5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (642+ words) In his ambitious recent citywide Block by Block housing program, Mayor Mamdani pledged to “expand opportunities for homeowners to add accessory dwelling units and legalize basement apartments safely.” Mamdani may think he’s a housing pathbreaker — but he’s echoing both his…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (456+ words) Students across New York are returning to classrooms, meeting new teachers and beginning a new year filled with possibility. Yet for many students, particularly Black students and students with disabilities, back to school means a return to discipline policies that…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (237+ words) Huntington, L.I.: I vividly recall the sunny morning with not even a cloud in the sky 25 years ago — until news reports came in that the twin towers were hit, and nothing would ever be the same. And I will never forget…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (571+ words) A 44-year-old woman who was slashed and kicked down a flight of stairs at a Brooklyn subway station by another commuter was furious to learn a judge had released her attacker without bail, the Daily News has learned. The victim…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (332+ words) One person is dead as city health officials confirmed five new cases of Legionnaires’ disease from a new outbreak in the Bronx, officials said Thursday. The new disease cluster is centered on the Melrose and Morrisania sections of the Bronx,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (192+ words) Several streets throughout Lower Manhattan will be closed Friday morning as the city prepares for the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, police officials said. Beginning at 6 a.m., no vehicular traffic will be allowed south of Canal Street to Battery…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (293+ words) A 48-year-old man died while in NYPD custody roughly three weeks after suffering a “medical episode” in Brooklyn Criminal Court, and the police department’s Force Investigation Division is probing his death. The man, who police sources say has a lengthy…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (344+ words) Mayor Mamdani’s controversial nominee to lead a city zoning board was approved by the City Council on Thursday, after the body had previously indicated it might not approve his pick. “I think we had a great hearing where members who…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (172+ words) Cops are looking for a woman suspected of stabbing a straphanger Thursday morning in the Jay St.-MetroTech station of the A train in Downtown Brooklyn. Police said two women were arguing on the mezzanine level of the station around…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (375+ words) Roughly 2,000 children started their first day of school on Thursday at New York City’s new free child care program for 2-year-olds. Mayor Mamdani launched his signature initiative, known as 2-K, in five local school districts across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and…...