Albany lawmakers advanced a bill that would let Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors seek punitive damages from his estate; two survivors are set to testify in Albany next week.

Anthropic is closing in on a full‑building lease at 330 Hudson Street — roughly 466,000 square feet — a major New York expansion for the AI firm. The move would add a big footprint to the city’s reinvigorated office market.

Early results show one-time cash grants helped 98 young New Yorkers stay housed; independent evaluations point to strong six-month outcomes. Local partners say the dollars were often cheaper than shelter stays.

Northeastern’s planned takeover of Marymount Manhattan is closing in on final federal approval; state and accreditor steps are already in place. The deal could be effective this summer.

A 27-year-old Manhattan man was arrested in a years‑long probe into a 2021 West Side Highway hit‑and‑run that killed a Westchester man. Authorities charged him with criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene.

New renderings show a 28‑story, 276‑unit student residence planned at 467–473 West 165th Street, designed by BKSK and tied to Columbia's medical campus.

A three‑day civil trial in Manhattan put landlord Commerz Real and Aby Rosen’s RFR at odds over possession of SoHo’s 11 Howard, with millions in unpaid rent at issue and staff facing uncertainty.

Applications are open through May 15 for The Little Apple, a free on‑site childcare pilot at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building. About 40 year‑round seats and a $10M renovation are planned.

A divided Second Circuit on April 29 declined to rehear Donald Trump’s challenge to an $83.3M defamation award to E. Jean Carroll, keeping the judgment intact as appeals continue. The split ruling sets up potential Supreme Court review on presidential immunity and substitution issues.

Non-binary actor Wesley Han says the Soho Grand hotel humiliated them after a bathroom confrontation and has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination.

Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal has reintroduced a bill to decriminalize certain natural psychedelics in New York as a new White House order pushes federal agencies to speed research.

Manhattan prosecutors handed 657 Indian antiquities — worth about $14 million — back to officials after a years‑long probe into looting and illicit sales.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment accusing Sinaloa’s governor and nine officials of aiding the Sinaloa Cartel. The filing alleges bribery, shielding of traffickers and weapons offenses.