Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal has reintroduced a bill to decriminalize certain natural psychedelics in New York as a new White House order pushes federal agencies to speed research.

Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez introduced a bill to bar the NYPD from arming robots and to forbid uses likely to cause physical injury, reigniting debate about Digidog and oversight.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment accusing Sinaloa’s governor and nine officials of aiding the Sinaloa Cartel. The filing alleges bribery, shielding of traffickers and weapons offenses.

Advocates rallied in NYC to urge the Assembly to pass the CREEP Act, a bill that would let civil courts issue anti‑stalking orders covering digital harassment and image removal.

Councilmember Sandra Nurse’s “30 for Our City” bill would phase NYC’s minimum wage to $30 by 2030 for large employers, setting up a clash between labor and business.

A technical failure on April 29 left some NYC students unable to log into state computer-based exams, forcing pauses and reschedules while officials work with the vendor. NYSED says most students tested successfully.

Comptroller DiNapoli's Q1 report shows local sales-tax collections rose 5.1% to $6.1B, led by New York City while many counties posted mixed results.

State senators advanced a package to help survivors break shared contracts, expand housing priority and widen access to victim compensation. Sponsors and advocates say votes are coming soon.

A New York appeals court blocked the administration’s push to detain many migrants without bond, upending a policy change adopted by DHS and the BIA last year.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned in Oslo that rising debt, oil shocks and a stretched private‑credit market could spark a global bond‑market crisis.

DOI reports and a federal lawsuit say the NYPD resisted key fixes to its gang database, keeping thousands of young Black and Latino New Yorkers under surveillance.

Mayor Mamdani delayed the executive budget and urged Albany to cut a PTET credit he says mainly benefits millionaires and hedge funds, aiming to raise about $1 billion.

A Brooklyn mother has filed a federal suit alleging NYC reshaped the Discovery pathway to exclude Asian‑American applicants and cost her son a Stuyvesant seat.