New York City is going to court in a bid to shut down a controversial ride-hailing service that offers cheaper trips than Uber and Lyft — but which is accused of operating outside of Taxi & Limousine Commission regulations. City lawyers filed a lawsuit Friday in Manhattan state court against Yazam Inc., charging that the […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The massive federal budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are beginning to play out. In New York, almost a half-million people are expected to lose their health insurance coverage through the state’s Essential […]

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The MTA is aiming to boost the reliability of express bus lifts that are essential for wheelchair users who often encounter mechanical glitches and drivers who don’t know how they work. The head of New York City Transit said Wednesday that the agency is upping the frequency of training for bus operators on how to […]

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The New York City Council on Thursday passed a pair of bills aimed at targeting hate across the city by creating “security perimeters” for protests around houses of worship and schools. The bill relating to religious sites passed on a 44-to-5 vote, while the bill pertaining to schools and education facilities passed by a narrower […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to freeze the rent on nearly a million regulated apartments as a signature part of his campaign. “Freeze the rent” became a call-and-response chant during rallies and a pitch his army of canvassers made to voters when knocking on doors. But his rent-freeze promise rests on the votes of the nine […]

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