Photos shared by activists show that a sign reading "Kaparos on the Go" was affixed to the truck. Activists say the chickens are linked to a pre-Yom Kippur sacrifice custom practiced by a minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews. [ more ]

An aerial view of Central Park from 2025. The 18th annual NYC Climate Week centers around concerns about AI, data centers, climate adaptation, energy and the grid. [ more ]

East 14th Street and 1st Avenue A 16-year-old was hospitalized and in stable condition, police said. [ more ]

It's the biggest event of the year for local transit buffs. [ more ]

New Yorkers were told the air was safe to breathe as they returned to work in Lower Manhattan less than three weeks after the 9/11 attacks. The news comes just over a week after Mayor Zohran Mamdani released some 170,000 documents related to the air quality around Ground Zero following the attacks. [ more ]

A subway token booth at the Coney Island station in 2018. The MTA had sought to implement a policy of leaving token booths locked and unstaffed if the scheduled station agent called out sick or was on vacation. [ more ]

A still from body worn camera footage showing state correction officers using force against Robert Brooks. Robert Brooks' beating death was captured on corrections officers' body-worn cameras. [ more ]

West 174th Street and Amsterdam Avenue She was found dead on a hiking trail with a puncture wound. [ more ]

A Statue of Triple crown winner Secretariat with Jockey Ron Turcotte outside the main track prior to the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in 2023. The Long Island horse track reopened Friday after three years of rennovations. [ more ]

Caption for photo: Katy Vicchitto, right, leaves court with Cold Case Assistant District Attorney Gabrielle Martin-Klein after the man convicted of raping her more than two decades ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Bronx prosecutors say Jancys Santiago is the first person to be convicted by a New York jury in a sexual assault cold case using ...

Stanley Richards in 2018 People pinning their hopes for reform on a productive working relationship say they were surprised and the correction department's already acknowledged mistakes. [ more ]

Tesla did not tell the city transportation department it had deployed Cybercabs in the five boroughs. [ more ]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Mayor Mamdani and the City Council have named appointments to a proposed land bank to replace the citys controversial tax lien sale system. [ more ]

Work at the Equinix data center site in Seacacus It will be the companys fifth colocation data center in Secaucus, and they've got several more in NJ and NY. [ more ]

Thieves targeted eight pharmacies across the city from Flushing to Pelham Gardens this summer. [ more ]

Because he's getting his dream job, here are your early links: Yacht parking at Transmitter Park is a no-go, Westchester residents are fed up with Hamptons-bound helicopters, what's a 22-year-old to do on the UWS and more. [ more ]

John Wilson at The Hollywood Reporter Studio at Park City, Utah, 2026. Wilson moves from HBO to the big screen with his new film, "The History of Concrete." It's strong material. [ more ]

A mosquito resting on water. Most of those hospitalized have neuroinvasive disease, because the sickest people tend to seek out care, health officials say. [ more ]

A Pre-K teacher interacts with students at Friends of Crown Heights Education Center on November 13, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Some providers say theyre finally getting their loans approved, but a few are still waiting. [ more ]

Legionella pneumophila bacteria, which causes the pneumonia condition known as Legionnaires disease. A separate outbreak on Manhattans Upper East Side killed 11 people this summer. [ more ]

The new Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River Nearly every rail line will undergo changes starting Oct. 11 as crews complete the switch to the new Portal North Bridge. [ more ]

NYPD police stand guard outside the United Nations headquarters ahead of the United Nations General Assembly. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said police are preparing for multiple demonstrations a day. Street closures and other travel disruptions start Sunday. [ more ]

Maimonides Medical Center in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Joining the city hospital system would provide the struggling Borough Park hospital with a $2.2 billion lifeline. [ more ]

A shrinking media ecosystem has paved the way for individual creators to start their own newsletters. [ more ]

Gov. Hochul signed a moratorium on new data centers in July. U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler and Gov. Kathy Hochul dont agree on much, but theyve both concluded that supporting AI data centers is bad politics. [ more ]