New York City Adopts Measures to Slow Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
An ongoing cluster of the illness has sickened 23 people. That’s not unusual: Most years, 200 to 700 people in the city are diagnosed with the disease.
‘Beams Started Bending’: Midtown Manhattan Building Sags Dangerously
Offices and hotels around East 42nd Street were evacuated after structural damage affected an office conversion project. Traffic was halted in the area. No injuries were reported.
Evacuated Manhattan Building Remains Unstable as Officials Warn of Partial Collapse
City officials set up a multiblock “frozen zone” around the building, a construction site near Grand Central Terminal. Beams were being brought in to stabilize the structure, the buildings commissioner said.
Anthropic Expands in Manhattan, Part of an A.I. Boom in New York
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, plans to lease a 16-story building in Hudson Square and to double its work force in New York City to 1,000 people this year.
How Economic Anxiety Is Driving the Democratic Socialists’ Surge
Interviews with D.S.A. members and organizers in New York City suggest that frustration with the economy has been the most important factor in the group’s growth.
Death Toll From Oppressive Heat in New Jersey May Be as High as 29
In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.
Detective Struck by Friendly Fire in Brooklyn Shooting, Police Say
The police had first said the detective, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot by a man in the street early Sunday. On Monday, they said that in fact another officer accidentally shot him.
An Email. A Knock at the Door. A Suit Alleges a Threat to Free Speech.
A man sent a scathing note to an immigration official after two demonstrators were killed. A lawsuit says agents who came to his house were trying to intimidate him.
A News Site Published a Video of a School Lockdown. Then The Video Was Gone.
A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove the video and barred it from writing about the episode, alarming First Amendment advocates.
Sewage Spills Into Hudson River After Power Failure at Treatment Plant
The spill, at a plant just north of New York City, continued from Thursday night to Friday afternoon. It was not expected to affect the city’s Fourth of July celebrations.