A viral clip circulating online showed an allegedly racist comment by a parent and Hunter College professor during a Community Education Council meeting. The Department of Education has decided to keep the Community Action School on the Upper West Side open for at least the next school year.
After unveiling a plan for free child care for 2-year-olds in five school districts across the city earlier this week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked about the decision to leave Staten Island out of the program’s initial launch.
With warmer weather around the corner in New York City, we’re taking a last look into the NY1 Vault at a 2010 snowstorm that changed how future city leaders like Mayor Zohran Mamdani respond to major snow events.
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Archbishop Emeritus Timothy Dolan, soon after his retirement from one job, has more public life to live. He and Reverend A.R. Bernard, of Brooklyn’s Christian Cultural Center, were sworn in as chief chaplains of the NYPD. http://specne.ws/artsjm
New York City drivers say they're starting to feel the strain of increasing gas prices amid tensions in the Middle East. http://specne.ws/rK2dTx
Raiza Contreras is the mother of now 21-year-old Dylan Contreras, who has been in ICE custody for nearly 10 months. She says her son entered the country legally and has committed no crimes.
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New York scored another victory in its fight to keep congestion pricing going. But there may be another battle between the MTA and the federal government over the Second Avenue subway. http://specne.ws/zzr2fq
Domenico Marino became stranded in Dubai after traveling to the United Arab Emirates for work before fighting tied to Iran began and spread throughout the region.
The Brooklyn native said flights were canceled as airspace became restricted.
A family-run car shop in Long Island City is running on borrowed time, with its landlord saying it must leave its location by late March.
NY1 spoke with loyal customers who said its departure will be a big loss for the neighborhood. http://specne.ws/3cXhnp
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court for keeping the current boundaries of her district intact after a Democrat-led challenge that she called an unconstitutional attempt to “gerrymander based on race.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding that NYU Langone Health resume providing gender-related care for minors after the hospital announced last month it would end its transgender youth health program.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul maintains a significant, though slightly diminished, lead over Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman in the latest Siena University poll.
The poll also takes the political temperature of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his plan to tax millionaires. http://specne.ws/bpT6AW
President Donald Trump had a different vision for the Sunnyside rail yard than the one Mayor Zohran Mamdani pitched him on last week.
In the 1980s, he considered the possibility of building a football stadium there. NY1 took a look back at the history of the site. http://specne.ws/f5xZhP
Domenico Marino traveled to the United Arab Emirates for work, expecting regional tensions, but not the possibility of being caught in it. http://specne.ws/GNHAHd
City Council Member Vickie Paladino is facing disciplinary proceedings for recent Islamophobic social media posts, including calls for the “expulsion of Muslims from western nations.”
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said security has been heightened at certain locations across the city amid the war in Iran to ensure that New Yorkers celebrating Purim and observing Ramadan “do not need to sacrifice an ounce of themselves to feel safe in this city.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday called the Iranian regime a "brutal government" that has "engaged in systematic repression of its own people," while emphasizing the potential impacts of U.S. intervention in the Middle East.
A federal judge has blocked the Trump's administration's efforts to halt the city's congestion pricing program, designed to reduce traffic and pump revenue into the region’s aging transit system.
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The mall officially closed on Jan. 31. Queens rapper Consequence spoke with Erin Billups about its legacy.
Groups that helped shape and define hip-hop found their inspiration and cultivated their images on Jamaica Avenue in Queens — the center of which was the Jamaica Colosseum Mall, a former Macy’s that was converted into a marketplace for small businesses.
On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents.
The New York State DOT is planning to add a shoulder to the Cross Bronx Expressway, but residents in the housing complex right by the road are concerned about further health and quality of life impacts.
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“Ramadan and fasting is not new to City Hall or city employees at all, but definitely more visibility on the top, which is exciting,” said Abdul Nasser Rad, a policy advisor, in an interview with Noorulain Khawaja.
Some Muslim staffers at City Hall say they are excited to be fasting for the holy month of Ramadan at a time when the city is led by Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim mayor.
The Supreme Court ruled that the boundaries of NYC’s only GOP-held congressional district do not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections.
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“Ramadan and fasting is not new to City Hall or city employees at all, but definitely more visibility on the top, which is exciting,” said Abdul Nasser Rad, a policy advisor, in an interview with Noorulain Khawaja.
During a march over the weekend, some Iranian-Americans told NY1 they were pleased to learn of the military action that had been taken against Iran and criticized the Iranian regime.
Over the weekend, hundreds of people gathered in Times Square to protest against the military strikes against Iran by the United States and Israel. That rally led to a march that ended with more protest activity at Columbus Circle.
Michael Ollis, a staff sergeant from Staten Island, was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor by President Trump Monday.
Ollis, who served at Fort Drum, New York, was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 when he shielded another soldier from the blast of a suicide bombing.
