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Federal authorities are still investigating Mayor Adams’ inner circle as well as former NYPD commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother. Caban stepped down yesterday, a week after federal authorities seized his phone in a connection with a probe investigating his twin brother’s business as a nightlife consultant. Garry McCarthy served in the NY…

A year after New York City began cracking down on illegal short-term apartment rentals, the number of Airbnb listings in the five boroughs plummeted by 85%, according to a Gothamist review of listings posted on the vacation rental giant’s website. Split Here Fewer than 2,000 apartments in the five boroughs remain on the home-sharing site — down fro…

On this week's On The Way roundup of New York City transit news, the latest on congestion pricing and a bid to cap the cost of electric Citi Bikes.

City lawmakers are poised to pass legislation this week greenlighting a study on the legacy of slavery in New York City, including possible payment of monetary and non-monetary reparations. City Council is expected to vote on Thursday on the measure authorizing the study, with proponents forecasting passage after false starts earlier. Councilmember…

After federal agents last week seized the cell phones of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, his chief of staff, three other police officials and his brother, attention has turned to a police department that former law enforcement officials say has become increasingly combative and erratic. The shift happened under Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD capta…

As the region and the nation mark the Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, some survivors are still dealing with the health effects from exposure to the toxic pollutants in the weeks and months after 9/11. WNYC's Sean Carlson talked with Lila Nordstrom. She was one of the many students attending Stuyvesant High School on September 11, 2001 an…

The training sessions, which began in August, are the city's latest effort to quell its rodent population.

An estimated 41 million Gen Z voters will be eligible to cast ballots, about 8 million of them for the first time as they reach voting age. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk recently teamed up with the group YVote to hear from young people preparing to vote in the presidential race for the first time. In this segment, we hear from Harlem resident …

For more than a month, a Bed-Stuy block has been debating what to do with around 100 bright orange goldfish swimming around a leaky fire hydrant in a sidewalk pit. But environmentalists say one option should be kept off the list of possibilities: throwing the fish into the Hudson River.

On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan killed nearly 3,000 people and changed New York -- and the world -- as we knew it. According to New York City data, more law enforcement officers have died from 9/11-related illnesses in the 23 years since the attacks than were killed on the day itself. Dr. Iris U…

While famous actors and directors are in Italy this week for the prestigious Venice Film Festival, a group of nontraditional movie critics is preparing for its own competition in New York. At the Sing Sing maximum security prison about 40 miles north of New York City, a group of incarcerated men will judge the state's first known film festival insi…

The New York City Department of Education is breaking new ground this school year. A curriculum on Black Studies, first piloted last year, will now be available as part of the citywide public school curriculum. Brian Carlin is director of Social Studies for the New York City Department of Education . Joseph Schmidt is a senior instructional special…

There will be 41 million members of Gen Z eligible to vote this year, and both Democrats and Republicans have been making an effort to win this large voting bloc. We wanted to learn more about how that’s playing out in our area. WNYC's Sean Carlson talked with Democrat Councilmember Chi Osse, who represents Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant and …

The Jets and the Giants are about to kick off their seasons. And our local NFL teams are dealing with different expectations, with big hopes for the Jets and less expected from Big Blue. The Giants play the Minnesota Vikings Sunday Sept. 8 at 1. The Jets are on Monday Night Football Sept. 9, facing the San Francisco 49ers. Sports reporter Priya Des…

It's been quite a week for the administrations of Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams. First, we learned that one of Hochul's former top aides, who also served in her predecessor Andrew Cuomo's administration, is accused of working on behalf of the Government of China. Her name is Linda Sun and she faces a federal indictment. Then, we heard about the F…

It's a busy week at City Hall, after federal agents raided the homes of three top aides to Mayor Eric Adams. Multiple outlets report the FBI seized evidence from NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban. Councilmember Robert Holden represents Maspeth, Middle Village and other nearby neighborhoods in Queens. He's also the co-chair of the Council's moderate Co…

This week's On The Way roundup of New York City transit news features a look at Gov. Hochul's take on the history of the MTA, as well as a dispatch from a conference on a plan to build a 16-mile tunnel beneath the Long Island Sound

It was a summer of delays on rail lines across the New York City region. But commuters hitting the region's many airports fared equally as poorly. Summer is typically high season for airline disruptions, with more planes in the skies and tempestuous weather patterns becoming all the more common. Jason Rabinowitz is an aviation expert, researcher, a…

Education reporter Jessica Gould shares the latest on delays to a smartphone ban at public schools, the rollout of new reading and math curricula and more.

Several jail guards currently employed at Rikers Island have been accused of raping and sexually assaulting detainees, and city officials do not appear to be investigating the claims – a violation of federal guidelines and the city’s own rules for handling sexual misconduct allegations against correction officers. A new Gothamist investigation show…

Moritz Masberg, an attorney in Midtown, shows up to his Sixth Avenue office every day, along with about a third of his coworkers. He says he senses a promising trend. “The lunch places are full, and I don’t see many empty stores anymore,” Masberg said. “I think that the city recovered quite well here in Midtown.” New data from the market research f…

After a massive tent shelter for migrants arrived on Randall’s Island in August last year, Liz Hurtado said she changed her weekly running route to avoid the new crowds. Split Here She cited catcalls from the newcomers and zig-zagging moped traffic on the pedestrian bridge linking the island across the river to East Harlem, where she lives. Other s…

Federal prosecutors say a New York state official who worked for Governor Kathy Hochul and former Governor Andrew Cuomo was secretly an agent for the Chinese government — and made millions of dollars through the scheme. Hochul talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson to address the allegations. She also spoke at length about her proposed cell phone ban in N…

An estimated 8 million Americans will come of age to vote by the November election. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk recently collaborated with the group YVote to gather insights from young people who can cast a ballot in a presidential race for the first time this year. In this segment, we hear from Brooklyn resident Shreeya Thakur, who will tur…