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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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Mayor Mamdani Appoints Liz Vladeck as Commissioner of the Office of Labor Relations

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today appointed Liz Vladeck as Commissioner of the New York City Office of Labor Relations (OLR). A…

BigNY News · 10/19/2026 · 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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Mayor Mamdani Appoints Liz Vladeck as Commissioner of the Office of Labor Relations

10/19/2026

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today appointed Liz Vladeck as Commissioner of the New York City Office of Labor Relations…

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Protestors Block Entrance to the Louvre Following Nationwide Protests

10/19/2026

Demonstrators denouncing public funding cuts kept visitors out of the museum Monday morning. The post Protestors Block Entrance to the Louvre Following…

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West Home in Arizona Temporarily Closes After a Man Dies

10/19/2026

A a man died of a freak accident on the property on Friday during a walking tour.

Staten Island Advance / SILive

Petrides football adds another W to conference record with victory over Thomas Jefferson

10/19/2026

Kaden Mangual scored three rushing touchdowns and accounted for 193 yards on 20 carries.

Bronx Times

Senior in Bronx shoots 70-year-old girlfriend and 60-year-old man in bloody end to apparent love triangle: sources

10/18/2026

Police in the Bronx are questioning a senior man on Sunday morning, hours after he allegedly shot his girlfriend when he caught…

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Victoria’s Secrets | A week of ups and downs

10/18/2026

As I said farewell this week to my neighbor Janice Scansaroli and Tariq, a Life’s WORC benefactor and friend, I felt what…

NBC New York

Cleanup underway after massive fire rips through vacant Mount Loretto warehouse

10/18/2026

A firefighter and a civilian suffered minor injuries, officials said Cleanup was underway on Staten Island Sunday evening after a massive fire…

CBS New York

Man killed in NYC subway station shooting, officials say

10/18/2026

A man was killed in a shooting at a Midtown Manhattan subway station Saturday, officials say. It happened on the northbound E…

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Chamber welcomes new NYU Quantum Lab at 770 Broadway

10/14/2026

The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce applauds a $284 million investment in a new quantum technology lab in Manhattan that will train CUNY…

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.…