Democrat Rebecca Bennett campaigning in New Jersey's 7th Congressional district. In key districts and across the state, Democrats are building on their early voting success from last years governors race. [ more ]

Because Harry Styles' Madison Square Garden residency is over in time for the marathon, here are your early links: Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont going for a historic third term, real estate brokers posing in their listing photos, watches on ankles and more. [ more ]

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem performs in Baltimore in 2007, the year "New York, but You're Bringing Me Down" was released The song continues to resonate 20 years after its release, even showing up in movies and TV to convey peoples mixed feelings toward the city. [ more ]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani talking to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. The mayor's Department of Community Safety may soon become real. Lawmakers on Friday debate a bill that would create the new department. [ more ]

Progressives are following Mayor Mamdanis lead and voting for Gov. Hochul, a moderate Democrat, on the Working Families Party ballot line. [ more ]

Coprinellus domesticus is a common home mushroom that moves into leaky city apartments. [ more ]

Prayer candles outside the Patterson Houses in Mott Haven for a vigil for Zion Maine. Zion Maine died Wednesday after a lithium-ion battery ignited, killing him and injuring four members of his family. [ more ]

A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases for groceries. The scam impacted thousands of people, according to the Manhattan district attorneys office. [ more ]

Roberto Castro-Quinonez of Bakersfield, California was shot by police in Bergen County on Wednesday, according to the New Jersey attorney general's office. [ more ]

E-bikes parked along East 11th Street and 1st Avenue have been causing a stir in the East Village. The action follows complaints from merchants and neighbors about blocked sidewalks and curbs. [ more ]

75-year-old Digna Torres, whose apartment was along the affected exterior wall, looks at the white dust lining her windows. Nearly two dozen apartments are affected, with residents offered relocation. [ more ]

Health bucks can be used at NYC green markets. Residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive 40% more through the Health Bucks program. [ more ]

Trahs containers are taking over hundreds of parking spots in some of Brooklyn's most populous neighborhoods. The trash revolution is alive and well in some of Brooklyn's busiest neighborhoods. [ more ]

Mayor Mamdani joined WNYC senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin on the pop-up radio show, "Who's Running This Place?" The citys Department of Finance granted more than 8,800 of the roughly 11,000 exemption applications. [ more ]

The 15-year-old was shot once in the abdomen near Crotona Park and pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, police said. [ more ]

An MTA EAGLE team member watches over a row of buses, looking out for anyone trying to score a free ride. The MTA has suspended its fare enforcement unit after a series of confrontations with riders. The NYPD said it won't step in to ensure riders pay. [ more ]

A guillotine, killer clowns, clownfish: They've got it all on Clinton Place. [ more ]

Mayor Mamdani joined Gov. Hochul in McCarren Park last weekend. The Democratic governor got a startling lesson four years ago in the importance of turnout in New York City. [ more ]

Because they're raving about the little cake you can only get in first class on select trains, here are your early links: Hunting for Bigfoot is big in New Jersey, the East Village got a kitschy wedding chapel, "Slime Square-42 St," and more. [ more ]

Tiny garbage trucks solve a big trash problem in a quaint corner of Queens. At a time of year when traffic deaths rise due to reduced visibility, 30-year-old Siobhan Lynch was struck and killed just after dusk. [ more ]

An affordable housing construction project in Willets Point, Queens in June 2026. Housing costs are top of mind for many voters across New York. [ more ]

Ocean Parkway's founding designer Frederick Law Olmsted never imagined a world where cars would take over Ocean Parkway. City data shows seven people have been killed and 74 were seriously injured in crashes along the street over the last five years. [ more ]

The Rose Main Reading Room in the Main Branch of the New York Public Library Also: Books! [ more ]

A New Jersey State Police vehicle in 2019. A New Jersey state trooper was involved in the incident Wednesday, according to the New Jersey attorney general's office. [ more ]

A Queens man wheeled his girlfriends body in a wagon to the beach at Rockaway Community Park and buried her in a shallow grave, where she remained lay for about five days before police found her. Seraphina Pereira was found in a shallow grave at Rockaway Community Park. Rogelio Lozano-Garita pleaded not guilty to murder on Wednesday. [ more ]