Mayor Zohran Mamdani partnered with the USTA to offer 1,000 US Open tickets at $100 each — well below resale prices topping $300 — exclusively for NYC residents. The tickets are non-transferable and available first-come, first-served starting August 26.
A newly formed coalition of ethnic grocery store owners and business groups sued New York City to stop Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to open five city-run grocery stores — one per borough — that would sell staples at 30% below market prices, arguing it would devastate small, minority-owned businesses.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is navigating a political minefield: she paused new hyperscale data centers to protect ratepayers, while simultaneously holding worker roundtables on AI's impact. Critics say she's scaring off business; supporters say she's finally putting people before profit.
The Supreme Court lifted a key injunction blocking Trump's executive order on mail-in voting, ruling it was too early for Democratic states to challenge it. A second injunction against the Postal Service remains in place, and legal and practical hurdles may still prevent major changes before November.
A federal program called Operation Stonegarden pays New York sheriff's deputies to work with Border Patrol. Records show deputies have helped detain at least 24 immigrants since 2023 — even as Governor Hochul champions a law meant to stop local police from aiding immigration enforcement.
Mayor Mamdani unveiled a $4 billion, 10-year plan to rehabilitate the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway's deteriorating triple-cantilever section. The plan uses temporary bypass roads to keep traffic flowing during construction, avoids federal funding, and aims to extend the structure's life to 2080 — but faces pushback from both neighbors and highway opponents.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing by his campaign promise of fare-free buses, even as MTA data shows a $35.7 million revenue shortfall and nearly half of bus riders now skipping the $3 fare. Transit officials and union leaders say his rhetoric is making the problem worse.
The Mamdani administration released a landmark report saying New York City must build 700,000 new homes over the next decade — the most ambitious housing target in modern city history — while pushing even low-density neighborhoods that have long resisted new construction to do their share.
Queens Council Member Joann Ariola introduced the "Minutes Matter Bill," which would require the city to send emergency alerts whenever FDNY EMS has more than 25 pending ambulance dispatches — a threshold that was shattered when over 700 calls piled up in recent months.
Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn proposed dramatically expanding who votes in the party's upcoming leadership election — a move her opponents say is designed to nullify their June primary wins and block a challenge to her chairmanship.
New York state Senator Jessica Ramos is accused of charging the same travel expenses — hotel stays and train tickets — to both her campaign account and to taxpayers, according to records and former staff interviewed by The New York Times. The allegations span back to at least 2021.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner to explore common ground on housing, immigration, and the cost of living. The secret meeting drew sharp criticism from progressives who see it as a betrayal, just months before Democrats hope to retake the House.
New York State Sen. Andrew Gounardes introduced the FOCUS Act, which would set strict, age-based limits on screens and AI in public schools, ban social media and chatbots from school devices, and require ed tech companies to prove their products actually help students learn.
Pixels are NYC's ratings over the last week. You are the yellow dot.