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THE CITY
Published September 02Council Grills Mamdani Health Team Over Deadly UES Legionnaires’ Outbreak
City councilmembers grilled local health officials over the Mamdani administration’s response to a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side this summer that killed 11 people and ranked among the largest in the city’s history. Lawmakers on the Council health…
Gothamist
Published September 02Family of woman shot to death in Queens seeks justice as NYPD searches for her fiancé
Melanie Apostol at left, and her sister Angelique Apostol Police are looking for Mark Washington in connection with the June murder. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 02From Parking Lot to Memorial? Queens Borough Prez Wants City to Buy Paved-Over Black Cemetery
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is calling on the city to purchase the site of a historic burial ground in Elmhurst, Queens, that was turned into a parking lot and transform it into a memorial for the enslaved and formerly enslaved New Yorkers buried there. Richards…
Queens Ledger
Published September 02Met Park Casino Polls Leave Queens Residents Head-Scratching as Construction Advances
BY COLE SINANIAN cole@queensledger.com “Does anyone in your household engage regularly in gambling, betting, sports betting, or other kinds of wagering?” Queens residents were asked this question and 80 others relating to their thoughts on Steve Cohen’s $8 billion Metropolitan…
Gothamist
Published September 02September concerts in NYC: Dancehall, death metal and Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu at the 2026 Roots Picnic. There's so much music to see as fall music season begins. [ more › ]
Queens Ledger
Published September 02JJ: “Will It Be a September to Remember For the Yanks?”
By John Jastremski sports@queensledger.com As the calendar flips to September, life is not too shabby in Yankees land, all things considered. The Yankees spent this past weekend taking 3 out of 4 games from the rival Boston Red Sox. Significant, of course it is. The Yankees not…
THE CITY
Published September 02Jellyfish Clog Shores and Sting Swimmers as Summer Wanes in Rockaway
The end of summer can sting. And for many beachgoers in the Rockaways, that’s not a metaphor. A plethora of jellyfish have appeared on the peninsula’s shores and in its Atlantic waters in numbers locals haven’t seen in years, New Yorkers have said in recent weeks. The squishy…
Gothamist
Published September 02Early Addition: Women who drive cabs say the lack of bathroom access is extra tough
Because no driver should have to pee in a water bottle but for women it's basically impossible, here are your early links: Murray Hill is good, Malliotakis staffer struck by lightning, mysterious Canadian island and more. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 02NY's climate superfund law has been struck down. Is NJ's bill now in trouble?
A man falls off his bike into a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area in 2021. Detractors say it's clear the New Jersey law won't stand up in the courts. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 02NYC now has a 400-page Racial Equity Plan. Drafting it was the easy part.
File photo of a racial justice protestin Washington Square Park in Manhattan on June 6, 2020. Such protests set the state for the Racial Equity Plan for New York City released on Sept. 1, 2026, by Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration. Mayor Mamdani says the difficult part is…
THE CITY
Published September 02A 27-Hour Wait for a Hospital Bed? Why Delays Are Growing at New York Hospitals
How long does it take to go from the emergency room to a hospital bed at the city’s public hospitals? It depends on where you go looking for help. At Kings County Hospital Center in East Flatbush, patients waited an average of 27 hours. At Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, the wait…
Gothamist
Published September 02NYC public schools to ban AI for teaching students below 9th grade
The Mamdani administration is placing strict limits on the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms. The restrictions were released just over a week before the school year and come amid a national backlash against the use of artificial intelligence. [ more › ]