New DOT Rules Would Decimate Open Streets Dining
Restaurants would get just 29 days to operate all year—though the Mamdani administration is promising to find a solution.
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Is Year-Round Outdoor Dining Coming Back to NYC?
A new City Council bill suggests the biggest city in the U.S. is once again capable of eating outside in March.
Who Is Jasmine Ray, the Former City Official Who Is Poised to Release a Steamy Tell-All About Mayor Adams?
The mayor's press office admitted he and his "sports czar" dated a decade ago, but a trailer for her new book suggests they cuddled while he was being investigated by the feds.
The Mets Imploded, But Steve Cohen Just Won Big
Steve Cohen will almost certainly get his casino, because Mets fans can always have a more miserable experience in Flushing.
What Is Happening at Bluestockings?
The beloved, embattled queer leftist bookstore announced it was closing its doors on Monday. Why?
NYC Finally Has a Women's Sports Bar
Wilka's on the Bowery is the first, but it'll soon be joined by two more bars devoted to women's sports.
Eric Adams's 2025 Report Card: NYC Is Finally Healing After 3 Years of Eric Adams
What might be the final Mayoral Management Report of the Adams era shows progress in street safety, teen job enrollment, and getting homeless families into housing, after previous lows during his administration.
Two Big Manhattan Casino Bids Are Dead
Caesar's Palace in Times Square and Avenir at the Javits Center were just killed—congrats to Steve Cohen.
Slushies Saved! Beloved Chinatown Bodega Gets a Reprieve
The new Dimes Square landlord says A&N Fruit Store can return in the spring.
Scenes from the NYPD's 'Largest Police Deployment' of 2025
J'ouvert revelers remember an era when you didn't have to choose between surveillance and safety.
Mayor Adams's 'Lioness' and Her Pride Face the Judge
Mayor Eric Adams's former top advisor, her son, top city official Jesse Hamilton, and four business people pleaded not guilty to a handful of bribery and conspiracy charges.
Killing Bike Lanes for Cash and Fame: How Eric Adams's Former Top Aide Allegedly Ran This Filthy Town
The Manhattan DA has hit former top mayoral aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin and six other people with a range of corruption charges that involve karaoke bars, a promise of a SAG card, and $10,000 in seafood.