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It's Thursday in New York City, where President Donald Trump said he’d take seriously a plan to relocate Madison Square Garden in order to create a light-filled Penn Station if the arena’s influential owner, James Dolan, is willing to play ball.
Representatives from the Grand Penn Community Alliance, one of Amtrak's three finalists for the Penn Station renovation job, said they floated the idea during a closed-door Oval Office meeting last September that has not been previously reported.
Thomas Klingenstein, the Upper West Side hedge fund manager financing the Grand Penn group, told Gothamist his pitch to relocate Madison Square Garden could go over well with Dolan, who has previously rejected the idea.
This iteration of the Garden, Klingenstein said, is "a little bit bland. It’s old. I think Dolan would want to turn a new Garden into something like his Sphere."
Mayor Mamdani has made only baby steps toward fulfilling his campaign pledges to overhaul the city's approach to public safety, but police reform advocates say the incremental approach is for the best.
Home health aides who care for elderly and disabled New Yorkers are urging the mayor to support a bill banning 24-hour shifts.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a law banning law enforcement from wearing face masks. (The Department of Homeland Security said the ban is unconstitutional and federal agents would ignore it.)
An 83-year-old man who was pushed onto subway tracks on the Upper East Side earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to police — and his alleged assailant now faces a murder charge.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is warning that the war in Iran and the corresponding market tumble could put a dent in Wall Street bonuses — and, thus, the city's tax revenue.
The Mets won the USA Today Reader's Choice award for best stadium food.
This is a fascinating piece about how autistic people and non-native English speakers are getting falsely accused of using artificial intelligence because their writing is more formal.
Now that I think of it, I could use a chef statuein my kitchen.
In response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was attacked by a mob in Crown Heights, the city said the NYPD is not constitutionally required to protect a person in that situation.
The tech, called SmartPass, says it allows educators to track where students in the school have gone and for how long, making it easier to "disrupt bathroom meetups."
