NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2025 — The New York startup community gathered once again on Tuesday evening for the monthly Entrepreneurs Roundtable, a nonprofit event series that has become a fixture in the city’s tech ecosystem since its founding in 2007. This month’s featured guest was Somak Chattopadhyay, managing partner at Armory Square Ventures, who…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, speaking at True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo on Sept. 7, cautioned that federal Medicaid reductions could shutter hospitals and cost health care jobs statewide. She outlined plans to counter rising costs with the state’s largest middle-class tax cut in decades, inflation rebates, and expanded free school meals. Hochul also…
On September 8, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New Yorkers have saved more than $100 million through the MTA’s expanded CityTicket program, which now covers all off-peak and peak train rides on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. Since March 2022, over 37.2 million discounted tickets have been sold, giving residents in the…
During his remarks at Hope City Church’s Sunday service, Mayor Eric Adams shared personal reflections on faith, perseverance, and the challenges of leadership while outlining key accomplishments of his administration. He emphasized initiatives supporting NYCHA residents with affordable broadband, youth employment, childcare, foster care support, and expanded education programs. Adams also pointed to record drops…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of labor bills Sept. 6 in Albany aimed at strengthening union rights and expanding worker protections across the state. The measures include new safeguards for collective bargaining, rules to expand apprenticeship programs tied to renewable energy projects, and initiatives to create union jobs. Framed as a response…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a sweeping settlement with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, closing out litigation that began in 1982 over disputed land along the Canadian border. The deal transfers more than 14,000 acres back to tribal control, secures $70 million in payments and long-term power access from the New York Power Authority,…