Approval of all three New York City-area casino proposals became official on Monday when the state Gaming Commission green-lit plans for full table games and billions of dollars of new investment at three sites in Queens and the Bronx.
Nov. 4, 2025, was a significant day for many Americans. As they do every two years, voters across the country carved out part of their day to visit their local polling places and cast ballots in their states' general elections. Often overshadowed by presidential elections, state legislative races tend to receive far less national attention. This is despite how local politics play a vital role in shaping the broader legislative landscape of the United States, one that ultimately influences decisions felt around the world.
At the end of every year, we at Curbed like to take a close look at which stories our readers spent the most time with. Luxury Schadenfreude, glimpses into elite enclaves, and in-the-know hacks for thriving in the city were some of the recurring themes. This year, we answered burning questions you might not have known you had: What's it like to live in an empty Brooklyn supertall?
Under the proposal, city council members, the mayor, the public advocate, borough presidents and comptroller would get 16% raises, and district attorneys would see a 6% salary increase. Introduction 1493 would have council members give themselves their first raise since 2016, from $148,500 to $172,500. The council based that figure on cost of living, increased job expectations and increases to private, nonprofit and other electeds' salaries in comparable cities, like Chicago.
Get into the holiday spirit for an afternoon filled with creativity and cheer! Enjoy a warm cup of hot cocoa while customizing sugar cookies with colorful toppings and sprinkles and create holiday keepsakes that you'll hang on your tree for years to come. Make sure to bring your phone or camera to get a picture with Santa Claus! Friday, Dec. 19, Tot Session , 10 am - 12 pm, ages 1 - 5. Youth Session , 2 - 5 pm, ages 5 - 13. Advanced registration required.
The calendar year may be winding down, but luckily, such is not the case for New York City's bar and restaurant scene. As anyone who lives here can tell you, December is never quiet: just walk by Rockefeller Center or Bryant Park if you don't believe us. But tourist hordes and giant Christmas trees aside, this last month of the year is quite literally festive, which means dining and drinking out right now takes on an extra glittery and magical sheen.
State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez wants Manhattan to be safer. To get there, the city and state governments must understand traffic violence as a fundamental threat to public safety, she argues in a 14-page plan published today. The document, called the "Manhattan Community Safety Plan," focuses on the overall safety of the borough, with sections devoted to behavioral health, housing access, and firearm policy. The first section zeroes in on street safety, and calls for the passage of several relevant bills pending in Albany and City Hall:
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Six teenagers were wounded in a mass shooting at a Brooklyn "Sweet 16" birthday bash early Sunday morning - with a pair of gunmen still on the loose, according to police. Cops responded to Burbuja Events catering hall at 2929 Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills on a 911 call shortly after 1:15 a.m., where they found the victims with gunshot wounds, police said.
Six teenagers were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning outside a party venue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, according to police. Officers responded at approximately 1:15 a.m. to a 911 call reporting multiple people shot outside 2929 Atlantic Ave., an NYPD spokesperson said. When police officers arrived, they found six victims ranging in age from 15 to 17. A 15-year-old girl was shot in the chest, hip and leg, while another 15-year-old girl was shot in the right leg.
The 39-year-old victim was stabbed in one of the store's bathrooms while she was changing her 10-month-old daughter's diaper, according to police. When officers responded to a 911 call at around 3 p.m., they found the woman with multiple stab wounds to her back and a laceration on her arm, the Globe reported. The victim's husband was standing outside the bathroom and waiting for her with their other two children, police told CBS News.
A veteran of three MLB seasons, the bulk of Duarte's 38 1/3 career innings came as a member of the Reds bullpen in 2023, when he tossed 31 2/3 frames across 31 games. Duarte has a respectable 3.99 ERA across his limited time in the Show, though with only a 17% strikeout rate and a troublingly comparable 14.5% walk rate.
Founded by Jimmy Glenn, a former boxer turned trainer, in 1971, Jimmy's Corner has stood, defiantly unchanged, as Times Square has boomed around it. The neighborhood bar, a New York City institution which attracts locals and tourists alike, has had the same pictures on the walls for decades some of the bar's regulars have been coming almost as long kept the same furniture, and maintained remarkably low pricing.
The impact of these projects, once completed, is obvious to riders. Replacing our existing 100-year-old signals with modern equipment means less time spent praying your train starts moving again soon while sitting in tunnels or delayed in stations. Meanwhile the additional ADA stations are yet more proof that this MTA is addressing the needs of economically-challenged populations in our City: seniors, parents with young children, and of course, people with disabilities.
The suspect accused of stabbing a woman as she changed her child's diaper inside Macy's flagship Herald Square store on Thursday had been discharged from a local mental health hospital just hours before the violent attack, prosecutors said Friday. Kerri Aherne, 24, formerly of Tewksbury, MA, is now locked up in jail after being arraigned in New York Criminal Court on Friday night.
Yes, it's a fight over a backpack - how it was seized, how it was searched, and whether the gun and notebook found inside will be tossed or kept as knockout-blow evidence in a future murder trial. But Luigi Mangione's ongoing evidence suppression hearing, playing out for two weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, is more than that. The serious legal battle features an often amusing undercard bout: repeatedsparring over nothing more than the naming of things.
The redesign proposed by the Department of Transportation would have alleviated conditions that led to a galling 178 injuries between 2020-2024, making the street in the top 10 percent of most dangerous in the area. The plan provided for daylighting corners - a treatment that increases visibility in the crosswalk - as well as painted pedestrian islands (I would have preferred cement, but anything is better than what we have now). Travel lanes would have been narrowed, which is an effective way to lower speeds.
