Mostly cloudy and muggy this morning; storms possible this afternoon with gusts up to 35–40 mph. High rip current risk at ocean beaches through tonight.

A Romanian national was sentenced to 18 months after HSI says he helped a skimming ring clone New York EBT cards and cash out in Los Angeles, targeting benefit recipients.

A Rutgers genetic survey found many city mice carry mutations that blunt commonly used poisons, complicating pest control in Brooklyn.

A beloved Crown Heights children’s festival is returning to Brower Park on June 20, revived by local organizers with games, music and neighborhood programming.

A Cornell student's antisemitic Handshake reply went viral; an online fundraiser has since raised nearly $20,000 while the university investigates.

Alvin Bragg told followers on X he would reveal a "sweatshop indictment" of a luxury clothing brand at 3 p.m.; the DA’s office has not yet released charging papers.

A new East Village bar channels stretch‑limo glamour with martinis and hotel‑style bar food.

A 35,000-square-foot food hall, Shaver Hall, opens next Friday in the former Lord & Taylor building on Fifth Avenue. The hall brings 11 vendors, three restaurants and a stage-focused bar to Midtown.

A 32-year-old woman was slashed multiple times with a scalpel on a northbound 6 train at East 149th Street in Mott Haven; police say one person is in custody.

A 17-year-old was stabbed outside a Midtown Chipotle and taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center. Police arrested three suspects and charged them with felony assault and weapons offenses.

Letitia James sued two Brooklyn landlords, saying they hid rent‑stabilized apartments and charged market rents while tenants faced violations and harassment.

A Bronx man was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to the 2024 elevator stabbing that left a 75-year-old neighbor with severe injuries.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus will make her Broadway debut in a starry revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities at the Hudson Theatre, with previews Sept. 29, 2026.