are canvassing the block.

Community groups and researchers warn New York's $16 upstate minimum wage falls short of rent and living costs, pushing many households toward instability.

Several demonstrators were arrested outside the NYSE as May Day rallies moved into Lower Manhattan. Video showed protesters briefly blocking an entrance to the exchange.