Weather: 🌧️ Cloudy this morning, rainy this afternoon, highs in the upper 50s.
It's Tuesday in New York City, where a growing number of volunteer groups are forming around a shared passion for picking up litter (and hanging out at bars).
“You get a nice walk in and then you get to socialize as well,” said Danish Jawaid, a member of the Greenpoint Trash Club. “The biggest thing for me is just the energy and the positive vibes.”
A federal judge has agreed to throw out the criminal mortgage fraud case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, saying the prosecutor who brought the case was improperly appointed.
Dozens of drivers descended on a residential block in Malba, Queens, last weekend for a chaotic drag racing meetup that turned violent — and residents say police were slow to respond to the disruption despite multiple 911 calls.
A Bronx woman is facing murder and other charges for fatally shooting a 24-year-old man outside an apartment building in Morris Heights on Sunday night, police said.
The FDNY firefighters union is furious after newly discovered documents reveal that City Hall may have had additional details about the toxic dust around Ground Zero after 9/11.
For the first time ever, the revamped centerpiece will also be open for public viewing. New Yorkers will soon be able to purchase tickets to a wraparound viewing deck and even submit personal messages that will be translated into Morse code and displayed in lights on the ball during the celebration.
Republicans nationwide have been planning to use Mamdani as the poster boy for liberalism run amok. Then Trump told reporters he was confident that Mamdani “can do a good job. I think he is going to surprise some conservative people actually.”
On Feb. 5, both parties will hold primaries to nominate Democratic and Republican candidates to be the next representative from New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. The general election will follow on April 16.
A new documentary shines a light on the early days of SantaCon, when it was just a one-off party organized in San Francisco by the same group of alternative-minded pranksters who, in their pursuit of “meaningless madness,” also accidentally planted the seeds for what became Burning Man.
