Amid calls from the left to tax the rich, a tax proposal on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, seems to have better odds of passing than in years past.
Rama Duwaji apologized for using what she said was “harmful” language as a teenager, in her first interview since her husband, Zohran Mamdani, took office.
Two officers were placed under investigation after the videos surfaced. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called them disturbing. The Police Department said officers incorrectly identified the man.
The defendants, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, face federal charges in the homemade-bomb attack on an anti-Muslim protest in March. No one was injured.
If no deal can be reached by Monday, it would be the first walkout by the apartment building workers in more than three decades.
Anthony D’Esposito, a Republican, decided not to seek his former seat, which will hurt his party’s chances of unseating Representative Laura Gillen on Long Island.
The protesters sat in the middle of Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and blocked traffic for about an hour.
The settlement ends a symbolic attack on the L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement and deals a blow to the administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to propose linking Grand Army Plaza with Prospect Park by closing a dangerous stretch of road between them.
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is opening a $43 million visitor’s center to attract the living by making it easier to navigate the rambling grounds.