New York
Utilities Are Threatening to Deny Service If Pro-Gas Measures Aren't Adopted
National Grid sent many New York customers an email encouraging them to contact state officials in support of pipeline construction or risk shortages.
Why Were Trump's ICE Raids So Ineffective?
After Trump announced his intention to deport "millions," undocumented immigrants and activists began preparing their communities with "Know Your Rights" campaigns.
How Robert Morgenthau's View of the Holocaust Inspired His Crusade Against Corruption
Inside the family history that led Morgenthau to turn class traitor and take on white-collar crime.
Is Landmarking a Tool of Gentrification or a Bulwark Against It?
From YIMBYs to NIMBYs, the Strand's recent historic preservation is a Rorschach test for activists of many stripes. Who's right?
Big Real Estate Peddles the Myth That New York Rent Control Mainly Targets Small Landlords
Previously unreleased data shows private equity's stranglehold over New York City housing, and its practice of wide-scale eviction.
New York Is Poised to Pass Unprecedented Climate Legislation. Will Other States Follow?
The bill outlines clear goals for decarbonization, stipulating a 40 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2030 and 85 percent by 2050.
Viewfinder: Pop-Up Installations Depicting Crying Children in Cages Appear in New York City
Police take away a pop-up art installation depicting a small child curled up underneath a foil survival blanket in a chain-link cage.
New York Advances a Bill to End Gender Discrimination in Product Pricing
Prices for women's products, when compared to equivalent products for male counterparts, cost 7 percent more on average.
Viewfinder: Memorial Day Aerial Shows Over the Statue of Liberty
Aerobatic pilots Sean D. Tucker and Jessy Panzer of Team Oracle fly down the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty on May 22nd, 2019.
In New York, Undocumented Immigrants Could Become Eligible for Driver's Licenses Again
Nationally, traffic violations constitute the plurality of charges leading to ICE detention.
Viewfinder: A Mariachi Band Performs at the New York Stock Exchange
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a mariachi band performs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 3rd, 2019, in New York City.
America's Measles Crisis Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Plus, why Trump's turnaround on vaccine safety was very late—but still helpful.
Many Blue States Have Poor Voter Rights Records Too
States in the Deep South limit access to the polls. So does New York.
Amazon Headquarters Left New York, but Will Other Developers?
In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, residents are challenging a new development, charging it won't create jobs for those who currently live in the neighborhood.
Rockland County Banned Unvaccinated Minors From Public Places. Will This Prompt Legal Challenges?
Public-health experts say the measure is unusual, but necessary.
Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
The Trump administration pushed to excise coal deposits from a Utah monument, New York lawmakers want to help minors get vaccinated, and a Navy ship is quarantined at sea.
How Amazon's Change of Heart on HQ2 Will Impact Housing in Long Island City
After the company decided to break off its plans with Queens, the borough will return to the status quo, which might be more daunting than a worst-case Bezos scenario.
Was Apple's Failure to Promptly Alert Its Customers About the FaceTime Bug Illegal?
A law professor explains New York's probe into Apple's response to the bug and the difference between privacy and security issues under consumer-protection regulations.
ICE Courthouse Arrests in New York Have Increased 1,700 Percent Under Trump, According to a New Report
ICE officers have expanded their scope to target all undocumented immigrants, regardless of background.
Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Had an Impact on the Supreme Court, Starting With Gun Rights
For proof of the newest Supreme Court justice's influence, look to a New York gun rights case.
Letter From Pawling, New York: An Afternoon at Nuclear Lake
A secluded, Edenic lake just a mile off the Appalachian Trail was once the site of a fight in which locals tried hard to keep people away from what they believed to be an environmental menace. Were they right to?
With the Addition of New York, Conversion Therapy Is Now Illegal in 15 States
But there are still no conversion therapy laws in more than half of the United States.
A Judge Blocked the Census Citizenship Question. Here's What the Plaintiffs Are Saying.
The judge ruled that, while the administration's move to include a citizenship question was not in itself unconstitutional, it was "unlawful for a multitude of independent reasons."
Viewfinder: New Yorkers Hit the Beach for the Polar Bear Club's Annual Dive
Polar Bear Club swimmers make their annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.