New Yorkers who rely on the MetroCard for more than swipes and dips are grudgingly bracing for the transit system’s familiar farecard to reach the end of the line. With sales of the plastic silver that pays for subway and bus trips ending on New Year’s Eve, the MTA says almost 94% of commuters have […]

The post They’re Holding on to Their MetroCards, as OMNY Ends an Era appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

The post New York City 2025: The Year in Photos appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

In 1980, a movie narrated by a sociologist once described as Jimmy Stewart’s urban planner cousin, and full of surveillance footage of the city’s public spaces, delivered perhaps the richest and wisest look ever made at how New Yorkers use the city’s public spaces. Municipal Art Society president Keri Butler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry […]

The post LISTEN: One Simple Secret for Pleasantly Populated Public Spaces appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

In his twilight days at City Hall, Mayor Eric Adams has doubled down on attacking his corruption indictment, dismissing it as “lawfare” brought by a Biden administration angry at his criticism of policies he blamed for triggering a flood of migrants to New York City. He has repeated his mantra that the media unfairly focused […]

The post Eric Adams Reigned Over a Run of Scandal Not Seen Since Boss Tweed appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Where Eric Adams stands in the pantheon of New York City mayors will be for historians to decide, but in a single respect he joins only one other mayor, long forgotten: A. Oakey Hall. Hall was the last New York City mayor indicted while in office , charged in 1871 with neglect of his official […]

The post Eric Adams Takes His Place in History of Corruption-Scarred Mayors appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.