New York City’s estimated $12 billion budget gap over the next two years shrank to $7 billion over the last few weeks after updating revenue and bonus estimates and tapping into reserves, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers Wednesday. The mayor traveled back to Albany for his first “Tin Cup Day” as mayor, after years […]

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A mariachi band readied for a performance inside Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village Monday evening while street vendors danced to salsa, reggaeton and pop music spun by a DJ.  Lines formed before tables serving kati rolls, dumplings and spring rolls as vendors fed one another and laughter and conversation filled the room. “So many […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani will head to Albany Wednesday for the annual ritual of formally asking state legislators for more money for the city, just weeks after a very public plea for more funds. The so-called “Tin Cup Day” sojourn is his first as mayor, and he’s expected to face skeptical lawmakers who’ll grill him on […]

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One Sunday in January, Dina Levy stood with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in The Bronx, where he announced she would be the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The very next day, she began another massive task: searching for an apartment within city limits. Levy, a New Jersey native, has spent most of […]

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The New York State Nurses Association and NewYork-Presbyterian reached a tentative agreement on raises, staffing and on-the-job safety to end its strike, the union announced late Tuesday night. The tentative deal at NYP, the last of the three hospital systems where nurses have been on strike since Jan. 12, will likely put an end to […]

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