New York
Gothamist
- 1 dead in Upper East Side Legionnaires' outbreak
The Legionnaires' outbreak is linked to cooling towers in the Upper East Side. The Health Department announced the first death in the ongoing outbreak linked to dozens of water-cooling towers. [ more › ]
- ‘The Odyssey’ IMAX 70mm screenings in NYC are a Trojan horse for ticket scalpers
“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.” Nearly all the tickets to see the Christopher Nolan film at city's only theater with "true IMAX" sold out on Friday, which left an opening for scalpers and scammers. [ more › ]
- Family sues Con Edison over woman’s fatal fall into Midtown manhole
Logo for the electrical utility conEdison on the side of a truck on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, September 15, 2017. Donike Gocaj fell into a manhole in after parking her car in May. [ more › ]
- Join us for a live series on what it means to make New York more affordable
Volunteers at a food pantry run by United Bronx Parents on a recent day in June gave out chicken, yogurt and milk. We’re holding community events across New York City, “In Conversation: The Affordability Series,” through the rest of the year to explore real solutions to issues affecting millions of New Yorkers. [ more › ]
- How your AC will and won't protect you from NYC's gnarly smoke-filled air
Keep the windows closed and the AC on, if you can. But you want to take a few steps to keep things fresh. [ more › ]
The City
- LISTEN: An American Quilt of Civil Wars and Sunday Funnies
If America is all these different cultures coming together in one land, that’s kind of what I wanted the books to represent… The best conception I can have of our country is different people coming together to make something bigger, and that’s kind of what I wanted to represent in my books by […]
- Brooklyn Reformers Set to Oust Embattled Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
On primary night in June, democratic socialist wins in New York congressional races garnered national attention, but lower down on the ballot, a quieter sea change was taking place in Brooklyn. Reform-oriented candidates with the New Kings Democrats and Brooklyn Can’t Wait flipped eight of nine […]
- Council Approves $10k Perk for Public School Paraprofessionals
The City Council voted unanimously to approve a one-time $10,000 payment to most of the public school paraprofessionals on Thursday, an effort to boost retention and recruitment for the badly-needed – but low-paying – jobs with students. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who could try to stop the […]
- NYC Summer School Programs Are Urged To Stay Indoors Due to Wildfire Smoke
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City officials urged summer school programs to limit outdoor activity on Thursday as wildfire smoke wafted into the five boroughs. The Education Department’s guidance to principals […]
- Walkout: Lawyers for Low-Income Clients Strike in Brooklyn and Queens
Hundreds of workers representing low-income defendants in Brooklyn and Queens walked off the job Thursday morning, after failing to reach a deal with management on wages and benefits before an 8 a.m. strike deadline. Approximately 500 lawyers, case managers and staff at Brooklyn Defender Services […]
The Indypendent
- The Weather Underground As Seen Through A Child’s Eyes
The Weather Underground carried out a string of bombings in the early 1970s to protest the Vietnam War and corporate greed. Decades later, the child of two of the group’s most well-known leaders shares his story of life on the lam.
- NYC’s New Deal Era Public Pools Opened with a Splash 90 Years Ago This Summer
The pools were opened by Mayor Mamdani’s political hero, Fiorello LaGuardia and still serve the city well.
Highlands Current
- Former Haldane Coach Missing (Updated)
Ryan Courtien last seen on July 12