Catched from the NYtimes

Two men who had been held on Rikers Island died in the past week, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would “pursue every avenue” to shut the troubled facility as soon as possible.

Prosecutors on Monday said Bairon Hernandez pushed Richard Williams, who later died, onto the tracks. They said the attack was the second by Mr. Hernandez at the station that day.

After a university in Tehran was struck during the war, Iranian leaders said that the outposts of U.S. schools were “legitimate targets.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to exempt a majority of new housing from state environmental reviews, arguing that sufficient safeguards are in place at the local level.

Sharing a cab with the catch of the day, where two friends met and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Senator Bernie Sanders, speaking at a rally at Lehman College, lent his support to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s effort to raise taxes on millionaires. The mayor was not present.

How a cascade of seemingly minor events led to the worst runway disaster at LaGuardia Airport in decades.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his former Republican opponent recorded a skit on cat adoption for the Inner Circle, an annual press corps roast. Some politicians weren’t laughing.

Days after the disaster on a LaGuardia runway, two veterans of a specialized rescue unit have been released from the hospital.

The company, which Letitia James found was operating illegally in the state, also was fined $875,000 as part of a settlement.