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.

An Elmont resident matched five numbers in the March 23 Powerball draw and a $1 Power Play doubled his prize to $2 million. He took roughly $1.3M after taxes.

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.

The New York Fed warns of a “remarkable” rise in food insecurity among lower‑income households, driven by higher prices and tighter SNAP rules. The finding helps explain collapsing consumer sentiment despite solid headline growth.

Brooklyn resident Francine Fortune won a $1,000,000 50Xtra scratch-off and took home a $416,325 lump-sum payout after taxes.

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

National projections show nonwhite Americans could be the majority by mid‑century; New York City is already majority‑nonwhite.

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

A Farmingdale tenant says she was trapped for about 15 minutes after an elevator stalled and the emergency help button connected to voicemail. Residents say management's repair updates have been inconsistent.

An interfaith coalition pressed for accountability after Councilmember Inna Vernikov shared a viral post about Muslim worshippers praying outside a girls’ yeshiva in Sheepshead Bay.

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.