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Published 4 hours agoSignal trouble: Disappearing messages in Mamdani influencer chat trigger ‘corrective action’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration said Friday it took corrective action after learning that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal chat used by City Hall to communicate with social media influencers, a setting the mayor’s chief lawyer said staff should turn off…
THE CITY
Published 5 hours agoMamdani Team Deletes Auto-Delete in Influencer Chats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel said Friday that he took “immediate corrective action” after learning a City Hall communications staffer set some chats on an encrypted app to “auto-delete” official messages. The Columbia Journalism Review earlier this week published an…
Gothamist
Published 5 hours agoDid violence in Times Square and on the Brooklyn Bridge change how people feel about NYC?
People strolled across the Brooklyn Bridge Friday morning, just hours after police shot and killed a man they said threatened them there.. Perception of safety is often disconnected from stats that say crime is down. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published 6 hours agoMount Sinai reaches deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors
People cross a bridge in front of the Mount Sinai logo at Mt. Sinai Hospital on March 31, 2020 in New York. Mount Sinai is the latest in a string of U.S. hospitals to reach similar agreements with the Trump administration. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published 6 hours agoNYPD ramps up security for West Indian Day parade as past shootings remain unsolved
Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a press conference about the city's safety plan for the West Indian Day Parade. The NYPD will deploy specialized police units, drones and barricades along the parade route. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published 7 hours agoMamdani administration says it's time for Columbia to open up College Walk
Columbia University students participate in a protest on the campus in 2023. Columbia University first locked the gates to the thoroughfare in October 2023, after the war in Gaza set off protests on campus. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published 8 hours agoBrooklyn’s Third Ave. is a death trap. Locals wonder if it will ever change.
A memorial on Third Avenue near NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Seventeen people have died in crashes over the last decade along a notorious stretch of Third Avenue. [ more › ]
City Limits
Published 8 hours agoOpinion: We All Have a Role to Play in Water Safety
"Lasting change depends on the shared understanding that water safety is essential infrastructure and our shared responsibility—not just for one season, but year-round."
Gothamist
Published 9 hours agoNYC traffic is going to be a mess this weekend. Here’s how to get around.
Traffic moves along midtown Manhattan on February 19, 2025 in New York City. Ongoing and new road closures will choke New York City streets this holiday weekend. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published 9 hours agoFederal Monitor Says Mamdani Jails Chief Is Blocking Rikers Island Oversight
Top Correction Department leaders are actively working to undermine the court-appointed officials overseeing the troubled jail system, the federal monitor warned Thursday, accusing the commissioner and other leading figures of evading transparency and interfering with efforts to…
THE CITY
Published 9 hours agoMTA Worker Struck and Killed by Bronx Subway Train During Overnight Construction
A rookie transit worker was fatally struck by a D train late Thursday night in The Bronx while setting up flags to warn of a construction project ahead, city and union officials said. Moet McCullum, a mother of three with just 11 months on the job, was hit shortly after 11:30…
THE CITY
Published 10 hours ago‘Time for Warnings Is Over’: Fines for NYC Bin-Less Buildings Land After Labor Day
After Labor Day weekend, New York City will no longer allow piles of black trash bags to sit on street curbs — attracting rats and befouling sidewalks — outside residential buildings with up to nine units. The Sanitation Department will begin issuing summonses and fines Tuesday…