#new-york-city

#new-york-city

After over two decades at Douglas Elliman, Raphael De Niro and his team are making the move to Brown Harris Stevens. The New York City-based De Niro Team, which consists of De Niro and eight other agents, closed 14 transaction sides for a total of $52.12 million in sales volume in 2024 according to RealTrends Verified data. This earned the team the No. 53 rank in New York City among medium-sized teams for sales volume in the 2025 RealTrends Verified City Rankings.

Solo travel can be intimidating, but it also gives you total freedom. You can eat where you want, linger where you want and change plans on a whim. TripAdvisor just released its 2026 Travelers Choice Awards, including Best of the Best Destinations, and, for the first time, the list includes awards for the best destinations for solo travel. The Best of the Best Awards are based on millions of reviews and ratings from October 2024 to September 2025.

I want to implement universal school streets,

Law firms took nearly 800,000 square feet of New York City office space in Q4 2025, according to data provided to Law.com, with firms including Kirkland & Ellis, Goodwin Procter, and McGuireWoods expanding their Manhattan footprints. Gibson Dunn and Baker Hostetler renewed in place, underscoring that firms are holding onto - and adding to - their office space, not shedding it.

We've taken a lot of geographical license in building this thing because to miniaturize the real geography of Manhattan would be just crazy,

A man in New York City had his face slashed in an alleged anti-LGBTQ+ attack, after he kissed his boyfriend on the subway. The incident took place at around 7.50pm on January 10 when the 28-year-old male victim was on a southbound No. 6 train which was approaching 23rd Street Station, the New York Police Department (NYPD). As the train was moving, the victim and the unknown assailant got into what the NYPD described as a "verbal dispute" involving anti-LGBTQIA+ statements.

But even if it hadn't, Douglas would've stepped right over it. On our first date, something felt different. For one thing, I spent the entire time talking, rather than smiling and nodding when appropriate. Instead of knocking back a series of drinks just to get through it, I found myself nursing a single cocktail the entire evening as I fielded his questions about my opinions and aspirations.

They blocked the door, kind of pointed some guns at some of the customers in the front, told everyone to stay back,

The New York Comedy Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its inaugural edition, running February 15-22, with screenings and events taking place at venues including Asylum NYC and the Baruch College Performing Arts Center. Spanning a full week, the festival aims to showcase the range of comedic storytelling on screen, from broad laughs to darker, more experimental takes, across features, shorts, series and documentaries.

"It's a nonclinical setting-so it's not treatment, it's not therapy," Pipe said of the clubhouse sites, which are open daily and provide member-led activities that can vary widely depending on participants' interests, and can include things like art, music, cooking or workforce training. "It's this supportive program where members come in and they work side by side with staff in all operations of the clubhouse."

A new exhibition at the New York Historical museum looks at the immigrant experience in New York City through a range of revealing and diverse viewpoints, with more than 100 photographs and objects showing how the city has been shaped by people from across the globe.

At the very moment the city is committing to safer, more ambitious street transformations on major corridors, allowing motor vehicles back onto streets within public parks moves in the opposite direction,

Currently a New York City comic, McBee has a delivery that is reminiscent of an earlier time when comics tried to get everyone to laugh, instead of just one side of the aisle. Growing up pre-WiFi, McBee has a deep, heartfelt wisdom and down-home vibe from growing up in Toledo, Ohio, that shines through his performance. With numerous national appearances on Gotham Comedy Live and FOX, McBee has written for VH1's Hip Hop Honors, MTV's VMAs and The Golden Globes.

On Friday, Summit Properties USA became the winning bidder for more than 5,000 rent-regulated units owned by bankrupt Pinnacle Development Group. The sale went through despite Mamdani's push to delay the auction of units, which were plagued by unresolved maintenance issues and a flood of tenant complaints. Mamdani's setback shows how even a mayor determined to capitalize on an affordability mandate can struggle once cases move into federal court.

New York City, which already provides free preschool for three- and four-year-olds, is a step closer to providing free universal childcare for two-year-olds. On Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan for the free childcare program, which they said will start by focusing on high-need areas and then gradually expand to cover the city. The mayor said he expected about 2,000 children to be covered by the program this fall.

A scholar, mentor and administrator, Dr. Farkouh devoted her life to public education in New York City. She served for a decade as principal of Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge and previously held leadership roles at Curtis High School in Staten Island and Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn. She began her career as a mathematics teacher, a subject she championed throughout her professional life, firmly believing that every student could succeed with the right support.

The new, bigger, better Goodwill store is just the latest sign of a booming thrift store business that amounts to a perfect storm for charities from the Salvation Army to Housing Works, collecting and selling clothing and other items. While companies are also fueling and feeding on a thrift boom, the nonprofits also offer tax benefits to donors and use sales to help support their missions.

A lot has changed since the last time I popped up in your inbox - a little Christmas snow (or close enough) for the first time in a very long time. And we swore in a new mayor in the bowels of an abandoned subway station. (If you didn't get an invite to that ceremony, here's a tip: Stay on the downtown 6 after the last stop, and you'll loop around that gorgeous station.)

I am officially no longer a New York City resident.

The holiday season is here, a time when countless immigrants in the United States are sending a little extra money back home to their families. But now, many are bracing for a new financial hurdle: effective January 1, 2026, a federal 1% remittance tax will go into effect, adding a new cost to the cash, checks, and money orders that millions of immigrants rely on to support loved ones abroad.