Nov. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Mayor Eric Adams elevated NYC’s drought watch to a warning Monday amid the city’s longest rainless streak in recorded history. Per the warning, the mayor ordered city agencies to implement various drought protocols to conserve water. Among the measures, city agencies will limit how frequently they wash their vehicles.…
Nov. 14, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Newly appointed Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos will start a five-borough listening tour next week to give parents a chance to speak directly with school leadership. The tour is a series of community events, one in each borough, that will provide open forums for families and the community to…
Nov. 14, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Gov. Kathy Hochul officially revived congestion pricing at a Thursday announcement. The Manhattan tolls, which will take effect at the start of 2025, were slashed by 40% from the rates that were originally approved under the paused June plan. The toll for most motorists entering Manhattan south of…
Nov. 14, 2024 By Emily Swanson New York City’s craft beer industry, once thriving, is now grappling with the growing pains of rapid expansion. Rising rents, high labor costs, and intense competition — all plaguing the broader NYC bar and restaurant industry — are forcing some breweries to close, cut costs or at least look for…
Nov. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Republican President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains across the country in the 2024 general election, including in deep blue New York City — where he made inroads in working-class communities of color across the five boroughs. According to unofficial results from the city Board of Elections (BOE), Trump,…
Nov. 13, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The application process for New York’s heating-assistance program is now open for the season, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday. Low- and middle-income families and older adults can apply for HEAP, the annual federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program that helps vulnerable New Yorkers pay their energy bills…
Nov. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses A distraught mother is making a plea to New Yorkers to help find her missing daughter with autism after she vanished from her Roosevelt Island home last week. Amanda Sadlier fought back tears as she recalled to amNewYork Metro the harrowing moment she realized that her child Markeysha…
Oct. 31, 2024 By Dean Moses Xavier Duran was one of 588 new NYPD officers who graduated during a Madison Square Garden ceremony Thursday — and his journey to the nation’s largest police force began when he was 9 years old, inspired by the heroic actions of a retired sergeant. As cannons blasted blue…
Oct. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA has launched a new ad campaign highlighting the 50,000 people that keep New Yorkers moving — a bid to humanize the transit workforce amid a spate of assaults against them. “I Move NY” will feature on physical and digital signage on city buses and subway stations…
Oct. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses They call themselves “Los Diablos de la 42,” which translates in English as “Little Devils of 42nd Street.” They’ve proven to be a big problem for Times Square and the NYPD. Police officials say they are working to nab members of the Los Diablos, a subset of the…