The Brooklyn blaze that killed six people this week renewed focus on the soaring death toll and raised questions about whether e-bike batteries have played a role.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani backs a bill to stop Amazon from outsourcing its deliveries, which would be a blow to the company. The City Council speaker, Julie Menin, and business leaders have concerns.
The mayorβs office and City Council are negotiating amendments to a bill to regulate Amazonβs delivery operations. Supporters say the bill would improve conditions for workers.
The court reversed a judgeβs order that had said New York erred in its rollout of the tax, granting Mayor Zohran Mamdani a victory over a key piece of his agenda.
The ecologist Eric W. Sanderson surveys the historical landscape of New York in a new book that, at 900,000 words, is as massive as the city it chronicles.
Eric W. Sanderson, a man in his habitat, told the story of Manhattan more than a decade ago. His new book, βBefore New York,β takes the measure of the city in full, from its earliest days.
The hybrid-electric Harbor Charger, in a Staten Island dry dock for repairs this month, has to rely on diesel alone on its Governors Island route in New York Harbor.