Choosing an NYC school for your child? Here’s what to look for and what questions to ask, according to education journalists at Chalkbeat and The City Reporter.

The city’s budget is increasingly dependent on Wall Street profits, which would immediately contract if the AI boom turns into a bust.

Starting Oct 1, landlords are required to turn the heat on when the temperature drops below a certain threshold. Here’s what you need to know.

Immigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion.

As lawmakers introduce new measures to get a handle on AI adoption in the city government, bots and agents are already attacking New York’s contracting and payment systems.

The state Department of Health says it will soon destroy its reserve of misoprostol pills, which is enough for 12,500 doses.

It’s unclear how much of about $600 million will be used for Emergency Housing Vouchers in NYC.

Two City Council members entered the facility against the staff’s orders as the Mamdani administration confirmed how much money it declined over concerns about anti-transgender discrimination.

An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

Bronx officials are scrambling to try to salvage a transformative project worth $650 million.

Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin

A vote this week could bring higher prices on the city’s boats as soon as October.

Councilmember Kamillah Hanks’ plan to rezone large sections of the North Shore draws inspiration from nearby New Jersey.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge said he would likely not rule on a legal challenge by Oct.1, when the freeze goes into effect for rent-stabilized leases.

Embattled Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn didn’t attend Wednesday’s chaotic meeting, where four of her allies contended with an angry crowd of opposition leaders.

A phaseout of the city’s popular tax abatement means that residents in thousands of buildings face steep property tax hikes or rent increases.

The Trump administration’s war on offshore wind leaves would-be workers in limbo.

Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso wants to rezone a commercial area in Bay Ridge, which is expected to be one of 12 areas targeted for fast-tracking more homes.

Katrina Gorham said she lost many precious belongings when she and her three children temporarily moved as the Gowanus Houses were updated this summer.

Tenants at five apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills.

A city effort to plant more trees is facing opposition in Bensonhurst, where members of the Chinese American community say the placement of new trees could have an impact on feng shui.

After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.

A family of eight in Hollis is homeless after repeated flooding made their house uninhabitable. Officials have floated buyouts there, but locals are still high and dry.

WNYC followed up with people whose voices we captured in the aftermath of the September 11th attack to hear their reflections.

In a dramatic shift, Deputy Mayor Julie Su says progressive policies will lift New York City’s economy.

New York is considering a $100 million property tax break for a new Hudson Yards skyscraper proposed by developer Tishman Speyer, in what would be the largest economic subsidy since Mayor Zohran Mamda...

The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, soundly beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to new data released Wednesda...

From the Southwest to the Jersey shore, climate change is altering the traditions and norms that have defined summer for generations.

At least 200 people are in the chat, according to Columbia University researchers who said they interviewed group members.

Experts blamed growing admission delays across New York on the closure and consolidation of hospitals.

Heavy rain and flooding is expected to become more common and intense in the city due to climate change.

A developer wants to build 160 homes in place of four mostly empty buildings. One of the remaining tenants, who lives in a rent-regulated apartment, is complicating those plans.

July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.