Mamdani Builds an ICE Wall. The Federal Government Says New York Is Making Its Citizens Less Safe. – A sweeping executive order, a Know Your Rights campaign, and a new interagency team signal a city at war with immigration enforcement
East Williamsburg Building Permits Signal New Development Push in Brooklyn – Permits have been filed for a new building at 392 Leonard Street in East Williamsburg, continuing the borough’s transformation
Greenpoint’s The Drift Bar Closes: Another Sign of Brooklyn’s Changing Neighborhoods – The popular bar’s closure reflects the economic pressures squeezing independent small businesses across gentrifying Brooklyn
Bellevue Men’s Shelter Is Closing. Here Is What the City Says Happens to the 250 Men Inside. – Mamdani administration cites severe disrepair in shuttering 30th Street facility by late April
Mamdani Condemns Iran’s Government While Holding the Line Against U.S. Military Strikes – The mayor navigates a foreign policy tightrope, drawing fire from both sides of the Iran debate
Locked In: Mamdani Puts $25 Million Behind Safe Bike Parking for NYC – 500 secure lockers, one Tranzito contract, and a long-overdue win for cyclists
Mamdani and the Muslim Question: Islamophobia, Free Speech and the Price of Being New York’s First Muslim Mayor – As the mayor settles into office, the attacks on his faith continue — and so does the community standing behind him
Newsom Warns Mamdani: That Trump Bromance Has a Shelf Life – California governor draws on hard experience to caution NYC’s socialist mayor
$50 Million for Parks. But Which Parks, and Will It Be Enough? – Mamdani announces reconstruction funding for 10 NYC parks as advocates demand systemic equity reform
East Village Conversion: Another Former Commercial Building Becomes Housing – City approval of a residential conversion at 121 East 7th Street adds density to a changing neighborhood
Mamdani’s Streets Master Plan Revival: Four Projects, 130,000 Daily Riders, and a Break From Adams – Halted bus lane and bike infrastructure projects restart in the Bronx and Brooklyn as a new DOT era begins
Mamdani Keeps the Heat On: Code Blue, 500 Outreach Workers, and a Plan for the Cold – NYC activates emergency homeless protocols as the mayor signals a new approach to winter safety
Hot Mic, Racism and a School Saved: The MS 258 Story – A professor’s racist comment caught on Zoom may have saved a Harlem school from closing — but parents say that is not enough
Creating the Department of Community Safety: Three Legal Paths, One Political Fight – A CityLand analysis lays out the options for restructuring NYC public safety under Mamdani
Mamdani Stacks the Rent Board. A Freeze for 2.4 Million New Yorkers May Be Next. – Six new appointments give the mayor a majority ahead of the June vote that could reshape NYC housing
Mamdani and Hochul Launch Free 2-K Child Care in Four NYC Communities – The first 2,000 free seats for two-year-olds will open this fall in Washington Heights, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens
Cockroach Comment Sparks Reckoning Over Anti-Muslim Hate in New York – Sid Rosenberg’s slurs against Mayor Mamdani expose a pattern of Islamophobia that predates and outlasts any single election
Mamdani’s ICE Hiring: The Response Team Taking Shape Behind the Scenes – New job listings reveal how the mayor is staffing the city’s frontline defense against federal immigration enforcement
NYC’s Winter Storm: What the Coastal Storm Meant for the Tri-State Area – A nor’easter brought significant snow and disruption to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in early March
A Weekend in Brooklyn: Arts, Food and Community in a Borough That Never Slows – A guide to what Brooklyn has to offer this weekend, from neighborhood events to food and culture
A 4-Year-Old Is Dead and a Driver Is Still Missing in Brooklyn – Police are searching for the white Ford SUV whose driver struck and killed a child outside a Brownsville hospital and fled
Random Violence on the Upper West Side: Two Women Punched by Stranger – Police are searching for a man who approached and punched two women near West 60th Street on Tuesday night
Luigi Mangioni Musical: Art, Controversy and the Question of What Stories We Tell – A planned NYC reading of a musical about Luigi Mangioni raises uncomfortable questions about celebrity, crime and cultural response
Mamdani at the Parades, the Schools, and the Shelters: Building a Mayor People Can See – In his first two months, Mamdani has governed by presence as much as policy
Hochul Refuses to Own the Property Tax. Mamdani Has to Figure Out What That Means. – Governor distances herself as NYC faces a 9.5 percent hike that neither leader wants to defend
Brooklyn’s Waterfront: Who Is It Really For? – An op-ed in the Brooklyn Eagle raises hard questions about public access and luxury development along the borough’s shoreline
Rent Freeze, Rental Ripoff and the Battle Over New York’s Housing Future – Mayor Mamdani’s tenant-first agenda is reshaping the debate — and rattling landlords large and small
Federal Judge Slaps Down Trump: NYC’s Congestion Toll Is Here to Stay – U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in trying to kill the $9 Manhattan toll
Penn Station Horror: Homeless Man Set on Fire – A man was set on fire outside one of the busiest transit hubs in America in what authorities described as a potentially targeted attack
