The New York City college had been accused of tolerating discrimination against those who believe in Zionism following a pro-Palestinian protest that trapped students inside a library.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani described a complex and expensive expansion of child care in New York City that would add programs for 2-year-olds.
The announcement came days into the term of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, center, a democratic socialist who ran on a promise to make child care free for all New York City children under 5.
Claire Valdez, a New York assemblywoman, will face the Brooklyn borough president in a Democratic primary race to replace Representative Nydia Velázquez.
The New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is likely to endorse Assemblywoman Claire Valdez for the seat, which covers part of Brooklyn and Queens.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is eyeing Jersey City, N.J., for ideas as he looks to address New York’s housing crisis. For residents, the surge in development has been a mixed blessing.
A friendly summit at New York’s City Hall with digital content creators and social media stars symbolized the new mayor’s attitude toward the changing news media.
He helped build the ad agency BBDO International into a powerhouse before channeling his passion for opera into managing the Met and revitalizing Lincoln Center.
Ms. Menin, a centrist Democrat, said she would investigate bad actors in business and city agencies and played down areas of difference with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Julie Menin, 58, was not the preferred candidate of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, but garnered enough support in the Council to secure the speakership and said she looked forward to working with the mayor.
Zohran Mamdani had a cordial meeting with President Trump shortly after his election, but the administration has now slashed funding to New York State.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said the city must work with the federal monitor overseeing the city’s jails, including the Rikers Island complex, to end solitary confinement.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, speaking at his first news conference with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, thanked rank-and-file police officers “for the work that you all do in making today possible.”
Anna Bahr, who leads communications for the Vermont senator and worked on his presidential campaign, is the latest appointee to a high-profile role in the Mamdani administration.
Anna Bahr, center, the communications director for Senator Bernie Sanders, left, will leave his office to join the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, center, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, to his left, agree on the need for congestion pricing, but seem to still be apart on the mayor’s goal of making buses free.
After Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York scrapped two executive orders on antisemitism and boycotts, the Israeli Foreign Ministry issued an aggressive response to what it saw as an aggressive act.
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, and his wife, Cilia Flores, will make their first appearance on Monday in a New York City courthouse, the site of other high-profile proceedings.
The trials of many notorious defendants have taken place at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will be arraigned on Monday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani named a housing commissioner and announced that the city would hold public hearings where frustrated renters could voice their complaints.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Dina Levy, a New York State housing official, to head New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
New York City’s newly elected mayor planned to spend Saturday announcing a pedestrian safety plan. Then President Trump brought a captured foreign leader to his doorstep.
The 10-cent increase is modest, less than 4 percent of the current fare, at a time when other public transit systems in the United States are imposing double-digit percentage increases.
Mr. Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, knew he would not extend the orders, but he had to decide how and when he would rescind them.
On his first day in office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked every order that former Mayor Eric Adams issued after his indictment in September 2024 on federal corruption charges.
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