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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, D.A. Bragg and DCWP Commissioner Levine Join Forces to Deliver Economic Justice for New Yorkers

NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel A.A.…

BigNY News · 08/20/2026 · 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, D.A. Bragg and DCWP Commissioner Levine Join Forces to Deliver Economic Justice for New Yorkers

08/20/2026

NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner…

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Jordan Wolfson Is Opening a Major Show at Gagosian. He Does Not Want to Talk About It

08/20/2026

'I’m not here to retain power and transform that power into mediocrity. I’m here to do art. This is serious.' The post…

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‘Amateur Artist’ Charged in $80K Theft From Minneapolis Painter’s Studio

08/20/2026

A tipster later identified the man in the UPS vest as Bassat and told police that he rented a storage unit in…

Hyperallergic

A Progressive Win for Artists in Florida

08/20/2026

Angie Nixon’s track record in culture, MIT loans art to students, the Speed Museum returns Native artifacts, and more. Angie Nixon's primary…

Bon Appetit

Easy Dill Pickle Dip Recipe

08/20/2026

Creamy, crunchy, and made for chips. By Shilpa UskokovicAugust 20, 2026Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kat BoytsovaWelcome to It’s That…

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Chris Smalls brings labor memoir to Harlem as he takes his organizing work global

08/20/2026

Chris Smalls, the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union, says he did not hesitate when Harlem called. The co-founder…

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Why American Airlines is changing course on a long-debated feature

08/20/2026

American Airlines is expanding premium seating and bringing back seatback entertainment screens across more than 800 narrow-body aircraft.

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First Alert Weather Day for storms Thursday in New York – 8/19/26

08/20/2026

CBS News New York First Alert Weather Day for storms Thursday in New York - 8/19/26 CBS News New York's Lonnie Quinn…

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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…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

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…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

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…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

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…