Because Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall is a great place to relieve yourself near Columbus Circle, here are your early links: Falcon Cam, so many ateliers, happy Mother's Day and more. [ more ]

Bella McFadden, pictured in front of her new store, iGirl. Bella McFadden's new store, iGirl, opens in the East Village on Saturday. [ more ]

Fans cheer on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Its never too late to get in on the fandom. Bing bong! [ more ]

Eldert Street in Brooklyn, near where a driver allegedly killed a pedestrian. The man ultimately fled on foot and has not been arrested, police said Friday morning. [ more ]

A Tesla car drives at Times Square. If youve ordered an Uber or Lyft in New York City recently, chances are you were picked up by a Tesla. [ more ]

Because you better be rooting for Miles the mutt, here are your early links: Jewish students at Columbia defend Zionism, Bronx post office for sale for $70 million, pouring into cups without spilling is hard and more. [ more ]

A photo of a man in a camouflaged army outfit. Pvt. Danny Chen was found dead on a U.S. base in Afghanistan over a decade ago. Now his story is the focus of an opera at The Perelman Performing Arts Center. [ more ]

The scene at City Harvest in Brooklyn, hosting the five-week course Culinary Career Pathways for New New Yorkers, launched in April by the nonprofit group Hot Bread Kitchen, which trains New Yorkers for jobs in the food industry. Economists call the model a "win-win" that gets the newcomers out of shelters and boosts the local economy. [ more ]

Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and Councilmember Rafael Salamanca Jr in front of a new changing table in Hunts Point, the Bronx. The announcement came three years ahead of a 2027 deadline the City Council set in a bill passed last year. [ more ]

A hand drawn map of the third floor of Hamilton Hall. The students who orchestrated last weeks takeover of Columbia Universitys Hamilton Hall left behind a series of handmade charts, maps and lists of supplies that illuminate the inner workings of their brief occupation. [ more ]

Republicans in New York have so far struggled with early voting turnout after years of decrying the measure. Republicans will now press their case in the Court of Appeals, as their party struggles with early voting turnout. [ more ]

Newly arrived asylum seekers wait in a holding area at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan before being sent off to area shelters and hotels on May 15, 2023. A new report from the city comptroller reveals a lack of written policies, training and promised social services for migrant families. [ more ]

Because shared recreational spaces foster community, here are your afternoon links: The sun is staying up late tomorrow, why seceding from NYC might not be a good idea for Staten Island, graffiti is back, and more from around the city and internet. [ more ]

A necropsy of the sei whale was performed at Sandy Hook, NJ. About 30 large whales were found dead along the New York and New Jersey coast last year. Most showed signs of being struck by boats. [ more ]

The state's ethics agency is asking for a stay on the decision while they appeal to New York's highest court. The Appellate Divisions ruling could leave New York without anyone to enforce state ethics laws. [ more ]

Nicholas Maggipinto and his husband, Corey Briskin. The Brooklyn couple has sued New York city, alleging it discriminated by not covering IVF for same-sex male couples in its health plan. A Brooklyn couple's lawsuit argues that gay men have no way to prove they're "infertile" under the city's employee health plan. [ more ]

Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, ...

Bianca Giaever on the streets of New York City. Bianca Giaever means this literally. [ more ]

Because authorities are trying to figure out if the whale was already dead when the ship hit it, here are your early links: Nicki Minaj's Barbie chain coming to the AMNH gem hall, RFK Jr.'s brain worm recovery, chess is toxic and more. [ more ]

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks at the Kenvue Ground Breaking in Summit on April 24. The governor said he's confident he and legislators can work through competing budget priorities [ more ]

Queens Boulevard and 46th Street where police say a teen was stabbed to death. The 17-year-old victim's name has not been released. [ more ]

Some student protesters at Columbia University have had to sue to regain access to their dorms. A lawyer for the students likened Columbia to a bad New York City landlord egregiously violating tenants rights. [ more ]

A police barrier. The shooting happened amid heavy police activity in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sept. 29, 2022, after two people were shot, the NYPD has said. [ more ]

The faculty encampment's establishment comes after a student-run encampment was cleared last week. The group says this is the first faculty-led encampment in the city. [ more ]

Protestors From CUNY And Columbia Rally One Day After Police Break Up Encampments NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 1: NYPD officers talk to the driver of a car who sped past a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside The City College Of New York (CUNY) one day after police cracked down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on May 1, 2024 in New York ...