Mexican architect Frida Escobedo will lead a five‑story revamp of The Met’s modern galleries, adding nearly 50% more space, terraces and a limestone lattice façade.

A viral Instagram clip shows a 15-year-old girl body-slammed in East Harlem; police arrested a 14-year-old and charged him with second-degree assault. The victim is stable.

A Manhattan judge dismissed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ $100M defamation suit against NBCUniversal, finding the Peacock film caused no new reputational harm.

Mayor Mamdani is weighing a move to delay some municipal pension contributions to help close a budget shortfall; City Hall says retirees would not lose benefits, but unions and watchdogs are alarmed.

Related is pitching 625 Madison as an “apex” office with base rents near $250 and marketing that suggests some deals could top $400 per square foot. The project has Saudi backing and demolition is already underway.

A lender tied to ACRES Capital has asked a state court to make AJ Capital‑linked entities pay roughly $76.5M after Cornell Tech ended the Graduate hotel's ground lease. The suit follows the property's closure in November 2025.

NYPD Crime Stoppers posted a wanted alert after a 71-year-old was punched inside a Harlem business on March 28. Investigators are seeking video and witness tips.

Manhattan tenants say rooftop ventilation and transformer noise has made apartments unlivable and have taken landlords to court, citing high decibel readings and thousands of 311 complaints.

Extinction Rebellion activists staged an Earth Day sit-in on Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower; police moved in and arrested multiple demonstrators, briefly snarling Midtown traffic.

A double stabbing outside a Hell's Kitchen shelter left one man dead and another hospitalized in stable condition. Police say a suspect fled on a bicycle.

Sting’s 5,417‑sq‑ft 15 Central Park West duplex is back on the market for $45M, offered with original interiors and permit plans for a Foster + Partners redesign.

Mayor Mamdani has reweighted the scoring for the city's last two commercial waste contracts in Manhattan, placing safety and truck miles above price. The move follows consolidation in the industry and safety warnings from auditors and advocates.

The rooftop bar perched atop one of Times Square's most historic luxury hotels — bearing the name of a James Beard Award winner with more than 20 Michelin stars to his credit — just scored a 42 on its NYC health inspection. Four critical violations, including flies in the establishment and food from an unapproved source, put St. Cloud at The Knickerbocker well into C-grade territory ahead of a mandatory reinspection.