Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the Big Apple will spend $35 million to help convert unused train tracks in Queens into a park — a plan critics say could prevent restoring transit service to the area. The funds will pay for the design and construction of the first phase of the estimated $150 million … Read more
Get those umbrellas and rainboots ready for the morning commute. Areas of the New York metro region are under a flash flood warnings as storms creep into the northeast and showers are expected to continue throughout the day. Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island, along with parts of New Jersey and Long Island, have already … Read more
As she runs for a full term in office, Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing data-gathering hybrid cars in a green push for New York City that also includes more energy efficient buildings. Toyota Priuses armed with rooftop air monitors are patrolling block-by-block through Manhattan and the Bronx as part of a new $3 million state … Read more
A conservative watchdog group has sued New York elected officials for failing to remove potentially hundreds of thousands of phantom voters from the city voter rolls to help prevent fraud. In court papers filed in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday, Judicial Watch said the city Board of Elections removed just 22 voters out of 5.5 million … Read more
The New York area is likely to get a soaking late Saturday after a hazy, hot and humid start to Independence Day weekend, but the clouds are expected to part for the remainder of the holiday. Saturday is likely to be hottest day of the weekend, approaching 90 in the city. Temps had reached the … Read more
The July Fourth weekend will get off to a steamy start in New York before intense storms descend throughout the tri-state region on Saturday, forecasters said. It’ll be humid and warm early Saturday — a “typical sultry summer day” with a high of 89 degrees in New York City — before conditions deteriorate significantly as … Read more
Climate change activists claim they randomly started deflating tires on 40 SUVs parked on the Upper East Side this week — leaving behind fliers that warned: “Your gas guzzler kills.” The Tyre Extinguishers, a group that originally started in the UK, boasted of targeting dozens of vehicles Tuesday night in what the activists described as … Read more
The Fourth of July holiday weekend forecast was a mixed bag, forecasters said Wednesday, but conditions are expected to be dry for fireworks in New York City and the tri-state region. The Big Apple will get off to a sizzling start Friday — with a high of 91 degrees expected – before a cold front … Read more
The beleaguered city Board of Elections frustrated some of the relatively few New Yorkers who chose to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary contests — with one voter calling the often bumbling body an “absolute embarrassment.” Along with at least two Republicans being given the wrong party’s ballots, several Democrats and GOP members who participated in the races … Read more