Open Newsroom: Preparing For Climate Change And Extreme Weather In NYC

“Cities bring their own unique concerns when it comes to both climate change and extreme weather,” Schlichting said.

Misting Inaction: Cooling Jets At Flushing Meadows Park Have Been Useless All Summer

Opened less than three years ago, the ‘mist garden’ has been closed for months by a leak.

Queens Residents In 40 Rent-Stabilized Buildings Take Aim At Zara Realty, Claim Tenant Abuse

"Every time, I can't get in," she said in Chinese. "There's no key."

‘No Space For Us': Migrants Turned Away As City Swelters

Advocates claim that the city’s purposefully punishing migrants, while administration officials say they’re doing everything they can.

Rally Held Against Asylum Seeker Relief Center Planned For Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

The mayor's office announced Wednesday tents will go up at the parking lot of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

The First Responders Left Behind In New York's Healthcare Worker Revolt

EMTs and paramedics are suing for better pay, as they hold multiple jobs to make ends meet.

Man Paralyzed After Being Tackled By Jail Guards Speaks To THE CITY

From his bed at Bellevue, James Carlton says that he has nightmares and that ‘everything hurts.’

How The Mold In A Senior Center Spoiled Primary Votes In Throggs Neck

Pura Figueroa, 86, said many seniors at Throggs Neck Houses, skipped voting because the new polling site was a 15-minute walk away.

Mobility-Impaired New Yorkers Blast MTA's Proposed Changes To E-Hail Program

The agency plans to raise costs and cap subsidies: “It feels like I’m being punished for using paratransit,” one commuter testified.

Crowds, Trash And Clogged Streets: Tompkins Open Streets An Ongoing Headache, Neighbors Say

In Bedford-Stuyvesant, residents are demanding organizers of weekly Sunday festivals further curb issues on the avenue.

Tenants Make Emotional Pleas Against Rent Increase At New York City Rent Guidelines Board Meeting

"Our landlords are already rich. They get money from our paychecks every single month," one person said.

Listening, Learning and Living

End-of-Life Care in Chinese-American Communities

Sunset Park Vendors Seek Market's Resurrection After Easter Sunday Shutdown

‘We just want a dignified place to sell,’ one vendor at the unpermitted Brooklyn pop-up market implored at a community meeting said.

Fordham Graduate Students Walk Out Of Teaching To Demand A Better Contract

Dissatisfied after seven months of negotiations, hundreds of teaching assistants are ditching classes through Wednesday.

A Dream Demurred: Owner Of Langston Hughes' Home Opts For Quiet Dignity

The owner of Langston Hughes’ former residence still wants it open to the community — and free from outside control.

Workers Start Union Vote At Lower East Side Trader Joe's

Workers at the region's largest Trader Joe's are about to cast ballots that could make it the company's first unionized store in New York.

Chinatown Residents Rally For A Good Cause Eviction Law, And Against Ever Higher Rents

Protesters said that small landlords upset with their tenants should be directing their anger at their banks instead.

Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick Should Be Fired, His Parents Say Before Trial

Trawick’s parents and supporters are calling for the termination of officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis.

Brownsville Kids Chased By Armed Ex-Cop March To City Hall, Pick Up First Support From NYC Pol

The three boys claim that ex-cop Kruythoff Forrester chased them for seven minutes and pointed a gun at them in Nov. 2021.

Delivery Workers Hungry For Higher Wages Say App Companies Are Stirring The Pot

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will review Friday’s testimony and are set to publish any tweaks to the wage rules later.

Mets Tailgaters Fear Steve Cohen's Redevelopment Of Parking Lot: ‘Hell No'

The baseball boss is lobbying hard for a Queens casino on the property.

Food Delivery Workers Veer Into Warfare Over Breakthrough Wage Proposal

Labor group Los Deliveristas Unidos loses leaders over fears that a pay boost measure could backfire, stoked by the major delivery apps.

Muslim Calls To Prayer Sound On Streets Of Astoria For The First Time

Three neighborhood mosques received permits to play Adhan calls outside during Ramadan. One is still pending for the area's oldest mosque.

N.J. Attorney General On Paterson Mayor: "I Do Believe He Cares Deeply About The City"

CBS2 spoke to the architect of the takeover, Attorney General Matthew Platkin, on Wednesday morning.

Hudson Valley Towns Have A New York City Problem

The rolling hills of the lush Hudson Valley have everything a New York City resident might have craved during the pandemic.

Disabled Asylee Who Endured ‘Hell On Wheels' Commute Can Finally Say, ‘I Love New York'

Saheed Adebayo Aare has gone from unstable housing and a nightmare commute to feeling that anything is possible in the Big Apple.

Bronx Building Workers Green Light Strike At Packed Rally

Superintendents, porters and door attendants in many private residential buildings are negotiating to keep their healthcare benefits.

Harlem Tenants Ask Judge To Penalize Landlord Of Building Rife With Rats And Leaks

The city’s housing agency is also suing, seeking to have heat and hot water restored to residents suffering multiple plagues.

House And Tome: Retiree Uses Second Life As Artist To Highlight Homeless Plight

“I would like my next 20 years to be spent doing this particular project, that I bore witness to the homeless problem in New York City."

Her Cousin Left Rose More Than Three-Quarters Of A Million Dollars. Five Years Later, She Hasn't Seen A Dime.

Yet the Bronx public administrator for the “widows and orphans” court has already spent more than half of the money.

As New York City Struggles To Solve Old Murders, Families Lose Trust In The Homicide Investigation Process

When cases go cold, loved ones can feel left behind by law enforcement.

"There's No Safety At All, You're On Your Own": Brooklyn Man Says He'll Never Take The Subway Again After Being Pushed Onto Tracks

If it wasn't for two good Samaritans, that man says he may not be alive today.

Mitchell-Lama Tenants In Far Rockaway Sue Landlord For Neglect And Harassment

Following a $29 million state loan to help fund the rehabilitation of two Mitchell-Lama rental buildings, living conditions remain dire.

Father: 14-Year-Old Daughter Took Own Life After Videos Posted Of Her Getting Beat Up In N.J. School

"She loved life. She was the happiest kid. Everybody loved her," Michael Kuch said Thursday.

Shuffle To Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Makes Jobs Harder To Find And Keep, Say Asylum Seekers

Migrants have refused to move from the Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen, saying the long commute is detrimental to starting a new life in NYC.

Removal Of "Avenue Of Puerto Rico" Street Sign In Brooklyn Sparks Outrage

The community is outraged and believes the city is trying to erase Puerto Rican contributions and culture.

Mets Boss Bets Big On Chinese Gamblers In ‘Vision' For Parking Lot Development

A casino in Flushing could cash in on an Asian market with a proven appetite for gaming, but neighborhood feedback so far is mixed.

Public Hospital Nurses Rally For Union Deal To Match Private Peers' Recent Win

More than 9,000 Health + Hospitals employees seek commitments to fewer patients at a time. But it's illegal for public employees to strike.

Solitary At Rikers: ‘People Go Crazy In There'

"It drives a crazy person crazy in a box, man. They come out a different person," said Donovan Drayton, at Riker's from 2007 to 2012.

Nurses Accuse Montefiore Of Threatening To Fire New Hires If They Joined Strike: NLRB Complaint

The unfair labor practice charge comes as nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai strike for a third consecutive day.