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New York’s Latest Parking Rule Has the Internet in an Uproar

New York City has officially reinstated fluorescent warning stickers on vehicles blocking street sweepers to address widespread non-compliance with alternate-side parking regulatio...

Decades-old NYC policy requires NYPD to open public pools, leading to frequent delays

City pools can't open without NYPD officers present, according to a parks department policy. Parks employees reported NYPD officers showed up late more than 200 times last summ...

NYC to babysit 500 kids for ‘Parents’ Night Out’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks and cuts the ribbon at the opening of the new Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in Brooklyn. Registration for the Aug. 16 e...

NYC ramps up war against rats with new, 14-day inspection rules after 311 complaints

The city Department of Health, in response to a new local law, is drafting the regulations requiring the agency to inspect a property within 14 days of receiving a complaint or req...

NYC Council to weigh Legionnaires' hotline, other responses to UES outbreak

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, at a Memorial Day ceremony May 26, 2026, at Intrepid Museum. The City Council speaker called the Mamdani administration's res...

NYC 'Rental Ripoff' report calls for crackdown on negligent landlords

NYC 'Rental Ripoff' report calls for crackdown on negligent landlords Diana Ionescu Sun, 07/19/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Primary I...

‘Impossible’ to find building in NYC without a violation: Engineer

Three office-to-residential conversions have had work halted. Rigorous response to safety concerns and extensive code compliance issues make that predictable albeit unique.

NYC Vows Legal Action Against Online Sellers of Illegal E-Bikes and E-Scooters

New York City is taking legal action against online retailers selling dangerous motorized devices — including high-speed e-bikes, stand-up e-scooters and other products that cannot...

NYC to Publicly Identify Buildings Testing Positive for Legionnaires’ Bacteria

New York City is taking the unprecedented step of publicly identifying buildings on the Upper East Side where cooling towers test positive for the bacteria causing Legionnaires’ di...

Judge temporarily blocks NYC pied-à-terre tax rollout after lawsuit

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally. A Staten Island judge issued an order pausing the new surcharge on luxury second homes and voiding notices already sent to thousands of...

What does it take to get NYC buildings to test for disease-causing Legionella?

File photo of water cooling towers on New York City rooftops. On the Upper East Side, public shaming has helped spur compliance with measures to prevent Legionnaires’ di...

Mamdani signs executive order requiring city vehicles be equipped with pedestrian alert, speed limiter devices

Mayor Zohran Mamdani this week ordered the city's non-emergency trucks be outfitted with devices warning pedestrians of their presence when making turns and that all new vehicles t...

NYC seeks dismissal of 9/11 toxins records lawsuit as document review continues

City lawyers say no responsive records were found, while Mayor Zohran Mamdani promises to release Ground Zero air-quality documents before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 atta...

NYC resurrects public shaming as a parking enforcement strategy

They’re baaaack. The giant stickers of shame that for 25 years publicly lambasted New York City drivers who failed to follow alternate-side parking rules have returned after mo...

For shame! 'Selfish' parkers blocking street sweepers will be stickered for all to see

Better move your car on street cleaning day or prepare to be humiliated. The practice was sidelined in 2011, but New York parkers are not policing themselves. [ more › ]

New York Executive Order Pauses Discretionary Data Center Permitting Pending Environmental Review and Grid Cost Mitigati...

NYC Council pushes slate of measures to address dangerous e-bikes

The legislative body is also calling the Mamdani administration to task with its calendaring of an oversight hearing next month.

Of all Upper East Side buildings to test positive for Legionella, this one had the most violations

Amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has claimed the lives of six people, New York City health officials said 110 violations have been issued to Upper East Side building...

Open Hydrants

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has launched its annual crackdown on city residents who insist on opening fire hydrants without a city-approved shower cap. Illegal...

Parks worker helped 10-year-old light firework that blew off her fingers, NYPD says

The employee has been charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child. [ more › ]

NYC must face lawsuit over treatment of transgender woman in shelter system

Early evening view of the New York County Supreme Court building on Foley Square in Manhattan. A transgender woman alleges the city repeatedly placed her in men’s shelte...

Summer in the City: New York City Moves to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat

NYC Sanitation Department working to increase fines for improper needle disposal

According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, 49 workers have been pricked by needles so far this year.

Fair consumer protections

Give credit to the Mamdani administration for two new consumer protection rules, one just finalized and one in progress, that will make the lives of New Yorkers easier.One is calle...