ServiceNow and IBM rocked markets on Thursday, triggering a broad selloff in software names as investors fretted over AI’s impact on subscription businesses.

Amtrak sued Metro‑North in federal court Thursday, accusing the commuter railroad of blocking access needed for Penn Station Access and East River tunnel work. The move clouds a long‑promised service boost for the Bronx.

The Avett Brothers’ shipwreck musical Swept Away opens at SpeakEasy’s Calderwood Pavilion April 24. The band is also touring with Mike Patton and plays the Wang Theatre June 10.

Moinian is converting 17 Battery Place into 220 apartments, including 55 permanently affordable homes under New York’s 467-m tax-incentive program. Construction is expected to finish in early 2027.

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo will lead a five‑story revamp of The Met’s modern galleries, adding nearly 50% more space, terraces and a limestone lattice façade.

A viral Instagram clip shows a 15-year-old girl body-slammed in East Harlem; police arrested a 14-year-old and charged him with second-degree assault. The victim is stable.

A Manhattan judge dismissed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ $100M defamation suit against NBCUniversal, finding the Peacock film caused no new reputational harm.

Mayor Mamdani is weighing a move to delay some municipal pension contributions to help close a budget shortfall; City Hall says retirees would not lose benefits, but unions and watchdogs are alarmed.

Related is pitching 625 Madison as an “apex” office with base rents near $250 and marketing that suggests some deals could top $400 per square foot. The project has Saudi backing and demolition is already underway.

A lender tied to ACRES Capital has asked a state court to make AJ Capital‑linked entities pay roughly $76.5M after Cornell Tech ended the Graduate hotel's ground lease. The suit follows the property's closure in November 2025.

NYPD Crime Stoppers posted a wanted alert after a 71-year-old was punched inside a Harlem business on March 28. Investigators are seeking video and witness tips.

Manhattan tenants say rooftop ventilation and transformer noise has made apartments unlivable and have taken landlords to court, citing high decibel readings and thousands of 311 complaints.

Extinction Rebellion activists staged an Earth Day sit-in on Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower; police moved in and arrested multiple demonstrators, briefly snarling Midtown traffic.