After a sluggish start to President Trump’s second term, federal immigration arrests in New York City surged 56% over last year, with 3,300 people—most lacking a criminal record—detained since January, according to data obtained by the Deportation D…
New York City officials have declared the Central Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak—114 cases and seven deaths since July—officially over, after finger-pointing cooling towers in two buildings and disinfecting infected sites. Staffing shortages had hobbled inspections, prompting promises of more robust oversight and even water ecologists. While Eric Adams encourages relief, it seems disease has succeeded where legislation languished: it made the city breathe a bit easier, just not for everyone.
As New Yorkers mull their primary ballots, Washington Heights—a storied Manhattan enclave—finds itself caught between longstanding Latino traditions and the latest federal immigration crackdown. Residents voice worries about jobs, gentrification, and safety, with nonprofits like the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation working overtime. With even Donald Trump making electoral inroads here, we suspect the local mood is more pragmatic than nostalgic—for now.
Donald Trump’s administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a federal ruling that declared his emergency-based global tariffs illegal, after a circuit court deemed he had overshot his legal authority. The contested duties—up to 34% on Chinese goods and 10% elsewhere—hang in limbo until mid-October. We await the justices’ verdict, though global investors may prefer data over drama for their “historic” commitments.
Elisabeth “Betsy” Smith, president of Central Park Conservancy, oversees the 843-acre patchwork that lures 40 million annual visitors while trying to keep the lawns trim and tempers even. Under her watch, the group finished the pricey Davis Center and now eyes overhauling Wollman Rink, all while supporting a ban on horse carriages—a gambit unlikely to win friends among carriage drivers but possibly to spare a horse or two.
After 32 years representing New York’s West Side, Jerry Nadler—long the district’s liberal mainstay and one-time House Judiciary chair—announced his retirement at 78, leaving local power brokers pondering who will inherit his perch. Although Nadler declined a public endorsement, whispers favour Assembly member Micah Lasher. We await to see if other Congressional veterans follow suit, or if the city’s old guard still fancies one more encore.
A New York judge has, in a notable nod to twenty-first century science, permitted advanced DNA evidence from Astrea Forensics in the looming Gilgo Beach murder trial of Rex Heuermann, accused in seven Long Island killings. Prosecutors and Suffolk County’s Ray Tierney hailed a forensic “step forward,” while the defense, less enthused, argued over lab licenses—meaning the slow waltz of legal challenges remains anything but dead and buried.
Rumours of backroom deals in Staten Island’s mayoral race prompted Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner, to publicly chide Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo, his fiercest rivals, for allegedly seeking to clear the field. Officials reportedly dangled federal roles for Mayor Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa to engineer a Cuomo–Mamdani face-off—a shuffling of the political deck that rarely improves the game, but always entertains the players.
Florida’s Republican government unveiled plans to scrap mandatory childhood vaccines, drawing sharp retorts from local Democrats like Kathy Castor and Fentrice Driskell, who warn of a homecoming for diseases best left to medical history. The policy, touted as parental “freedom” by Governor Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, could make the Sunshine State the first in America to champion measles—and, possibly, a longer line at the pharmacy.
