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An Uber billboard hovers over Second Avenue and 126th Street in East Harlem.

Campaign 2025

Uber and DoorDash Accelerate Spending in Local Council Races

May 29, 2025, 6:53 p.m.May 29, 2025, 6:53 p.m.

With the June 24 Democratic primary approaching, ride-hail and food delivery companies have started spending millions in an attempt to throttle proposed workers’ rights bills.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch testifies at a City Council budget hearing.

Immigrants

NYPD Commissioner Stands by Work With Feds Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown

May 29, 2025, 6:02 p.m.May 29, 2025, 6:04 p.m.

Jessica Tisch testified that changes to the NYPD’s cooperation with federal law enforcement on criminal cases would be “disastrous.”

Trump istration

ICE Agents Arrest at Least Seven Immigrants as Courthouse Blitz Continues

May 29, 2025, 5:51 p.m.May 29, 2025, 8:41 p.m.

Some agents wore masks that shielded their faces, while government attorneys involved refused to give their names.

A Campaign Against Hunger worker stocks produce at the Ocean, Brooklyn food pantry.

Trump istration

New York Charities Worry They Won’t Be Able to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

May 29, 2025, 3:46 p.m.May 29, 2025, 4:20 p.m.

Multiple districts in New York consistently rank among the most SNAP- and Medicaid-reliant in the nation.

Housing

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

May 29, 2025, 12:45 p.m.May 29, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

The Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan allows housing where gas stations and warehouse now stand — including an 18-story tower at the disputed site where the iconic Sherita billboard stood.

Legendary investigative journalist Tom Robbins poses for a portrait.

Life

ing Tom Robbins, Journalist Who Crusaded for New Yorkers in Need

May 28, 2025, 7:18 p.m.May 29, 2025, 10:31 a.m.

A stint on THE CITY’s investigations team capped a career exposing the corrupt and the criminal on behalf of tenants, workers and incarcerated people.

Transit

MTA Approves Millions More for OMNY Chatbot in Buggy System

May 28, 2025, 4:50 p.m.May 28, 2025, 4:50 p.m.

As complaints mount about the new tap-and-go cards for buses and subways, transit officials have approved $13 million extra for AI help services — on top of a nearly $600 million original contract.

ICE

Migrants, Protesters and a Pastor Arrested Inside and Outside Manhattan Immigration Courthouses

May 28, 2025, 3:16 p.m.May 29, 2025, 11:22 a.m.

Dozens of masked agents in plainclothes searched for targets exiting the elevators at one courthouse, while agents also made arrests at a second where the NYPD then arrested protesters.