Sanitation workers and supporters packed City Hall Park to demand restored pensions and parity with other uniformed services. The action briefly closed the Murray and Broadway gate.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says several New Yorkers were among about 175 people detained after Israeli forces boarded a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters off Greece. City officials say they are coordinating with state and federal partners.

Albany approved a change letting routine business records be introduced in grand juries by affidavit — a win for prosecutors and a worry for defenders.

Former federal prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy frames her bid as a public‑safety, accountability challenge to incumbent Letitia James ahead of the 2026 race. Her campaign is leaning on high‑profile prosecutions and GOP backing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Councilmember Sandra Nurse’s “30 for Our City” bill would phase NYC’s minimum wage to $30 by 2030 for large employers, setting up a clash between labor and business.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned in Oslo that rising debt, oil shocks and a stretched private‑credit market could spark a global bond‑market crisis.

Mayor Mamdani delayed the executive budget and urged Albany to cut a PTET credit he says mainly benefits millionaires and hedge funds, aiming to raise about $1 billion.

A Brooklyn mother has filed a federal suit alleging NYC reshaped the Discovery pathway to exclude Asian‑American applicants and cost her son a Stuyvesant seat.

After a week of fasting, home care workers paused their hunger strike after Speaker Julie Menin promised talks on Intro. 303 to ban 24‑hour shifts — but the bill remains unsettled.