As New York City continues to be engulfed in wildfire smoke from Minnesota and Ontario, experts who spoke with The City Reporter say that the smoke event could persist on and off for the remainder of the month. MORE HERE: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/15/a...

Unemployed Black New Yorkers struggling to stay afloat in an atmosphere experts say combines a rollback of diversity-boosting hiring practices, more competition for blue-collar jobs, corporate layoffs and a soft job market. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/07/b...

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In a full suit, Mayor Zohran Mamdani jumped into one of the city’s public pools on opening day. Our City Hall reporter, Katie Honan, asked the mayor in April whether he would commit to the dip — a tradition that former Mayors Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams skipped.

Chris Fulgieri, from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ ceremonial unit, shares exactly what it took to set up for the Knicks’ ticker-tape parade. 📹: Katie Honan

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Eleven-year-old Magnus McRoberts said he’s a lifelong Knicks fan and watched them clinch the championship at his dad’s friend’s house. Standing steps from the stage early Thursday, he said he just felt “lucky, very lucky.” “Because I only had to wait 11 years,” he said.

Around 6:45 a.m., Dwyane Rondon, 34, began to lead and chant and demand: “Let us through, let us through!” Rondon, a lifelong fan from Brooklyn, said he’s stuck with the Knicks through all the team’s ups and downs over the years.

Still, the capacity crunch around the parade route left many fans disappointed after waiting an hour or more to get through heavily policed access points, only to learn they couldn’t enter.

For those lucky enough to get inside, the parade was a special moment to mark Knicks and city history following the franchise’s historic postseason, which united New Yorkers with fervent hometown pride. “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this,” said Umir Cozart.

Meet the Craig Campanella, the apostle replacing old and weary basketball nets with new ones all across Queens — all for the love of the game. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/b...

Our latest Summer and The City dispatch is out! We featured Craig Campanella, the Johnny Appleseed of playground basketball hoops. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/b...

An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. Full story: projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

THE CITY is now The City Reporter! The thoughtful reporting you’ve come to expect from THE CITY is not changing. And we are still here, holding New York City’s powerful accountable and helping you navigate this crazy city we all love. More here: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...

We spoke to people targeted and their families about the toll these arrests take. Among them was Fidelina, who was scammed out of $13,000 by a fraudulent immigration attorney who set up a fake court hearing through a video conference link. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

We found many cases of New Yorkers taken in the middle of everyday tasks, like: - Maximo, arrested in Brooklyn while buying milk for his kids. - Elmer, arrested in The Bronx on the way to visit his wife in the hospital. - Leonardo, arrested while walking to church in Brooklyn.

As these arrests have picked up, advocates have sued to try to stop them, while federal judges are taking note: “This isn’t how things are supposed to work in America,” one judge on Long Island said in a recent case of a Honduran man arrested in Hempstead on his way to the train.

Experts we spoke with for this investigation said the racial disparity indicated the use of racial profiling, while ICE in its own accounts, some of them submitted in court, described officers stopping people based on their appearance.

Nearly all of the arrests (93%) were of immigrants from Latin American countries. When we compared street arrests to arrests in bureaucratic settings — like at ICE check-ins — Latino immigrants made up just 55% of the cases we found. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

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Tenant groups and labor organizations that filled the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, where the board voted, loudly booed and demanded that the members roll back the preliminary vote that passed after all motions for a rent freeze failed.

In its first vote under a new mayor, the RGB left the door open for a rent increase despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a price freeze for a million rent-stabilized tenants. The vote was nonbinding. The board must by law take a final vote by the end of June.

Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back! Catch our first dispatch on all the best things to do and see in NYC from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Sign up here: www.thecity.nyc/the-city-new...

UPS trucks were flagged more than 25,000 times last year for obstructing New York City bus lanes, MTA data reveals. The violations were most common along the M101, where more than 50,000 violations were issued along the route. buff.ly/ThWVEl9

For more than a decade, live-in home care workers have sought to end state rules that allow 24-hour home care workers to be paid for only 13 hours a day. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/16/h...

The five boroughs are home to at least 47 varieties of cherry and cherry-esque blossoms, 15 varieties of magnolias and 26 varieties of crabapples. Find the ones blooming near you with our map: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...

Will Mayor Zohran Mamdani take the plunge on opening day for public pools? City Hall reporter Katie Honan asks him this and much more ahead of his rally Sunday celebrating 100 days in office.

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The five boroughs are home to at least 47 varieties of cherry and cherry-esque blossoms, 15 varieties of magnolias and 26 varieties of crabapples, according to Parks Department data. Here's where you can find them: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...