City Council Speaker Julie Menin pitched building about 35,000 homes on small, scattered lots across New York City, a bid to add housing without wholesale rezonings.

Edward Richard Hinds, former head of the GodSquad, was sentenced to three years' probation after pleading guilty to endangering a child. The case has renewed scrutiny of city-funded anti-violence programs.

Owner splits the conjoined 225–233 Park Avenue South and eyes residential conversion after years of tenant departures and financing stress.

A new RPA analysis warns Penn Station’s platforms, yards and tunnels can’t absorb Gateway’s added trains without station expansion or major operational changes.

Rolling street closures start at 7 a.m. Sunday across Brooklyn for the NYCRUNS half marathon; expect detours and plan transit accordingly.

James Grein, who says he was abused by Theodore McCarrick starting at age 11, settled his New Jersey claims for what his lawyer called a high six‑figure payment. The accuser’s lawsuits in New York remain active.

A Manhattan jury awarded Morgan Art Foundation $102 million after finding Michael McKenzie sold forged works attributed to Robert Indiana.

A discarded smoothie straw is now central to the 1984 Lynbrook murder probe, prosecutors say DNA ties a Long Island man to the killing.

Nassau prosecutors say a Hempstead mother swung her 21-month-old daughter into a concrete wall; the child was treated, released to her father and has since recovered. The mother has been indicted and is due back in court May 19.

President Trump warned he may slap a "big tariff" on the UK over its digital services tax, reviving a trade fight that could raise costs for companies and markets.

A class-action suit and new reporting have renewed questions about whether yeshivas teach enough secular subjects. The case challenges budget language advocates say weakened oversight.

A Manhattan man received 30 days in jail and five years’ probation after admitting he secretly filmed sexual encounters; victims and prosecutors say the punishment is too light.

Extell has filed DOB plans for an 86‑story, near‑1,200‑foot tower at the former ABC/Disney campus, proposing 430 apartments and a 20% affordable set‑aside.