Manhattan

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 6, 2025, 3:35 p.m.

Both a longtime incentive to locate jobs outside Manhattan and a new proposal to boost employment in the city’s central business district will vanish unless the state legislature acts soon.

Jessica shared a photo of her husband and child after he was detained by ICE officials.

Trump istration

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 7, 2025, 8:24 a.m.

Jean Carlos, Jessica and their two-year-old daughter are among the families broken apart by ICE agents as they ramp up arrests.

Trump istration

Families in Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Ups

June 4, 2025, 9:29 p.m.June 6, 2025, 1:51 p.m.

Over the course of Wednesday, THE CITY witnessed at least 15 people arrested at routine, mandatory check-ins with the agency as the Trump istration escalates its crackdown.

Immigration

ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan

June 3, 2025, 8:33 p.m.June 3, 2025, 8:50 p.m.

Reporters for THE CITY witnessed vehicles hauling away 16 people in handcuffs from an office where immigrants in deportation cases were summoned to sudden appointments.

Drivers head under congestion pricing scanners after exiting the Lincoln Tunnel.

Transportation

Federal Judge Says Trump Can’t Retaliate Against Congestion Pricing

May 27, 2025, 2:53 p.m.May 27, 2025, 5:42 p.m.

Allowing Washington to punish New York for its local transit policy would be a threat to “the rule of law in this country,” said Judge Lewis Liman.

Manhattan

The Little Syria Tour Guide Bridging NYC’s First Muslim Settler and Mayoral Hopeful Zohran Mamdani

May 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 27, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Historian Asad Dandia, a city character in his own right, is showing the history of Muslims in New York while also trying to help elect the city’s first Muslim mayor.

The Community Board 9 entrance in West Harlem.

Manhattan

Manhattan Boro Prez Boots Community Board Who Criticized New Housing

May 16, 2025, 4:49 p.m.May 16, 2025, 6:21 p.m.

Committee chairs say their negative on housing issues caused the Manhattan borough president to replace them — and it’s not the first time.

The PAC End Homelessness and Build a Better NYC has people canvass for Council candidate Wil Lopez inn March.

Campaign 2025

How the Head of a Super PAC Tried — and Failed — to Remove Every Opponent From the Ballot

May 16, 2025, 4:16 p.m.May 16, 2025, 4:16 p.m.

An outside group has spent more than $200K backing Council candidate Wil López, not counting dark money that paid for the unprecedented blizzard of court cases seeking to clear the field of other candidates.

Manhattan

Silver Linings for Rain on NYC Dance Parade: Pride, Direction, Rebirth

May 16, 2025, 5:12 a.m.May 15, 2025, 10:03 p.m.

New Yorkers of the Dance Parade won’t let a gloomy forecast bring down a day of joy and motion.

The Little Italy Gifts Center sold Donald Trump memorabilia.

Manhattan

Tough Times for Tchotchke Trade with Trump Tariffs

May 12, 2025, 4:55 a.m.May 12, 2025, 11:25 a.m.

Immigrant gift shop owners in Manhattan who sell trinkets almost exclusively made in China are facing tough choices between raising prices or losing profits.

Manhattan

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

Families in Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Ups

ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan

Federal Judge Says Trump Can’t Retaliate Against Congestion Pricing

The Little Syria Tour Guide Bridging NYC’s First Muslim Settler and Mayoral Hopeful Zohran Mamdani

Manhattan Boro Prez Boots Community Board Who Criticized New Housing

How the Head of a Super PAC Tried — and Failed — to Remove Every Opponent From the Ballot

Silver Linings for Rain on NYC Dance Parade: Pride, Direction, Rebirth

Tough Times for Tchotchke Trade with Trump Tariffs

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