An eight‑story, 77‑unit mixed‑use building has new DOB filings for 1123 Myrtle Avenue in Bed‑Stuy, with demolition permits already in place. The project lists Hamish Whitefield as architect and a local developer as owner.

Chef Gang Lin, a Yoshino alum, plans an eight-seat omakase at 211 7th Ave with tasting menus starting at $250 per guest.

Federal prosecutors say Angela Aquino tried to pad her campaign's small‑donor totals to claim $1 million in city matching funds. The unsealed complaint and filings point to alleged foreign transfers, falsified contribution cards and personal expenses paid from campaign accounts.

BAM stages a three-night tribute to Stevie Wonder this Thursday–Saturday, with the BRC Orchestra and guest stars performing five of his classic albums live.

An 18-year-old man was beaten and robbed during a clothing sale in Allerton; police are searching for two suspects and urging tips to Crime Stoppers.

A Wappingers Falls man pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after prosecutors say his 10‑month‑old daughter died of acute fentanyl intoxication in 2020.

State-ordered reforms follow revelations that Salmon River staff built wooden 'time‑out' boxes and held students with disabilities inside.

An AtlasIntel survey gave Marco Rubio a strong early lead over J.D. Vance, but poll averages still favor Vance; methodological differences make the picture messy.

The team behind Grove Street Social and Grand Street Social filed plans for Clarke & Moore Kitchen and Bar at 201 Eighth Avenue, promising elevated pub food, cocktails, wine and beer.

A DOJ probe says Yale School of Medicine favored Black and Hispanic applicants and tracked "racial proxies" to sidestep the Supreme Court's ban on race‑conscious admissions.

Cool, cloudy Friday becomes breezy and partly sunny with a high near 65°F; weekend warms into the 70s and boaters should heed Small Craft Advisories.

Prosecutors say nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana were found in an apartment above a Bayside smoke shop, and officials estimate the stash could be worth about $10 million.

Federal prosecutors say a Hartford man sexually abused and recorded a 12-year-old in Middletown. He was arrested May 9 and arraigned in Manhattan federal court.