A Cinema Paradiso in Queens Faces an Uncertain Future
The Arverne Cinema, in the Rockaways, has offered viewers a drive-in feel where the city meets the sea. It wasn’t meant to last.
Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup
The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.
N.Y.C. Council Members Call for More Restrictions on Tech in Schools
Their demands came soon after the New York City school system banned A.I. for most students and limited screen time.
Mamdani Unveils Street Safety Plan in Move to Curb Pedestrian Deaths
The plan, Vision Zero Reimagined, is a set of goals that includes speed-capping devices in some cars and reduced speed limits near hundreds more schools.
New York Moves Away from Regents Exams for High School Seniors
A state board authorized phasing out the tests, long viewed as a rite of passage for high school seniors, as a diploma requirement. What replaces them is an open question.
N.Y. Democratic House Candidate Admits to Bondage Photo Shoot
Christopher Gallant, who is running against Representative Nick LaLota on Long Island, acknowledged that the photos that surfaced in media reports on Monday were legitimate.
Safety Alert System Returns for New York City Private Schools
Silenced ahead of the World Cup, an emergency notification system for private and parochial schools will launch Tuesday as part of Notify NYC.
New York Seized Their Property. Now It’s Offering a $60 Million Payout.
The settlement resolves a 2019 lawsuit that argued that a city program intended to seize buildings from negligent landlords had stripped homeowners of their equity without proper compensation.
Mahmoud Khalil Says Columbia Failed to Protect Pro-Palestinian Students
In a federal lawsuit, Mr. Khalil and other former student activists say the university was deliberately indifferent to their harassment even before the 2023 Hamas attacks.
Legionella Bacteria Found in Cooling Tower at Yankee Stadium
A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Bronx has killed one person and infected nine. A Yankees spokesman said that its towers were cleaned on Sunday, and the city has not asked that games be postponed.