New York City was pummeled with heavy rain and thunderstorms, leaving stranded drivers forced to seek refuge atop their cars amid violent flash flooding. Wild footage showed commuters being swept off their feet and cars being overwhelmed as the deluge of rain and 60-mph winds battered the city late Wednesday. Storm warnings were in place across New York City - but Queens felt the brunt of the tempest with 2.57 inches reported in Bellerose, according to Fox Weather meteorologist Christopher Tate.
Donike Gocaj, 56, parked on 52nd Street near Fifth Avenue late Monday night, and promptly fell into a 10-foot-deep uncovered manhole as she stepped out of her vehicle. A witness told CBS News New York he called 911 and could hear Gocaj screaming. Police said she was unconscious and unresponsive when emergency responders arrived. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The city backed off an enforcement deadline Wednesday that would require building owners to move to a new, NYC Official trash bin by June 1. After concerns over supply disruptions, Department of Sanitation (DSNY) officials announced that the agency would only issue warnings through Labor Day for buildings that have not yet acquired the new bin. Come this fall, you'll have no excuse to use your old, gross trash bin, said DSNY Commissioner Gregory Anderson in a social media announcement.
With the launch of 'Talk with the People' we're bringing City Hall to the platforms where New Yorkers already are - speaking directly with the people. By launching the country's first recurring cross-platform stream hosted by an elected official, where I'll answer New Yorkers' questions live on Twitch, we're opening up a direct line of conversation between our government and the people, especially younger generations who've been ignored for too long.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that The Peninsula in Hunts Point will be the second site selected for New York City's new municipal grocery store program, making it the first in the Bronx. The 20,000-square-foot store is expected to open in 2027 as part of the city's effort to make groceries more affordable for New Yorkers.
When New York City first permitted restaurants to set up outdoor dining six springs ago, it was a godsend to businesses devastated by COVID-19 pandemic-related capacity restrictions that had kept patrons away and put these establishments on the brink of total failure. The de Blasio Administration moved quickly to cut through the red tape and throw this lifeline to so many struggling restaurants. It was haphazard and messy at times, but it worked. Outdoor dining amid the pandemic allowed many restaurants to make it through the economic storm and thrive on the other side of it.
Watching from the courtroom gallery as Sohail pleaded guilty, Chabad Rabbi Yaacov Behrman came away irritated at the prospect of a sentence that could amount to "no consequences." "The message needs to be sent loud and clear that attacking a synagogue will be met with serious consequences," Behrman, a Chabad spokesperson, told reporters afterward. "That message was not heard in court today."
Mayor Mamdani said in a statement that his administration will use every tool we have to hold businesses accountable for mistreating customers. Buying a used car shouldn't be a gamble. But too many dealerships are baiting working people with one price, then charging another, hiding the true cost of loans and locking consumers into contracts designed to keep them trapped in debt. That is illegal, it is exploitative and it is making life even harder for New Yorkers already struggling to get by, Mamdani said.
An unarmed subway station gate guard hired by an MTA contractor to thwart fare evasion was caught on camera multiple times accepting cash from riders in exchange for letting them into the system, the MTA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found in a probe. The OIG investigation found that the female gate guard, employed by Allied Universal, admitted to providing OMNY card swipes to straphangers and taking cash in return on five occasions captured on video actions it said were improper and illegal.
A key component of the sporty lineup is the NYC Neighborhood Passport program. Launched in partnership with Team Wonder, the passport will encourage people to scavenger-hunt their way through the outer-borough neighborhoods, diverse immigrant enclaves, cultural institutions, small businesses and community events that help make New York, well, New York. You'll be able to collect stamps, each designed by a New York City-based artist, from a wide variety of cultural and community organizations including the American Museum of Natural History, El Museo del Barrio, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Prospect Park Alliance, Queens Botanical Garden and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, as well as at events like dance performances, film showings, block parties, and more.
The event brought together honorees from businesses to unions such as Rebecca Damon, of SAG-AFTRA; Henry Rubio, of the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, as well as Arva R. Rice, of the New York Urban League. “I made quite a few connections,” Johnson said. “I met people I knew in name, not in person. It's been great to put a face on a name.”
