In a quiet but highly symbolic gesture, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the Ohel — the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe — in Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, on Monday evening, December 15, 2025. The visit came just one day after a horrific antisemitic terrorist attack at a Chabad-organized Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced more than $300 million in new New York State funding to support 22 hospital projects through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV and V, focused on modernizing health information technology and strengthening cybersecurity protections for patient data. The awards will help expand electronic medical records capabilities, harden hospital systems…
Governor Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the indictment of 13 individuals in a massive 780-count case for allegedly stealing more than $2.2 million in merchandise from 128 Home Depot stores across New York and eight other states between August 2024 and September 2025. The Queens-based theft crew, working with “fences” who…
New York City has launched a new Staten Island–Brooklyn ferry connection, giving commuters and visitors a faster, more scenic way to travel between the two boroughs. The updated NYC Ferry St. George route now links St. George Terminal on Staten Island with Bay Ridge (American Veterans Memorial Pier) and Atlantic Avenue/Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has selected GFP Real Estate to redevelop the city-owned 100 Gold Street property in Lower Manhattan into roughly 3,700 units of mixed-income housing, including more than 900 permanently affordable apartments created without direct HPD subsidy, marking one of the administration’s flagship “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” projects. The…
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation S5175A/A3698A authorizing New York localities to provide enhanced real property tax exemptions of up to 65 percent for eligible senior homeowners, up from the previous 50 percent cap that had not been raised in decades. The new law allows municipalities to grant these exemptions to seniors who meet locally…