Lina Khan will direct Columbia Law’s new Center for Law and the Economy, bringing her FTC enforcement pedigree to campus work on antitrust, banking and tech policy.

MoMA PS1 will host a free block party in Long Island City on Saturday, April 18, to mark its 50th anniversary. Expect gallery talks, family workshops, local food and DJs across the plaza.

A Teamsters analysis finds thousands of safety‑related violations tied to Amazon‑associated delivery vans and warns tickets alone can’t close the gap as a City Council hearing looms.

A pre-dawn house fire on Starhaven Avenue left one person dead and several first responders treated. Officials say an overloaded power strip may have sparked the blaze.

Federal prosecutors say a Loudonville man used dating apps and messages to groom who he believed was a 14‑year‑old and was arrested at a planned meetup.

A Manhattan scientist with a deadly family history of ALS has been receiving experimental spinal antisense infusions at Columbia; early tests show promise.

Dozens of activists who marched with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani occupied Palantir's West Village lobby; the NYPD arrested multiple demonstrators and charges are pending.

A new NYC Housing Connect lottery at 325 Bond Street in Gowanus lists dozens of income-restricted units, with studios from $903 and one‑beds from $961. Applications are on the city portal.

Rents for warehouses next to JFK have topped $30 per square foot as a new cargo hub and a leasing surge tighten local supply. Tenants are being pushed to farther submarkets.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi says his voter enrollment was switched to the Working Families Party without his consent and he’s accused perennial candidate Jonathan Rinaldi.

A viral video shows a wrong-way driver run over a cyclist's bike on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope while police declined to issue a ticket.

A fast-moving fire on Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream destroyed a family-owned barber shop and damaged nearby businesses; investigators are looking into a possible electrical cause.

Avdoo’s Bergen in Boerum Hill is now about 80% sold and has begun closings, with most buyers coming from the New York metro area and a large amenity program driving demand.