Crown Princess Mette‑Marit told NRK she was "manipulated and deceived" by Jeffrey Epstein in her first TV interview since the documents surfaced. The sit‑down comes as her son’s trial closed and patronages are being reconsidered.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent the week visiting mosques, joining suhoor with workers and hosting iftars — but a Gracie Mansion dinner with activist Mahmoud Khalil ignited national backlash.

A newly revealed litigation-funding tie has put the nationwide class action over elite colleges' financial aid at risk, imperiling hundreds of millions in settlements and payouts to more than 200,000 students.

A new Assembly bill would require companies to disclose contracts with ICE and could bar vendors from state or city procurement if they hide those ties.

A 50-year-old New York City man was arrested in Boynton Beach after police say he arranged to meet a 15-year-old in an undercover sting. He now faces multiple felony charges.

BHI provided an $88M recapitalization loan to Quantum Pacific Realty and Metro Loft for 845 Third Ave as owners press ahead with an office‑to‑residential conversion. The move adds fresh institutional debt to a Midtown East conversion pipeline.

Northampton's town board approved a one‑year moratorium on new battery storage systems, pausing permitting while officials study safety and wetlands concerns.

Letterkenny Hospitality’s Primrose will open a cocktail bar and neighborhood eatery in NoMad this summer at 127 W 26th St.

NYPD Crime Stoppers posted a wanted alert after an alleged flasher exposed himself to a 15‑year‑old at President St–Medgar Evers College station. Rewards are available for tips that lead to an arrest.

An early‑morning blaze destroyed a maintenance building at Putnam County Golf Course in Mahopac, and two 1,000‑pound propane tanks complicated the response. No injuries were reported.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly restarted fines for not separating food scraps; DSNY has issued hundreds of summonses as enforcement resumes amid low participation.

Taylor Brown, a civil‑rights attorney, was named director of New York City's new Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the highest‑ranking openly trans official in city government.

After 19 years behind bars, Emel McDowell was cleared. He sat down with FOX 5 NY to talk about the toll—and he's still pressing for state compensation.