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Culture Tests Confirm Live Legionella in 56 UES Towers; Nearly Half Had No City Inspection in Past Year

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More accurate culture testing has cut the field of PCR-positive UES buildings from 76 to 56 with active bacteria — but h...

July 27, 2026

Mamdani Opens RFP for City-Run Grocery Operators; 30% Cut on Meat and Produce, $70M in Capital

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Mayor Mamdani released pricing specifics Monday for his five municipal grocery stores — 30% below retail on meat, seafoo...

July 27, 2026

Petition to Bar Mayor Mamdani from 9/11's 25th Anniversary Ceremony Passes 5,000 Signatures

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A 9/11 family member has launched a petition to exclude Mayor Zohran Mamdani from Ground Zero's 25th anniversary ceremon...

July 27, 2026

DOB Shuts NineDot Energy BESS Site After GA Industries Contractor Allegedly Assaults CM Wong's Staffer Twice in Middle Village

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NineDot Energy's BESS construction site in Middle Village has been shut down indefinitely by DOB after a GA Industries c...

July 26, 2026

Bronx Man Charged With Murder in Stray-Bullet Killing of Jacob Freytes, 12, Son of NYPD Sergeant

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A 45-year-old Bronx man has been charged with murder in the July 25 stray-bullet death of Jacob Freytes, 12 — an innocen...

July 26, 2026

Mamdani's Campaign Team Urged Him to Drop the Netanyahu Arrest Pledge. His Own Law Department Finished the Job.

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Politico reported July 24 that Mamdani's own advisors privately pushed him to stop making the Netanyahu arrest promise d...

July 26, 2026

DOE Held Back 0.4% of Students While 40% Failed State Tests. Mamdani Hasn't Touched the Rule.

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Department of Education figures show a 40-point gap between failure rates and grade retention in grades 3 through 8 last...

July 26, 2026

COGE Votes Five Charter Changes Onto November Ballot; Budget Watchdog Calls Rainy Day Proposal 'Deeply Disappointing'

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Mayor Mamdani's Commission on Government Efficiency approved five ballot questions Thursday for the November election, c...

July 24, 2026

FDNY's Kavanagh: 235 Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Through July, 70% Over 2025 — Highest on Record

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FDNY Chief Fire Marshal Michael Kavanagh said July 22 the city has recorded 235 lithium-ion battery fires this year, 70%...

July 24, 2026

NYPD's Media Machine Branded a Bushwick Woman a Grand Larceny Suspect. The Case Was Sealed. The Images Had Already Run.

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After Jocelyn Ullman picked up flood-soaked rugs she believed were discarded, NYPD's Request for Media Attention system...

July 23, 2026

DOT Directs Amtrak to Rename Penn Station — City Gets No Vote

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to Senate committees naming Penn Station's renaming a DOT priority.

July 23, 2026

Mamdani Axed the McKinsey DSS Contract, Then Named Its McKinsey Point Man to Lead EDC

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Mayor Mamdani cancelled a $9.9 million McKinsey contract with the Department of Social Services, then appointed Anthony...

July 23, 2026

MSG Killed Its Own Surveillance System for Swift and Kelce. It Has Never Done That for Anyone Else.

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An internal MSG document ordered a seven-hour camera blackout on July 2 — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rehearsal dinn...

July 23, 2026

NYPD Commissioner Tisch Names Suspect in Two Upper West Side Stabbings, Opens Hate Crime Probe; Raul Morales in Custody — No Charges Filed

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch publicly named Raul Morales, 51, in two separate stabbings on the Upper West Side on T...

July 23, 2026

Commissioner Martin: No New UES Legionnaires' Cases in a Week; Outbreak May Have Peaked at 74

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Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin announced Sunday night that the city has not identified anyone with new Legionnai...

July 20, 2026

MSG Sues Wired in State Court, Names Reporters and Editorial Director Personally in Defamation Suit

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Madison Square Garden Entertainment filed a 40-page defamation complaint July 16 in New York State Supreme Court against...

July 19, 2026

Third Death in UES Legionnaires' Cluster; Second Victim's Attorney Names Cooling Tower Neglect

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A third person has died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires' disease outbreak as the case count reached 72.

July 19, 2026

New York's AI-Performer Disclosure Law Puts the $5,000 Fine on the Ad Maker, Not the Platform

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A New York law that took effect in June requires commercial ad producers to disclose AI-generated human-looking performe...

July 19, 2026

Hochul Names First Rules AI Flagged Under EO 61: A $25 Dog-Hunting Fee, a Midnight Work Ban for Pregnant Workers

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In a Bloomberg podcast interview, Governor Hochul said the AI review she ordered in July under Executive Order No.

July 19, 2026

DiNapoli and CBC Warn New York Faces $31B Deficit by 2030, State Debt Sprinting Toward Legal Cap

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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's July 15 report and the Citizens Budget Commission's July 16 briefing both flag a cum...

July 19, 2026

Queens DA Charged the Man NYPD Shot Five Times. Two Years After Win Rozario's Death, No Officer Has Been Publicly Disciplined.

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A Nation Magazine investigation published July 17 connects two NYPD shootings of Bangladeshi American men in Queens — bo...

July 19, 2026

Car Theft Is NYC's Least-Solved Major Crime at 13%; Tisch Bets Crew Takedowns Will Bend the Curve

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Grand larceny auto had a 13% clearance rate in Q1 2026 — the worst of NYC's seven major crimes — while Commissioner Jess...

July 19, 2026

Reform Coalition Locks Up Brooklyn Dem Chair Majority, Names Julio Peña for Fall Vote

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New Kings Democrats and Brooklyn Can't Wait say they have 22 of 42 district leader pledges for Julio Peña to replace Rod...

July 19, 2026

Menin Pledges 'Ton of Bills' on E-Bike Registration After Carriage Hearing Pivot

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Speaker Julie Menin used the July 16 carriage horse ban hearing to commit to new e-bike legislation — reviving a registr...

July 19, 2026

Levine Opens $243M Audit of DHS Shelter Contracts That Lander Left Untouched

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City Comptroller Mark Levine launched an audit of $243 million in no-bid DHS shelter contracts awarded to BHRAGS Home Ca...

July 19, 2026

NYPD Arrests One in 29-Robbery Moped Chain-Snatch Spree Across Brooklyn and Queens; Second Suspect Sought

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NYPD announced July 17 that one suspect — a 17-year-old — has been arrested in a 29-robbery chain-snatch spree that hit...

July 19, 2026

Council Passes 18% Pay Raise 42-6; Mamdani Says He Won't Take the Money

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The City Council voted 42-6 Thursday to implement the first pay raise for elected officials since 2016, lifting the mayo...

July 19, 2026

Gocaj Family Sues Con Edison Over Fatal Midtown Manhole, Alleging Prior Complaints Went Unheeded

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The family of Donike Gocaj, who fell into an open Con Edison manhole at East 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue on May 18 and...

July 19, 2026

Justice Watters Sentences Cambria Heights Trio to Prison in 2024 Douglaston Home Invasion; Fourth Defendant Due July 20

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Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Joanne Watters sentenced three men to 12–15 years each for a masked, armed home inva...

July 18, 2026