The City Council approved a package of bills to fight vaccine misinformation and expand access to childhood and teen shots across New York City. Officials say the move pairs education with neighborhood outreach.

State senators approved S.8877 to force employers and job sites to disclose whether listings are real or just résumé-collection posts. The measure ties clear language to fines and gives the labor department audit power.

Albany lawmakers advanced a bill that would let Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors seek punitive damages from his estate; two survivors are set to testify in Albany next week.

The Bank of England kept Bank Rate at 3.75% and warned higher energy costs could push inflation sharply higher as Brent briefly topped $126.

More than two dozen news executives called on Israel to lift its ban on foreign reporters entering Gaza, saying independent reporting is essential after deadly attacks on journalists.

A divided Second Circuit on April 29 declined to rehear Donald Trump’s challenge to an $83.3M defamation award to E. Jean Carroll, keeping the judgment intact as appeals continue. The split ruling sets up potential Supreme Court review on presidential immunity and substitution issues.

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.