Michael Griffin, a member of the Jersey City Council, said police will be more engaged with communities with the end of fixed-post patrols. The new mayor, with a new public safety director, touted the reforms as ways to build community trust. [ more ]

Catch a weird movie on the mayor. [ more ]

Because run clubs are so last year, here are your afternoon links: Citi Field food lineup, drone dropped package over upstate New York prison, bright headlights and more. [ more ]

Mayor Mamdani reads to a 3-K class in Canarsie. A budget deficit and the politics of enrollment caps are making it harder for the mayor to fulfill his promise of smaller classes. [ more ]

From this week's Looped In newsletter: A case for the doctor's appointment capital of the world. [ more ]

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media as he stands with some of the people he has appointed to help with his transition to City Hall on November 24, 2025 in New York City. The new office will be led by Renita Francois, who served for years in the de Blasio administration's Office of Criminal Justice, a source familiar with the plan told ...

Because it's not a lot but it's something, here are your early links: Stubborn Bronx pothole, push to limit self-checkout for 15 items or fewer, possum on a toy shelf and more. [ more ]

People sit and walk in Washington Square Park in the West Village on March 26, 2023. Highs will rise over the next few days, including into the 60s over the weekend, but they wont stay there for long. [ more ]

New York correction officers and their supporters staged a protest near the Greene Correctional Facility state prison in February 2025. Legislation introduced recently by Democrats and Republicans show the prison system remains a source of concern for NY lawmakers. [ more ]

File photo from a 2014 battle over raising the minimum wage in New York City. Another fight is brewing with a proposal in the City Council to create a $30 minimum across the five boroughs. Business and labor leaders say they are girding for a policy fight likely to stretch from City Hall to Albany. [ more ]

The new mayor is asking a new governor for record levels of aid, even as Sherrill tries to deal with the state's own budget shortfall. [ more ]

A man rides an e-bike through Times Square. Mayor Zohran Mamdani will stop requiring court appearances for minor cycling offenses and push new safety rules for delivery apps. [ more ]

Luigi Mangione attends a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 18, 2025 in New York City. Lawyers say he plans to read through 800 jury questionnaires ahead of his federal trial. [ more ]

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Authorities say DNA from a detainees jumpsuit and surveillance video support charges against a federal jail guard accused of abuse and lying to investigators. [ more ]

New York City's 'trash revolution' will very likely be televised. Gregory Anderson, a public service veteran with sanitation department experience, will oversee the aggressive containerization of city trash. [ more ]

Because she's coming to Broadway this spring, here are your afternoon links: Brutal allergy season coming up, cool flower show at the NY Botanical Garden, "taste" is a Silicon Valley buzzword and more. [ more ]

Commissioner Jessica Tisch at the City Council hearing Wednesday. Tisch was responding to questions from Council Speaker Julie Menin about a Gothamist story that included concerns from experts about a shift in the NYPD's reporting method. [ more ]

Dylan Contreras, recently released from ICE detention, sits between Power Malu and Candice Braun, two immigration activists. Dylan Contreras, a Bronx high school student, had been living in a Pennsylvania detention facility for 10 months. [ more ]

A NYPD officer wears a body-worn camera during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, March 17, 2023 in New York. The policy formalizes a deadline that had long been unevenly followed. Release times have improved under Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. [ more ]

An NYPD officer's crest is seen close up. Police say the officer, whose identity they did not release, critically injured the 30-year-old. [ more ]

Because there was no need to go to Brooklyn, here are your early links: Granny flat financing, Kathy Hochul spoke some Irish yesterday, Meghan Markle's jam surplus and more. [ more ]

The Dyckman Street subway station on the A line in Inwood on June 10, 2019 The incident happened at the Dyckman Street station on the A line in Inwood over the weekend, the NYPD says. [ more ]

The entrance to 26 Federal Plaza, home to immigration court and other federal operations, in Lower Manhattan. Clergy, legal observers, social services providers and others allege in a lawsuit that they have been unlawfully barred from immigration court proceedings. [ more ]

Meredith Trainor with her daughter's baby shoes and blanket. The baby was one of the more than 1,300 children the city separates from their parents without a court order each year, according to the agencys data. [ more ]

The sidewalk outside the Bellevue shelter Thursday. City officials said that as of Sunday, the men residing inside the Bellevue shelter had all been relocated to Brooklyn. [ more ]