Bloomberg will match $25M for the 9/11 Memorial’s new Never Forget Fund, a $75M push to expand exhibits, teacher programs and free student access before the 25th anniversary.

Mainchance, a long-running 24-hour Midtown drop-in, will close June 30 after the city declined to renew its DHS contract, leaving clients with fewer places to turn.

Taa Grays was sworn in as the New York State Bar Association's 129th president, the first Black woman to hold the post in the group's 150-year history. She plans to prioritize AI readiness, access to justice and member support.

Preservationists want the city to landmark a South of Union Square district to protect sites tied to LGBTQ+ activism, artists and early recording studios.

Condé Nast and the NewsGuild reached a settlement that the union calls a vindication: three staffers received payouts and suspended colleagues were made whole on paper.

Mayor Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch briefed on security for Sunday’s Israel Day Parade; Mamdani won’t march but pledged city resources and police coordination.

Longtime Hell’s Kitchen residents are fighting eviction after their building was advertised online as a hotel; a judge paused the case while city agencies probe the conversion.

Deputy Mayor visited a Lower East Side Head Start program as the city named May Child Care Educator Appreciation Month, but staff pressed for pay parity and concrete budget action.

Union leaders allege the New York Times used AI to monitor union staff, prompting grievances, an unfair labor charge and a Midtown rally.

Donald E. Newhouse, who led Advance Publications’ newspaper side for decades, died at 96; colleagues praised his quiet stewardship of local journalism.

Aboard the Intrepid at Pier 86, veterans and city leaders paused for a wreath‑laying, Taps and a salute. The Little Neck–Douglaston parade in Queens is set to march at 2 p.m., rain or shine.

President Trump announced a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Welles Crowther, the Boston College alum known as the "Man in the Red Bandana" for his 9/11 heroism.

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologized after calling some staff “lower‑value human capital,” but unions and city officials say the apology falls short as the bank outlines thousands of AI‑linked cuts.