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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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Fast Buses: Mayor Mamdani Breaks Ground on 116th Street Overhaul to get 65,000 Riders Moving

Rendering of the future design of East 116th Street and Madison Avenue. NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department…

BigNY News · 08/31/2026 · 2 min read

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

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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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Business of Broadway: Waiting in those wings

08/31/2026

Ever walk past a Broadway theater with locked doors, no marquees, and no shows? All quiet on the West Side front. Ever…

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LISTEN: The Brooklyn Dems Bring ‘Veep’ to Real Life

08/31/2026

“I don’t do much reporting on the Brooklyn Democratic Party because so many other people in our newsroom usually do, but because…

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Dressed down How behind the scenes battle to keep Galliano away from Met Gala raged before his involvement was announced

08/31/2026

A campaign to get disgraced designer John Galliano ousted from next year’s Met Gala began before the announcement of his controversial participation…

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Fast Buses: Mayor Mamdani Breaks Ground on 116th Street Overhaul to get 65,000 Riders Moving

08/31/2026

Rendering of the future design of East 116th Street and Madison Avenue. NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York…

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8 New York Museum Shows You Need to See This Fall

08/31/2026

Have your pick from once-in-a-generation retrospectives to exhibitions you never saw coming. The post 8 New York Museum Shows You Need to…

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84 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall

08/31/2026

From a Roy Lichtenstein retrospective to the Bayeux Tapestry, here's what to see this season.

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Seeing Krasner and Pollock Together

08/31/2026

Lia Strasser on what she got wrong about the AbEx couple, art world homages to Yayoi Kusama, and another museum heist?! As…

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22 Easy Weeknight Dinners for September

08/31/2026

Like curry-glazed salmon and crispy gnocchi caprese. Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton, Prop Styling by Christina AllenSeptember…

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Chamber CEO: Delivery Protection Act will kill jobs

08/24/2026

In Daily News op-ed, Jessica Walker urges Council to pursue proven safety measures instead of dismantling the local delivery industry August…

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Chamber statement on new US-Canada tariffs

08/22/2026

August 22, 2026 Statement from Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce on news that negotiations between the US and…

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Chamber statement on US-Canada tariff deal

08/19/2026

August 19, 2026 Statement from Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce on announcement that the Trump Administration had reached…

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Chamber statement on Mayor’s appointment of economic development chief

07/22/2026

Statement from Jessica Walker, President & CEO of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, on the appointment of Anthony Shorris as President…

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Chamber statement on Mayor Mamdani’s new “OPEN for Small Business” initiative

07/20/2026

July 20, 2026 Statement from Jessica Walker, President and CEO of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce on the launch of OPEN for Small…

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Chamber opens applications for $25,000 Wells Fargo Neighborhood Growth Grants in Manhattan Valley

07/16/2026

Sixteen established storefront businesses between 96th and 110th Streets will receive non-repayable cash grants; applications close August 5 NEW YORK, NY…