San Francisco AI startup Zip leased a full floor at 245-249 W. 17th St. in Chelsea and will open its first East Coast office as it builds a 100-person NYC team.

Nearly $1 billion in state funding will create or preserve about 2,754 affordable apartments, with big awards to Vital Brooklyn, Chelsea and the Bronx.

Alvin Bragg’s office repatriated 59 antiquities — including dozens seized from the Met — to Italy, Iraq and Indonesia after multi‑year investigations.

New York City reached a $1.7M settlement with Extra Space after complaints of rats and surprise rent hikes. A $1M restitution fund will open for claims beginning Aug. 1.

Skeletal remains were found inside a vacant East Harlem brownstone Wednesday; the NYPD and the city medical examiner are investigating.

A New York man was sentenced to 15 years after prosecutors say he used rideshare trips to lure teenagers from a Connecticut group home. Authorities recovered videos on his phone and federal prosecutors tied the case to Project Safe Childhood.

A federal suit said Madison Square Garden left millions of visitors' facial biometric data exposed after a ShinyHunters leak, and multiple class actions followed — though one has since been voluntarily dismissed.

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to five years after a stolen NYC taxi sparked a high-speed pursuit through Somerset that ended in multiple crashes and injuries.

Police posted a wanted bulletin after a 28-year-old man was slashed on June 8 near 257 W. 117th St; tipsters may be eligible for a reward.

A judge rejected Nadine Menendez’s bid to delay her July 10 prison surrender for additional cancer procedures, ordering her to report Friday as prosecutors argued the Bureau of Prisons can provide care.

Oberon, the New Museum’s first full‑service restaurant, opened July 7 in the museum’s expanded Bowery wing. The cork‑lined dining room pairs a vegetable‑forward menu with artist collaborations.

A PSEG outage near Rockville Centre left the LIRR Babylon Branch running 15–35 minutes late Thursday morning, snarling commutes to Penn Station and Grand Central.

Hailey and Justin Bieber closed on a 2,800-square-foot West Village condo at 160 Leroy for $12 million, in a building with a 70-foot pool and wellness amenities.