"Real Women Have Curves," a musical about the Latino immigrant experience, opens on Broadway, directed by Sergio Trujillo and featuring music by Joy Huerta.

Construction has begun on the Harlem River Greenway in the Bronx, promising over 4 miles of new bike lanes and improved waterfront access, aiming to connect with the Empire State Trail for better urban mobility.

The MTA is expanding cell service to G train subway tunnels and underwater 4 and 5 train tunnels, as part of a broader project to bring 5G to NYC's underground transit, with no direct cost to the public.

A section of East River Park in Manhattan has reopened with new amenities after an uplift for flood prevention, part of the $1.5 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project.

New York Attorney General Letitia James secured over $660,000 for nurses exploited by a staffing agency that imposed severe penalties for early resignation.

NY Attorney General Letitia James sues the Trump administration to protect NSF's educational and research programs, especially those aimed at increasing diversity in STEM fields.

Mayor Eric Adams celebrates the NYC Council's approval of Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan to create 4,600 homes and 2,800 jobs with a $235 million investment, despite concerns over gentrification.

The Manhattan District Attorney has repatriated 39 stolen antiquities to Pakistan, recovered from art trafficker Subhash Kapoor. The items include a Buddha and Attendants Frieze from the Gandharan era.

Two gang members were sentenced to life in prison for a deadly shooting in Brownsville and Canarsie, emphasized by the Brooklyn DA as a message against gang violence.

Sheng Mao Chen, 48, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for the fatal stabbing of a woman in 2019. The incident occurred outside his Sunset Park residence and was prosecuted as a domestic violence case.

Randy and Chad Miller pleaded guilty to securities fraud and identity theft related to defrauding investors in a sports complex development in Mesa, Arizona.

Bloods gang leader Gary Johnson has been convicted of drug distribution resulting in three non-fatal overdoses and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison.

Brooklyn man Michael Kuilan receives a 19-year sentence for selling heroin and fentanyl, which resulted in the fatal overdose of LGBTQ activist Cecilia Gentili.