Fair Fares riders will now receive OMNY discount cards for half-price subway and bus fares, with fare capping to limit weekly costs. The city says new OMNY cards are being issued to approved applicants.

Stuart Rabinowitz has stepped down from leadership at Nassau University Medical Center as the hospital names Tom Stokes CEO and works through a large budget shortfall.

A 12-year-old student was stabbed inside P.S./I.S. 218 in Mount Eden Monday morning and taken to Lincoln Hospital; officials say he is expected to recover.

A Great Neck doctor received jail time and financial penalties after a federal jury found she sold oxycodone prescriptions for cash.

Steven LaBianca was sentenced to 12 years after prosecutors say he coerced minors online. Cyprus police and U.S. agents credited cross‑border cooperation in the probe.

After 25 years, Chelsea staple Elmo is closing when its lease ended. The restaurant will host its last dinner on March 13.

Councilors grilled officials at an oversight hearing on whether the Maimonides–H+H merger will safeguard Brooklyn clinics and safety‑net services.

The NYPD says New York City logged the fewest shootings, shooting victims and murders through February 2026, crediting data‑driven policing even as transit crime and hate‑crime reporting rose.

Supermoon Bakehouse will open a flagship at Chelsea Market this spring, taking over Sarabeth's longtime stall and bringing colorful cruffins, croissants and gelato to the concourse.

Perplexity asked a federal judge to narrow parts of suits by The New York Times and Chicago Tribune while leaving core copyright allegations intact.

A 65-year-old was punched while boarding a Q14 bus in the 109th Precinct; NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering up to $3,500 for tips.

State prosecutors have charged an off‑duty NYPD sergeant with aggravated vehicular homicide after a wrong‑way Taconic crash killed a longtime Upper East Side doorman.

Surveillance images show suspects tied to robberies across southern Brooklyn; several victims were teenagers and police are asking for tips.