Because it's shirt season, here are your early links: Canadian study says drinking champagne could prevent cardiac arrest, Jeremy Renner's memoir about getting run over by a snow plow, YouTuber who pretended to pass out behind the wheel in Times Square and more. [ more ]

According to a spokesperson for the property owner, the 50 evicted tenants owed a combined $1.5 million in rent. The 17-year-old boy was shot after midnight Tuesday at Flatbush Gardens, where a 2023 double murder went viral. [ more ]

A copy of the form, obtained by Gothamist, shows the NYPD relied on invalid reasons to jail low-level offenders despite 2020 reforms designed to curb unnecessary detentions. [ more ]

New York City Starting May 1, tenants can apply to affordable apartments after a previous tenants move out, without going through the citys housing lottery system. [ more ]

Mayor Adams has made the war on rats one of the signature policies of his administration. Inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the mayors Bedford-Stuyvesant rowhouse earlier this month. [ more ]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives on the scene of a parking garage collapse on Ann Street in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. A new city report finds dangerous unpermitted work, poor maintenance and overloaded floors led to the 2023 garage collapse that killed one worker. [ more ]

Hochul rallies for a budget deal in Albany. Here are the basics on this years state budget agreement. [ more ]

The Queens home where police say an unlicensed man performed a botched surgical procedure that left a woman in critical condition. Felipe Hoyos Foronda was arrested at JFK Airport while trying to leave the country, officials say. [ more ]

The MTA and Gov. Kathy Hochul have pushed to beef up the number of cops and surveillance cameras in the subway system since 2021. The transit agency's head of security said the technology could be used to help prevent crimes before they happen. [ more ]

New York repealed an older anti-mask law during the COVID pandemic. The deal between Hochul and the Legislatures Democratic majorities clears a major hurdle to a final budget deal. [ more ]

John A. Sarcone III was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney on March 17. A recently appointed interim U.S. attorney said he wants to sue companies to make them develop content-monitoring algorithms. [ more ]

The scene at West 36th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island where police said Javon Johnnie was shot and killed on April 27, 2025. Javon Johnnie, 18, was shot near his home, according to police. [ more ]

Because he appreciates the culture, here are your afternoon links: Zooey Deschanel is engaged to a Property Brother, license plate crackdown in the congestion zone, shorts season for some and more. [ more ]

The MTA plans to replace turnstiles at city subway stations with modern fare gates equipped with sliding glass doors. Transit officials have griped about fare evasion for decades, but until now never moved to fundamentally redesign the city's subway turnstiles. [ more ]

Evidence markers are seen on the street at Malcolm X Boulevard and West 113rd Street on April 23, 2025. Excenia Mette was fatally shot after she stepped outside her building to check on her grandson, officials say. [ more ]

A scene from a previous year's Open Stages Music Festival. Ready to enjoy what the city has to offer outside? Tulips, block parties, parades and more await. [ more ]

From left: Cliff Hagen, Griffin Fossella, and Frank Morano are competing for Staten Islands open City Council seat in Tuesdays special election. Despite different political backgrounds, the three candidates running for Staten Islands open City Council seat agree on key neighborhood concerns like hotel development and battery storage facilities. [ more ]

A train passes through the WhitehallSouth Ferry subway station in Manhattan on Dec. 3, 2019. The NYPD says it's arrested a 44-year-old Brooklyn man in the incident from earlier this month. [ more ]

Councilmember Sandy Nurse speaks outside City Hall criticizing the city's use of homeless encampment clean-ups on Tuesday April 22, 2025. New city data shows police helped clear thousands of homeless from the streets but its unclear where they ended up. [ more ]

Mayor Adams announced the next step in the rollout of math curricula last week. "Were not used to this math, the schools chancellor said in an interview. [ more ]

The East River Tunnel, shown above, will undergo major repairs starting Monday, affecting Amtrak service between New York City and Albany. Train service between Albany and New York City will see new schedule changes and limited suspensions as major East River Tunnel repairs begin. [ more ]

Gun violence has trended downward even as the NYPD has been plagued by scandal under Adams. [ more ]

Tommy Dorfman in New York Theatre Workshop's "Becoming Eve." Becoming Eve is on now at the Abrons Arts Center. [ more ]

Three railroads come and go from Penn Station, which is below Madison Square Garden. A look at Amtraks recent history shows its own watchdog inspector general routinely found evidence of inefficiency, waste and mismanagement. [ more ]

An aerial photo of the Davis Center, which boasts a swimming pool that can become an ice rink or a public greenspace, depending on the season. The $160 million Davis Center officially opened to the public on Saturday. [ more ]