Manhattan

Harlem

‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in a Changing Harlem

Feb. 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

As rents rise and displacement grows, Harlem residents led their own project to map the neighborhood’s rich history.

Tech startup Gravity released renderings of their “DEAP Trees” electric vehicle charging stations.

Technology

Tech Startup Gets on Fast Track to Install Sidewalk EV Charging Towers After Hiring Eric Adams’ Power Broker

Jan. 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 24, 2025, 5:13 p.m.

Gravity Technologies is preparing to plant “trees” to juice up city agency vehicles, with help from the lobbying firm founded by the mayor’s former chief of staff, Frank Carone.

Manhattan

What Doom Loop? Healthy Office Rentals and Tax Assessments Show Manhattan’s Strength.

Jan. 22, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

High-end commercial towers drive a post-pandemic recovery for the nation’s leading business district.

Instagram influence Alec Celestin d in Times Square to help with Los Angeles fire relief.

Midtown

A Times Square Billboard Seeks Aid for LA Fire Victims. Is It for Real?

Jan. 16, 2025, 6:02 p.m.Jan. 20, 2025, 7:52 p.m.

With concerns growing about shady solicitations, an internet entrepreneur with a controversial business record insists he’s on the level.

Joyce Brown, with attorney Norman Siegel, became the face of City Hall's 1980s push for forced institutionalization of mentally ill people.

Mental Health

Subway Attacks Renew Questions About Forced Mental Health Treatment

Jan. 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 14, 2025, 3:47 p.m.

A look back at the story of Joyce Brown, who in the 1980s fought city government efforts to force her into a psychiatric hospital.

A transit worker walks along a section of the Second Avenue Subway tunnel under East Harlem, Nov. 23, 2021.

Manhattan

Second Ave. Subway’s Next Leg Progresses With Promise of Congestion Pricing Funds

Jan. 13, 2025, 5:05 a.m.Jan. 13, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

Engineering proposals on tunneling and structural shell work are due by March 5 and a contract is expected to be awarded by the third quarter of this year.

Mayor Eric Adams rubs the Tree of Hope stump on stage at the Apollo Theater before giving his State of the City address.

City Hall

Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families

Jan. 9, 2025, 3:49 p.m.Jan. 9, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

Alongside grand ambitions to build 100,000 new places to live just in Manhattan, the mayor said he also wants to expand various programs for youth.

An e-bike rider had an extra battery stored on their cycle.

FDNY

Mayor’s Call to Report Bad Bike Batteries to 311 Led to Dead Ends

Jan. 9, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 22, 2025, 12:25 p.m.

Nearly two years after Eric Adams and his fire commissioner urged New Yorkers to file complaints about suspected flammable charging devices with a city hotline, obstacles abound.

A driver stops at a red light near a congressional pricing scanner next to City Hall in lower Manhattan.

Congestion Pricing

Car Tolls Turn on in Manhattan as MTA Waits for Money and Results to Roll In

Jan. 6, 2025, 11:43 a.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 10:18 p.m.

On the first days, drivers struggled to avoid paying the congestion charge. One even said she’d leave New York because of it.

Thousands of fans packed into the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan to watch the Liberty’s championship parade.

New York City

The Year in Photos: Moments That Captivated New York City in 2024

Ben Fractenberg Dec. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 24, 2024, 12:44 p.m.

New Yorkers witnessed political upheaval, campus protests and a mayor facing federal prosecution, alongside the triumph of the NY Liberty and a once-in-a-generation solar eclipse.

Manhattan

‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in a Changing Harlem

Tech Startup Gets on Fast Track to Install Sidewalk EV Charging Towers After Hiring Eric Adams’ Power Broker

What Doom Loop? Healthy Office Rentals and Tax Assessments Show Manhattan’s Strength.

A Times Square Billboard Seeks Aid for LA Fire Victims. Is It for Real?

Subway Attacks Renew Questions About Forced Mental Health Treatment

Second Ave. Subway’s Next Leg Progresses With Promise of Congestion Pricing Funds

Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families

Mayor’s Call to Report Bad Bike Batteries to 311 Led to Dead Ends

Car Tolls Turn on in Manhattan as MTA Waits for Money and Results to Roll In

The Year in Photos: Moments That Captivated New York City in 2024

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