New Yorkers flocked to park fountains and city pools to cool off Wednesday, as an oppressive “heat dome” baked the Big Apple just before the official first day of summer Thursday. Kids beat the heat by splashing in the Washington Square Park fountain while a street musician played the saxophone shirtless and one sun-lover used a … Read more
The year’s first heat wave is leaving blue-collar workers red in the face — and it’ll only get more stifling as the week goes on, according to forecasters. For those whose jobs keep them tethered to the great outdoors — even as the mercury somersaults into the high 80s, as it did Tuesday in the … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that the Big Apple is ready for its first heat wave of the year — but reminded city dwellers to prepare for a string of steamy days that could push the heat index up to nearly 100 degrees. “A heat wave can be more than just uncomfortable,” Adams said at … Read more
The official start of summer is delivering New York City its first heat wave of the season. The Big Apple is bracing for temperatures expected to rise through the work week and hit the 90s by Thursday — the first day of summer — and Friday. It marks the first sweltering stretch since September. A … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul scuttled the congestion toll to enter Midtown because she believes too many people are afraid to take the subway so they drive in instead, ex-Gov. David Paterson said Sunday. “What she told me in a private conversation was she just thought about people who were afraid to ride the subways, so they … Read more
A middle school rite of passage is no more for the students of one Long Island town after school officials had the bathrooms fitted with “vape detectors.” Lindenhurst Middle School installed the FlySense FS300 vape detectors which are capable of detecting the presence of both nicotine and THC — found in marijuana — in the … Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is reportedly considering tapping the brakes on the state’s controversial congestion pricing plan over worries that it could hurt House Democrats in November’s election, insiders hinted. Hochul’s camp has recently started voicing concerns about the plan to charge motorists $15 for entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, three people familiar … Read more
Commercial truck drivers have joined the long list of opponents who’ve filed lawsuits to block the controversial first-in-nation congestion toll to enter parts of Manhattan. The Trucking Association of New York (TANY) slammed the congestion pricing program as unconstitutional and a “scheme for which there is no prior precedent in this country” in a suit … Read more
Canadian wildfires have cast a smokey haze over parts of the midwestern US this week — but experts say it’s unlikely that the Big Apple will experience a “smokepocalypse” similar to the one that enveloped the city last summer. New Yorkers are not expected to feel the effects of the nearly 90 wildfires ablaze in … Read more
Lawyers for the city teacher’s union have ripped the decision by the MTA to set a June 30 date for the start of $15 congestion pricing — saying it shows the agency is not reconsidering the environmental impacts of the scheme, according to a new filing in their federal suit. “We believe it fair to … Read more