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A ‘Parkie’ Photographer Looks Back on 50 Years Malcolm “Cinema” Pinckney, who started working for the Parks Department in the 1970s, will retire next month after a career shooting everyone from Nelson Mandela to George Clinton.

Malcolm “Cinema” Pinckney, who started working for the Parks Department in the 1970s, will retire next month after a career shooting everyone from Nelson Mandela to George Clinton.

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Big Energy Bill? Usage and Costs Climb During New York’s Rough Winter Gas and electric prices are both up as New Yorkers have cranked up the thermostat this season.

Gas and electric prices are both up as New Yorkers have cranked up the thermostat this season.

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City Shutting Down Historic 30th Street Shelter The 30th Street shelter in the old has served as the main intake to the city’s shelter system since the 1980’s, but is in dire need of repairs.

New York City’s Department of Homeless Services is shutting down Manhattan’s massive 30th Street Shelter — the main intake location for men and adult families entering the city’s behemoth shelter system for over 40 years.

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How NYC Small Businesses Are Putting AI to Work for Them AI-driven job losses dominate the headlines. But with help from training programs, some New York City small businesses and nonprofits are learning to use the technology to work smarter — not leaner.

AI-driven job losses dominate the headlines. But with help from training programs, some New York City small businesses and nonprofits are learning to use the technology to work smarter — not leaner.

Council Fails Adams on Bus and Bike Lanes as Mamdani Streets Boss Promises More “A 50% is a big, fat F,” one councilmember said after the city repeatedly fell short of mandates.

The city’s woeful attempts to expand the number of lanes reserved for buses and bicycles earned failing grades Tuesday from members of the City Council.

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Council Fails Adams on Bus and Bike Lanes as Mamdani Streets Boss Promises More “A 50% is a big, fat F,” one councilmember said after the city repeatedly fell short of mandates.

'BIG, FAT F' Pol slaps city with failing grade on meeting bus and bike lane marks

Grilled at City Council hearing, new DOT chief sez city "can and must do better."

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Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds NYCHA didn't check to see if apartments were actually empty, allowing unauthorized tenants to move into more than 600 of them, reports the Department of Investigation.

NEW: More than 600 vacant NYCHA apartments were taken over by squatters over the last few years as the number of empty public housing units spiked, a frustrating trend for the 165,000 applicants stalled on the authority’s waiting list.

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Here Are the Neighborhoods Getting Free Child Care for 2-Year-Olds This Fall The first 2,000 free seats for 2-year-olds are coming this fall, with state funding now committed to expand ‘2-K’ to 12,000 seats across the five boroughs by next fall.

Here Are the Neighborhoods Getting Free Child Care for 2-Year-Olds This Fall

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LISTEN: The Local Politics of America’s War in Iran Get THE CITY sent right to your inbox.

The FAQ NYC hosts discuss the messaging from Zohran Mamdani about America’s new war, the mayor’s meeting with the president days earlier and much more.

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Hochul Raises Alarm on Costs of Climate Law as Skeptics Call Foul A controversial new state memo citing rising costs for NYC households in the coming years has raised concerns the governor is trying to roll back environmental mandates.

A controversial new state memo citing rising costs for NYC households in the coming years has raised concerns the governor is trying to roll back environmental mandates.

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Mamdani Pitches New Public Toilets While 50 Park Bathrooms Sit Closed The mayor’s $4 million modular restroom plan promises faster, cheaper installations. But dozens of existing park bathrooms remain shuttered and many more are in a disgusting state of disrepair.

The mayor’s $4 million modular restroom plan promises faster, cheaper installations. But dozens of existing park bathrooms remain shuttered and many more are in a disgusting state of disrepair.

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Property Taxes in NYC are a Mess. Here’s Why Even Renters Should Care. They’re the engine of the city’s budget, but unequal and outdated. Here’s your guide on how property taxes work — and how they affect everyone, not just owners.

They’re the engine of the city’s budget, but unequal and outdated. Here’s your guide on how property taxes work — and how they affect everyone, not just owners.

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SNAP Work Requirements Take Effect March 1: What New Yorkers Need to Know Starting Sunday, some New Yorkers will need to prove they’re working or studying for at least 80 hours a month or risk losing benefits. The city is scrambling to help people understand the new…

Some New Yorkers receiving food stamps must now prove they are working, studying or volunteering for at least 80 hours per month or risk losing the benefit.

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Delinquent Owners Shamed in Council for Snowy Obstacles for the Disabled “The question is not how the streets were plowed,” one official said. “It was whether they could leave their homes at all.”

SNOW WHERE TO GO! Blizzard of criticism for property owners who didn’t clear sidewalks after two NYC winter storms
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City Officials Warn That Immigration Enforcement May Be Impersonating Housing Inspectors A PSA-style video from the housing department was made in response to a report made by a tenant association.

Housing officials are warning New Yorkers about how to tell a real city inspector from someone who may be impersonating one amid “increased immigration enforcement,” according to a recent PSA-style video from the agency.

SNAP Work Requirements Take Effect March 1: What New Yorkers Need to Know Starting Sunday, some New Yorkers will need to prove they’re working or studying for at least 80 hours a month or risk losing benefits. The city is scrambling to help people understand the new…

Some New Yorkers receiving food stamps must prove they are working, studying or volunteering for at least 80 hours per month or risk losing the benefit under new federal rules beginning on Sunday, March 1.

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Snow Shovelers Answered the Mayor’s Call, But Payday May Not Arrive Until Spring Mamdani’s $30-per-hour rate got lots of people clearing sidewalks, but some workers who shoveled in past storms have yet to see a paycheck.

New Yorkers flocked to sanitation garages this week to answer the call for emergency snow shovelers. But those winter laborers may not have realized that they likely won’t get paid for that work until spring.

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Mamdani Seeks to Restart Sunnyside Housing Plan, But Needs Billions From Feds The mayor appealed directly to Trump to get the money to create the massive apartment project over a railyard in Queens.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to revive a massive housing development project over a railyard in Western Queens — with major funding help from the Trump administration.

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NYPD Still Illegally Stopping New Yorkers 12 Years After Court Ruling, Monitor Finds Illegal stops, missing paperwork and weak discipline remain widespread despite federal oversight.

More than a decade after a federal judge ruled that the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices violated the Constitution, the agency is still not following the law according to a new report by a court-appointed monitor.

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First 'Ripoff' Hearing Packed By Renters Eager to Connect Dots on Lousy Landlords Officials met directly with New Yorkers to hear about chronic problems and to learn how much tenant associations really help.

Hundreds of New York City tenants filed into a downtown Brooklyn high school on Thursday to talk to agency officials at the first Rental Ripoff Hearing held by the Mamdani administration.

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Mamdani-Trump Meeting Leads to Release of Columbia Student Detained by ICE During a White House meeting, Mayor Mamdani implored President Trump to release a Columbia University student detained early Thursday by ICE agents. The president ordered it done, Mamdani said.

NEW: During a White House meeting, Mayor Mamdani implored President Trump to release a Columbia University student detained early Thursday by ICE agents. The president ordered it done, Mamdani said.

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Mamdani and Trump Meet Again The mayor traveled to Washington to speak with the president in a meeting that was not publicized in advance, a sign of the unusually open line of communication the two have established.

NEW: Mayor Zohran Mamdani traveled to Washington to speak with President Donald Trump in a meeting that was not publicized in advance, a sign of the unusually open line of communication the two have established. W/ @NOTUS.com

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An Azerbajani undergrad at Columbia was arrested by DHS agents who lied their way into her campus housing, according to acting prez and legal filings seeking her release reviewed by @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/e...

Mahmoud Khalil Returns to NYC After 104 Days in ICE Detention The Columbia graduate and activist was greeted by supporters at Newark Airport and accompanied by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as he denounced the Trump administration’s efforts to ‘dehumanize’ immig...

The new arrest is reminiscent of a string of them last year where DHS and ICE agents targeted students and others who’d participated in protests against the war in Gaza during the encampments of 2024.

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Aghayeva, who is from Azerbaijan, is an undergraduate studying neuroscience and political science who came to the United States on a visa 2016, according to her habeas corpus petition requesting a federal judge to order her release on Tuesday morning.

Feds Lied Their Way Into Dorm to Arrest Student, Says Columbia President The agents entered the campus at around 6:30 this morning, just before a neuroscience researched posted that “Dhs illegally arrested me. Please help.“

NEW: Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security apparently lied their way into a Columbia university dormitory and arrested a student there, the university’s acting president Claire Shipman said in a statement Thursday morning.

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Oversight on Snowed-In Sidewalks Complicated By Even More Snow A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.

A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.

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What’s to Come at ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings? Tenant Hotline Staff Hear It All Longtime workers at a tenants’ rights hotline say stories from callers have only gotten more extreme in recent years.

Longtime workers at a tenants’ rights hotline say stories from callers have only gotten more extreme in recent years.

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Oversight on Snowed-In Sidewalks Complicated By Even More Snow A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.

SNOW LUCK: Push to postpone hearing on accessibiilty failures during two winter storms falls

“The disability and senior communities have people who want to testify, but can’t remotely,” said Jean Ryan of Disabled In Action. "So their voices will not be heard.”

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Oversight on Snowed-In Sidewalks Complicated By Even More Snow A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.

A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.

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