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5 Times Square was being converted from an office to residential building.

Manhattan

Storefronts and Apartments Grow, Fertilized by New Zoning and Tax Schemes

June 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 10, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

‘City of Yes’ and 485-x incentives have spurred development, even as construction wage rules discourage big projects.

Assemblymember Jessica Ramos waves to the crows in the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown during the National Action Network mayoral forum.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: ‘A Little Bit of Amnesia’ in Ramos Endorsing Cuomo

June 9, 2025, 4:59 p.m.June 9, 2025, 4:59 p.m.

Mayoral candidate and State Senator Jessica Ramos ed FAQ NYC in March to lament that “there is, I think, a little bit of amnesia happening. I do think the press could do a better job of highlighting the myriad of ways in which Andrew Cuomo has created the mess that he now claims he is […]

Crime

Fake Immigration Courts Take Advantage of Immigrants Desperate for Answers

June 9, 2025, 2:53 p.m.June 9, 2025, 2:53 p.m.

Immigrants seeking legal help online to protect themselves from Trump’s deportation plans are increasingly falling prey to costly scams.

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his mayoral campaign kickoff speech at a carpenters union headquarters in SoHo.

Campaign 2025

Cuomo Super PAC Got $2.7 Million From Donors With Business Before the City

June 9, 2025, 5:01 a.m.June 11, 2025, 1:39 p.m.

The contributions, which are legal, effectively run around strict limits on what entities on the “doing business” list can give to his formal campaign.

Comptroller Brad Lander holds a press conference along the East River.

Environment

Climate Challenge Looms Over Mayor’s Race Dominated by Other Issues

June 9, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 10, 2025, 9:47 a.m.

Mayors are obligated by law to plan for rising seas and temperatures, a legacy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Immigration

Congress Barred from ICE Lockup in Lower Manhattan

June 8, 2025, 7:21 p.m.June 9, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Nydia Velazquez and Adriano Espaillat were seeking to inspect holding cells inside 26 Federal Plaza, as concerns have grown among advocates about conditions inside amid a surge of arrests.

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Labor

‘Finally There Is Justice:’ Former Tobacco Sweatshop Workers Relieved Over Wage Theft Indictment

June 6, 2025, 1:27 p.m.June 6, 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Workers overcome with emotion as they learn their former bosses were charged with more than $310,000 in wage theft and more.

Employment

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 8, 2025, 6:27 p.m.

Both a longtime incentive to locate jobs outside Manhattan and a new proposal to boost employment in the city’s central business district will vanish unless the state legislature acts soon.

Jessica shared a photo of her husband and child after he was detained by ICE officials.

Trump istration

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 7, 2025, 8:24 a.m.

Jean Carlos, Jessica and their two-year-old daughter are among the families broken apart by ICE agents as they ramp up arrests.

Mayor Eric Adams and former State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are seen at separate press conferences in a diptych image.

Adams World: Investigated

City Council Charter Proposes Independent Lease Review After Adams Scandal

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 6, 2025, 10:10 a.m.

Review of billions of dollars in office space deals would move to the city comptroller, after an official close to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to steer a city agency to a political donor’s Wall Street building.

Storefronts and Apartments Grow, Fertilized by New Zoning and Tax Schemes

LISTEN: ‘A Little Bit of Amnesia’ in Ramos Endorsing Cuomo

Fake Immigration Courts Take Advantage of Immigrants Desperate for Answers

Cuomo Super PAC Got $2.7 Million From Donors With Business Before the City

Climate Challenge Looms Over Mayor’s Race Dominated by Other Issues

Congress Barred from ICE Lockup in Lower Manhattan

‘Finally There Is Justice:’ Former Tobacco Sweatshop Workers Relieved Over Wage Theft Indictment

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

City Council Charter Proposes Independent Lease Review After Adams Scandal

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