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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 Announces New NYU Quantum Fabrication Facility, First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Give City a Stake in Emerging Industry

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and…

BigNY News · 10/14/2026 · 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 Announces New NYU Quantum Fabrication Facility, First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Give City a Stake in Emerging Industry

10/14/2026

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)…

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Sofia Bassi’s Market Is Heating Up as Female Surrealists Get Their Due

10/14/2026

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is showing 16 of the Mexican painter’s works in London as auction prices climb. The post Sofia Bassi’s Market…

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A Long-Awaited Art Museum in a Former Renault Factory Finally Arrives on Paris’s Idyllic Île Seguin

10/14/2026

Le Large’s opening exhibition, “Moteur Imaginaire” (Imaginary Engine), reframes the legacy of its former occupant, Renault, through contemporary art.

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Roy Lichtenstein Was All Style

10/14/2026

John Yau on the Whitney’s retrospective of the Pop titan, an interview on Indigenous perseverance with Congress hopeful Jonathan Nez, and art…

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10/14/2026

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CBS New York

Actress Selma Blair arraigned following arrest for incident related to flight from LAX to JFK

10/13/2026

Actress Selma Blair was arrested after an incident on board a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy…

NBC New York

Rare fossil of T. rex cousin goes on display in New York before heading to auction

10/13/2026

Standing 6.5 feet tall and stretching nearly 20 feet long, the rare fossil is one of only three such skeletons known to…

amNY

Manhattan neurologist indicted on charges of sexually abusing two patients

10/13/2026

A Manhattan neurologist has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing two patients during medical appointments this summer. A Manhattan neurologist has…

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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.…

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Chamber launches “Manhattan 2040” initiative to steer borough toward best future

09/23/2026

New fifteen-year initiative names the borough’s three possible destinations – a Renaissance Borough, a Managed Decline, or a Concentrated Manhattan…