A proposed AI‑focused public high school in Lower Manhattan has prompted parent objections and calls for scrutiny as the DOE moves the plan toward review.

A CUNY Latino Data Report finds the metro Latino population rose 48% from 2000–2024, with the biggest gains in suburbs from Putnam to Bergen.

A coalition of prison‑watch groups told state leaders they won’t accept more corrections spending without stronger oversight after several in‑custody deaths.

State lawmakers and the TWU have refiled a push to require two-person subway crews as contract talks and automation debates converge.

The Mamdani administration signed a roughly $1.86B, three‑year hotel contract to reserve emergency rooms — a move that renews debate over no‑bid hotel deals and shelter strategy.

Sesame Workshop sued SeaWorld in Manhattan federal court, accusing the park operator of refusing to pay royalties and of mishandling the Sesame Street brand.

Ernie Anastos, a familiar face on New York evening news for decades, has died at 82. He anchored Eyewitness News and earned dozens of Emmy recognitions over a four-decade career.

A West Harlem woman was sentenced to 15 years to life after jurors found she rammed a moped rider on the Grand Concourse, prosecutors say.

High Volt Electric and its president pleaded guilty after prosecutors say falsified payrolls robbed at least seven workers of roughly $325,000 while on SCA jobs.

Local Law 126 took effect March 12, requiring DOHMH to design transgender patient-rights signs and publish hospital service lists on 311 and its website.

Mamdani put A&E Real Estate on blast, citing thousands of violations and heavy mortgage distress. The clash shows the hard choices facing rent‑stabilized tenants.

A Stony Point adviser admitted in federal court to running an investment scheme that raised more than $3 million from friends and neighbors, leaving investors with roughly $1.5M in losses.

Defense lawyers told a Manhattan judge the two men charged in a foiled New York terror plot were strangers, testing prosecutors' case that they formed a coordinated conspiracy.