Politics
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‘Gravediggers of public housing’: Tenants disrupt NYCHA meeting
NYCHA’s board voted Wednesday to demolish, sell, or convert 1,763 apartments citywide, part of a shift away from traditional public housing that residents say amounts to displacement and privatization.
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Legal protection expires for Haitians and Syrians, exposing thousands to ICE
Temporary Protected Status has ended for Haitians and Syrians in New York, and Salvadorans could be next.
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Report reveals New York’s prison system plagued by racialized abuse, cover-ups
A new 277-page review found racialized abuse reported at rates as high as 79% and a staged cover-up after guards killed Messiah Nantwi.
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Mamdani says NYC cannot arrest ‘war criminal’ Netanyahu
The mayor called the Israeli prime minister a “war criminal,” but conceded the city lacks authority to enforce an ICC warrant. He is urging the federal government to act instead.
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Mike Lawler kept 2012 drunk driving arrest quiet through three runs for office
The NY-17 congressman did not mention it in three prior campaigns. It surfaced as he faces the closest race of his career.
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Blakeman’s AI Hochul attack ad tests a law New York hasn’t enforced yet
New York just sent a bill to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk that requires AI platforms to flag synthetic content. Her Republican gubernatorial challenger says his fake video of her is just satire.
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‘End the torture’: Home care workers stage sit-in outside Julie Menin’s home
Speaker Menin vowed to end the 24-hour shift for everyone. Workers say her rewrite excludes union members from that protection.
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Rochester man sues DHS after agents tracked him for criticizing ICE
David Streever fired off an angry email in January comparing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s former leader to a Nazi official. Five months later, federal agents showed up at his home and followed him to a hotel while he was traveling with his 7-year-old daughter.
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450,000 New Yorkers lost their health insurance today. Here’s what to know
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act just eliminated health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers. Find out where to get care, how to find a new plan, and what comes next.
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101 lawyers and judges file complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York
The coalition says Trump’s former personal attorney is illegally withholding Epstein files and running the DOJ to protect the president.
