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Mayor Mamdani Announces New Consumer Protections Against Subscription Traps and Hidden Fees

New York City’s new “Click-to-Cancel” rule will require businesses to make subscription cancellations simple, while a separate proposal would require companies to display the…

BigNY News · 07/11/2026 · 9 min read

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Attorney General James Bans Former Cryptocurrency CEO Who Defrauded Investors from Financial Industry

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has secured up to $35 million from Alex Mashinsky, a co-founder…

BigNY News · 10/09/2026 · 2 min read

Concrete Progress: Micron Begins Foundation Work on $100 Billion Semiconductor Campus in Central New York

Mayor Mamdani Reopens Queens’ Lost Battalion Hall Following $25.9 Million Reconstruction

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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Guggenheim Museum among 31 UES buildings with cooling towers that contained illness-causing bacteria

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In Call With Mamdani, White House Demanded NYPD Arrest Immigrant Shot by ICE Agents

10/09/2026

The feds aborted a possible deal when the NYPD would not immediately take the shooting victim into custody. In a series of…

New York Post Metro

Heart-racing footage See the intense moment NYPD rushes suspected migrant gangbanger shot by ICE to hospital

10/09/2026

Heart-pounding bodycam footage shows the moments NYPD cops rushed the suspected migrant gang member shot by ICE to the hospital in their…

New York Attorney General

Attorney General James Bans Former Cryptocurrency CEO Who Defrauded Investors from Financial Industry

10/09/2026

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has secured up to $35 million from Alex Mashinsky,…

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Mayor Mamdani Reopens Queens’ Lost Battalion Hall Following $25.9 Million Reconstruction

10/09/2026

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura today announced the reopening of Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center…

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The Whitney’s Roy Lichtenstein Survey Is a Sly Triumph

10/09/2026

This understated affair offers icons that can be deliciously enigmatic and absolutely brutal. The post The Whitney’s Roy Lichtenstein Survey Is a…

ARTnews

Belinda Tate Departs Indianapolis Museum of Art, Glasgow’s Arts Community Fights to Save CCA and Others, and More: Morning Links for October 9, 2026

10/09/2026

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Hyperallergic

Over $100,000 in Prizes and New Public Art Opportunities at 2027 ArtFields Festival

10/09/2026

Southern artists can apply now to show in Lake City, SC, where the whole town becomes a gallery April 15 - May…

Staten Island Advance / SILive

Country music star returns to stage blind in one eye after nearly dying in car crash

10/09/2026

The singer nearly died in the scary crash in August.

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ICE agent shoots, injures immigrant man in NYC’s Marble Hill, DHS says 10/09/2026
DSA to Mamdani: Fire NYPD commissioner if ICE doesn’t leave NYC 10/09/2026
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Catherine Russell stuns Jazz at Lincoln Center audience before exciting fall shows 10/08/2026
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Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Clear rules, not lawsuits: Chamber statement on the Mayor’s POWER Act

10/08/2026

Updated October 8, 2026, after review of the bill text released today The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce opposes the POWER Act as…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

A fair ride for every visitor: the Chamber backs pedicab reform

10/08/2026

October 7, 2026 A pedicab ride through Times Square or Central Park should be one of the best parts of a trip…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Clear rules, not lawsuits: Chamber statement on the Mayor’s consumer protection package

10/06/2026

Empty heading October 6, 2026 Today Mayor Zohran Mamdani and DCWP Commissioner Samuel Levine announced a package of three consumer protection bills.…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Chamber to City Council: the World Cup summer delivered — now make it last, and make it reach every neighborhood

09/30/2026

Testifying at a joint oversight hearing on the economic impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, MCC President & CEO Jessica…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Chamber applauds Mayor Mamdani’s U.N. week pitch to global business leaders

09/25/2026

Statement from Manhattan Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Jessica Walker, September 25, 2026: “We commend Mayor Mamdani for capitalizing on U.N.…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Chamber launches “Manhattan 2040” initiative to steer borough toward best future

09/23/2026

New fifteen-year initiative names the borough’s three possible destinations – a Renaissance Borough, a Managed Decline, or a Concentrated Manhattan…

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