Central Park is hosting a free overnight campout, but campers must win a lottery for the rare Manhattan sleepover.

New York City’s new LIFT Tracker maps more than 100 public sites tied to a potential 50,000 affordable homes. The map could make City Hall’s housing promises easier to track.

A first-of-its-kind satellite Surrogate’s Court office is now open inside Staten Island’s Charleston Library. The weekly service brings estate and guardianship help closer to the South Shore.

The New York Daily News reports the Trump family bought the Jets and rebranded them the New York Presidents, with a proposed 150,000‑seat Staten Island dome. Major details remain unverified as training camp opens.

Mayor Mamdani is directing $43 million to expand the city’s Bureau of Coastal Resilience, hiring engineers and crews to operate flood gates and shore protections. The initial FY27 funding aims to turn planning work into maintained defenses.

New York’s Department of Buildings announced a first‑ever Existing Building Code to simplify renovations and preservation citywide, with the EBC taking effect July 17, 2027.

Forty‑nine New York justices applied to stay on the bench past 70, and a watchdog group's 24‑page filing objects to four of them.

A Westerleigh security camera captured sanitation workers tossing bags into the street and a ruptured dog‑waste bag that smeared across the road; DSNY says it investigated.

A man's decaying body was discovered inside a Mariner's Harbor home; the NYPD and the Medical Examiner are investigating. Reports differ on the exact address.

Grant Terrace's board sued to evict a man it calls a criminal squatter after a violent hallway attack and a late‑June SWAT arrest.

NewYork-Presbyterian and its academic partners are deploying OpenEvidence across hospitals and clinics to give clinicians research-backed answers at the point of care.

Two local Republicans asked the Justice Department to review exclusive streaming deals that have pushed Yankees, Mets and NFL games off free TV. The request lands amid federal probes and an FCC inquiry into sports rights.

A 76-year-old Staten Island man was struck and killed while crossing a sidewalk, the NYPD says. Detectives are investigating as city officials note continued street‑safety work.