The New York City Department of Transportation announced Monday it will close parts of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for a few days so it can make some much-needed repairs next month.
Sep. 14, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin CityPickle, the brand that brought pickleball to iconic places around New York City such as Central Park and JFK Airport, is opening its first permanent pickleball club in Long Island City on Friday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for the morning. The club — the first of…
Sep. 12, 2023 By Nick Faria
EAST RUTHERFORD — An MRI Tuesday morning confirmed that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be lost for the remainder of the 2023 NFL season due to a torn Achilles, as first reported by NFL Network.
Sep. 1, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Beginning today, New York City’s food-related businesses will face fines for failing to put their trash in solid containers, rather than in simple bags on the sidewalks — marking the latest front in Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing “War on Rats.”
Aug. 30, 2023 By Dean Moses An off-duty NYPD officer is hospitalized, and two brothers are under arrest, Wednesday after an apparent road rage dispute in Queens led to the cop being shot, police said. According to Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, the unnamed officer was driving a Kia eastbound on Queens Boulevard at…
Aug. 16, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld All of the city’s Ubers, and Lyfts must be running on clean energy and be wheelchair-accessible by 2030, according to new rules unveiled Wednesday by the Adams administration. The Taxi & Limousine Commission’s new “Green Rides Initiative” stipulates that 5% of “high-volume” for-hire vehicles — a designation applying…
Aug. 16, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld and Christian Murray The city’s landmark building emissions law, Local Law 97, is set to go into effect next year, and the complex rule-making process has set off a frenzy of lobbying activity aimed at influencing and potentially weakening the statute aiming to help combat climate change. Local…
Aug. 15, 2023 By Aidan Graham The MTA is gearing up to host a virtual public town hall on the Interborough Express project on Wednesday, where it will update the community about the progress being made on the plan that would connect the underserved areas of Brooklyn and Queens. The meeting is scheduled to…
Aug. 14, 2023 By Christian Murray New Yorkers are likely to see golf-cart sized cargo bikes hit the streets later this year under a plan unveiled by the Department of Transportation Monday. The DOT plans to amend a local law that would make way for four-wheeled pedal-assisted cargo bikes that are up to four…
Aug. 9, 2023 By Aidan Graham A group of conservative-leaning council members toured Rikers Island on Tuesday, where they touted supposed improvements to the notorious detention complex — standing in direct contrast to a recent report from a federal watchdog that sharply criticized the conditions at the facility. The electeds, who are part of…