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News, guides, and resources for New Yorkers — in English. We cover Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as New Jersey and Connecticut. Some stories are translations; we always link to the original source.

NY news Gov Hochul Grants

Governor Hochul Announces Second Round of $50 Million New York County Infrastructure Grant Program to Boost Housing, Placemaking and Tourism

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Governor Kathy Hochul has launched a second round of New York’s County Infrastructure Grant Program, providing an additional $50 million for small- and medium-sized county-led infrastructure projects that support housing growth, placemaking, and tourism, with applications accepted through April 1, 2026. Administered by Empire State Development, the program requires counties to submit a Letter of…

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NYC news Adams Dec 2025 Harlem

Mayor Adams and CC Sabathia Open $11 Million “Harlem Field of Dreams” Multi-Sport Turf Field at Brigadier General Charles Young Playground

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Yankees All-Star CC Sabathia, and community leaders have officially opened the $11 million “Harlem Field of Dreams” at Brigadier General Charles Young Playground in Harlem, transforming a once-dilapidated dirt lot into a 150,000-square-foot state-of-the-art multi-sport synthetic turf field for baseball, softball, soccer, football, and lacrosse. Funded through a public-private…

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NY City News Starbaks settlement

Mayor Adams Announces $38.9 Million New York City Settlement With Starbucks Over Fair Workweek Violations

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced a historic $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks for more than 500,000 violations of the city’s Fair Workweek Law at over 300 locations between 2021 and 2024, marking the largest worker protection settlement in city history. The agreement requires Starbucks…

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NY news City Council pushing NYC into ‘Communist dystopia’ with affordable-housing bill dictating property sales

Inside NYC’s COPA Bill: A Simple Walkthrough of the Law, With Sources You Can Check

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1. What is COPA? New York City’s Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) is a proposed local law in the City Council, officially Intro 902-2024. According to the Council’s own summary, the bill would: give certain qualified entities (nonprofits, community land trusts, etc.) a first opportunity to purchase certain residential buildings and a chance to…

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New York news crime NYCHA 70

All 70 NYCHA Employees Charged In February 2024 Sweep Convicted Of Bribery, Fraud, Or Extortion Offenses

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Less Than 22 Months After the Arrests—Which Were the Largest Number of Federal Bribery Charges on a Single Day in Department of Justice History—All 70 Charged Defendants Have Pled Guilty or Were Convicted at Trial for Accepting Cash Payments United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Commissioner of the New York…

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