Mayor Mamdani signed Emergency Executive Order No. 2.35 on June 29, 2026, extending the city's asylum‑response emergency for 30 days and directing DSS and DHS to speed a phase‑out plan.

The Soros family has poured roughly $100M into the 2026 midterms, mainly through Democracy PAC, changing the cash race as the DNC lags the RNC.

At Queens Borough Hall, NY AG Letitia James condemned the Supreme Court’s move to end TPS for Haitian and Syrian residents and vowed continued legal and political fights.

Newly released disclosures show Justice Sonia Sotomayor accepted $4,333 in concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment during an August 2025 trip to Puerto Rico.

The Supreme Court denied Alan Dershowitz’s bid to revive his $300M defamation suit against CNN on June 29, 2026, leaving lower‑court dismissals intact while Justices Thomas and Gorsuch dissented.

An audit found nearly 100 Nassau retirees received duplicate Medicare Part B reimbursements, costing taxpayers about $1.6M. Officials say some funds have been recovered and stronger checks are coming.

Zohran Mamdani told ABC he favors a rights‑based test for Israel and warned antisemitism is rising across New York while declining to endorse a fixed peace formula. The stance follows big primary wins for his allies and has rattled community leaders.

At PS/IS 187, a proposed blacktop addition to meet New York’s class‑size caps has parents worrying about lost play space while teachers welcome smaller classes. The fight exposes tough local tradeoffs behind a citywide policy push.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rolled out an "economic statecraft" plan tying trade, supply chains and the dollar to national security while demanding reciprocity.

New reporting shows a U.S.-backed Kazakhstan tungsten deal brokered with Trump administration help could leave investment exposure for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

Public filings show Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg attended 20 comped galas in 2025, raising fresh questions about optics even as city crime figures decline.

Environmental groups asked a federal court to defend New York's fracking ban after a mineral‑rights lawsuit. The dispute centers on water, public health and a Fifth Amendment takings claim.

An activist sued the Defense Department on June 25 to force release of a February memo with Scouting America after conflicting public claims about transgender policy.