New York Islanders

New York Islanders

The NHL has canceled its send-off event prior to the 2026 Winter Olympics in February that was scheduled to be held at UBS Arena, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed with amNewYork on Tuesday night. With the NHL planning to send players to the Olympics for the first time since 2014, the league opted for a send-off for its players participating in the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina rather than its traditional All-Star Game.

Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them. This edition of Inside Government with PoliticsNY features New York State Senator José M. Serrano. Senator Serrano represents the 29th Senate District which covers neighborhoods in the Bronx and Manhattan, including Highbridge, Mott Haven, Port Morris, Hunts Point, Clason Point, Randall's Island, East Harlem/El Barrio, and Yorkville.

The $3 billion skyscraper, criss-crossed by a striking structural megaframe, occupies an entire city block and contains 2.5 million gross sq ft of flexible work spaces - including eight state-of-the-art trading floors, boutique wellness facilities and even a Danny Meyer-curated food hall. 'It's really the workplace of the future, today,' Norman Foster, founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners, said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday.

During a virtual town hall meeting on Monday, several city officials, including Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and council members from the Queens delegation, explained to more than 100 attendees that the proposals would effectively remove community voices from decisions about new development and housing projects. "They're a false choice," the council speaker said of the proposals. "These proposals are going to weaken our ability to ensure true affordable housing and neighborhoods."

"There's no secret sauce," Roy said. "We have a lot of good players and we're going to rotate some guys. Some guys are going to be in and out of the lineup."

Through five games, the 24-year-old Swede has averaged just 11:45 TOI - more than five minutes below last year's season average of 16:52. Holmstrom has recorded an assist on opening night, but has been held pointless since, and is a -4 on the season. Perhaps the most discouraging statistic for Holmstrom is his two shots on the season. While some may be worried about his inability to get pucks through towards the net this season, Patrick Roy sees no cause for concern.

The New York Islanders might be in the NHL's most hopeless situation, and if the constant losing keeps up, there could be whispers of a potential fire sale that could make waves through Long Island, perhaps even before the league takes a break for the Olympics. It makes sense at first, considering the Isles' recent track record as a team that has been in steady decline.

Metropolitan Park, which represents a joint venture from Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International, would transform 50 acres of Citi Field parking lot into a sprawling complex featuring a 25-acre public park, new shops and restaurants, a Taste of Queens food hall, and a full-scale redevelopment of the Mets-Willets Point subway station, along with improvements to roads and bike paths.

The mayor of New York City flew to Albania after abandoning his bid for reelection;

The broader answer is that everyone should be headed for the fire escapes. The club hasn't played well defensively, relying far too much on Ilya Sorokin. Plus, the offense just hasn't been there. Yes, we've seen some great moments from Mathew Barzal. We've also seen Maxim Shabanov and Matthew Schaefer look good as rookies. Jonathan Drouin, suspension notwithstanding, has also looked solid. But that won't be enough to get the Isles out of the funk they're in to start the season.

One of the most oft-repeated refrains from powerful New Yorkers is that if you continue to raise taxes on the wealthy, like Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is proposing, the rich would simply leave New York to run off to states with lower taxes. "We have to stop the exodus," Andrew Cuomo railed in a Fox Business appearance last week. "If Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York, you're going to see the flight of businesses from New York," hedge fund tycoon Bill Ackman said this summer. "It only takes a handful of successful people to leave to decimate the city's tax base."