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2025-11-07

In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Zohran Mamdani.

thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/cuomo-m

2025-10-02

NEW: Investigators are looking into whether a safety system failure in the boiler of a Bronx public housing building allowed gas to build up inside the chamber and travel up a 20-story chimney, a breakdown that triggered the massive explosion Wednesday.

thecity.nyc/2025/10/02/bronx-n

2025-07-16

“I think it’s hard not to be won over."

DC dispatch from NOTUS: thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/zohran-

2025-06-09

Fake Immigration Courts Take Advantage of Immigrants Desperate for Answers Via Documented

thecity.nyc/2025/06/09/fake-im

2025-04-01

What’s the difference between a parking lot, a park and a casino? Just a few words scribbled on some paper if Mets owner Steve Cohen gets his way.

Co-host Katie Honan explains it all.

thecity.nyc/2025/03/31/steve-c

2024-12-18

♻️ new Department of Sanitation commissioner just dropped ♻️

thecity.nyc/2024/12/17/jimmy-o

2024-12-17
2024-12-16

The number of car crashes following police chases has skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, with more than one collision per day recorded on average this year, according to an analysis of NYPD data by THE CITY.

thecity.nyc/2024/12/16/nypd-po

2024-11-22

How much do they cost? When do you have to start using them? And what should you do with obsolete bins?

thecity.nyc/2024/07/08/new-gar

2024-09-25

A leaked document obtained by THE CITY shows that Roc Nation’s bid for a casino in Times Square tried to retain an influential tenant leader of the Manhattan Plaza complex.

thecity.nyc/2024/09/23/manhatt

2024-07-25

Governor Kathy Hochul is now facing a pair of lawsuits filed by transit and environmental advocates over her "lawless" pause of congestion pricing.

The program had been counted on by transit officials to generate billions of dollars for transit upgrades.
thecity.nyc/2024/07/25/congest

2023-11-28
2023-11-27

Who Wants Rep. George Santos’ Seat? A Candidate Guide thecity.nyc/2023/11/27/who-wan

2023-11-16

Three years since NYC banned single-use plastic bags, environmental activists say a lack of robust enforcement has allowed scores of stores, including several major national chains, to continue handing out plastic bags to customers.

thecity.nyc/2023/11/16/new-yor

2023-11-14

Reliability among subway cars on the lettered lines is steadily slipping, MTA data shows — even after the transit agency recently retired its most breakdown-prone trains, which carried riders for more than half a century.

thecity.nyc/2023/11/14/mta-sub

2023-11-13

If you haven’t been keeping up with Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign, here’s our guide on who’s investigating the contributions and why:
thecity.nyc/2023/11/10/whos-in

2023-11-11

With the agreement Wednesday night between actors union and the studios that resolved issues over pay and the use of artificial intelligence, it is clear the strike has cost New York City at least a billion dollars.

thecity.nyc/2023/11/09/sag-aft

2023-11-10

Political oddsmakers are already sizing up competition for NYC's 2025 Democratic mayoral primary.

When asked by @THECITYNY what Mayor Eric Adams thought about any potential challengers, he responded, “Wait before you hate."

thecity.nyc/2023/11/10/who-wil

2023-11-09

With the agreement between actors union and the studios that resolved issues over pay and the use of artificial intelligence, it is clear the strike has cost NYC at least a billion dollars.

And the long-term future of movie production remains unclear.

thecity.nyc/2023/11/09/sag-aft

2023-11-03

City regulators repeatedly asked the Eric Adams' mayoral campaign about a cluster of donations made by employees at a Brooklyn firm whose founders hail from Turkey, documents show.

The campaign ignored all six inquiries.

thecity.nyc/2023/11/02/adams-d

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