It's Monday in New York City, where the nonprofit OnPoint NYC currently runs two drop-in centers where people can use illegal drugs like fentanyl under close supervision.
The group says its facilities in East Harlem and Washington Heights have prevented nearly 2,000 potentially fatal overdoses since opening four years ago.
But Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who'd previously supported adding more overdose prevention centers, said at a mayoral debate in October that he'd keep the same number.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law over the weekend to require social media platforms to serve minors warning labels about their addictive design features.
Meanwhile, Hochulvetoed a bill that would have required two-person crews on every New York City subway train.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore the conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court threw out the ruling earlier this year.
A man in Far Rockaway was shot and killed by police officers Sunday morning after he charged at them with a box cutter during a domestic dispute, according to the NYPD.
Hundreds of people died inside New Jersey state prisons over the past seven years, many from heart disease, cancer and COVID-19, according to newly released state data.
It costs a vendor about $100,000 to rent and outfit a booth at the Herald Square holiday market. Trying to make that back — and then turn a profit — sounds stressful.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, 41, said she was motivated in part by a desire to spend more time with her son and to avoid a primary against Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
Hochul signed a bill ending the "100-foot rule," a state regulation that required all utility customers to pay for new residential gas hookups within 100 feet of existing natural gas service lines.
A deal announced by Mayor Eric Adams’ office Friday would bring a new apartment building that houses a public pool and fitness center to the West Village.
