Riverside will pause its César Chávez proclamation, review a community center and a downtown memorial, and solicit public input as national reporting prompts broader reckonings.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will join a Bronx "tax the rich" rally as organizers press Albany leaders and Gov. Hochul ahead of the April 1 state budget deadline.

State and federal lawmakers joined residents in Bensonhurst to protest a planned men’s shelter on 86th Street as new bills seek to limit shelter siting near transit. Local leaders say the move follows the city’s reshuffling of beds from Bellevue to Brooklyn.

A $600,000 slice of Gov. Hochul’s budget would expand SUNY’s campus emergency aid, helping students cover sudden costs that can derail a semester.

Longtime Saddle Rock mayor Dan Levy was disqualified from the ballot after petition and election-day poll-book questions; state officials are now reviewing the matter.

Crown Princess Mette‑Marit told NRK she was "manipulated and deceived" by Jeffrey Epstein in her first TV interview since the documents surfaced. The sit‑down comes as her son’s trial closed and patronages are being reconsidered.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent the week visiting mosques, joining suhoor with workers and hosting iftars — but a Gracie Mansion dinner with activist Mahmoud Khalil ignited national backlash.

A newly revealed litigation-funding tie has put the nationwide class action over elite colleges' financial aid at risk, imperiling hundreds of millions in settlements and payouts to more than 200,000 students.

A new Assembly bill would require companies to disclose contracts with ICE and could bar vendors from state or city procurement if they hide those ties.

Northampton's town board approved a one‑year moratorium on new battery storage systems, pausing permitting while officials study safety and wetlands concerns.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly restarted fines for not separating food scraps; DSNY has issued hundreds of summonses as enforcement resumes amid low participation.

Taylor Brown, a civil‑rights attorney, was named director of New York City's new Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the highest‑ranking openly trans official in city government.

A White House executive order reported Thursday aims to reserve the Army‑Navy game's December TV window, directing the FCC and Commerce to coordinate with the CFP and NCAA.