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

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.

An Orthodox Jewish man walks in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. May 27, 2025

Campaign 2025

Major Jewish Community Endorsements Still Up for Grabs in Mayor’s Race

May 28, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.

By this time in the 2021 primary, leaders of most large Orthodox groups had picked a candidate to back.

Ranked Choices

The Money Race, and Finding Your Sample Ballot

May 28, 2025, 4:59 a.m.May 27, 2025, 8:35 p.m.

In this week's election newsletter, we look at fundraising totals, a forum on AAPI issues and more.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: ‘How Do I Get a Squirrel?’

May 27, 2025, 6:33 p.m.May 27, 2025, 6:33 p.m.

“It’s hard to be a human in New York but it’s downright dangerous to be a baby squirrel,” says Kyra Tippens-Richan, who spends her work days performing autopsies on animals and her off-hours caring for squirrels. “I was in high school and I had a boyfriend at the time. I convinced him to come over […]

NYPD Commissioner Stands by Work With Feds Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown

ICE Agents Arrest at Least Seven Immigrants as Courthouse Blitz Continues

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

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

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

MTA Approves Millions More for OMNY Chatbot in Buggy System

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

Major Jewish Community Endorsements Still Up for Grabs in Mayor’s Race

The Money Race, and Finding Your Sample Ballot

LISTEN: ‘How Do I Get a Squirrel?’

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