Five FDNY firefighters were injured Wednesday evening while responding to a car explosion in the Bronx, according to fire officials. The blast happened around 7 p.m. near the intersection of ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wasted no time Wednesday announcing the four cochairs of his transition committee. Afterward, the 34-year-old spoke with Gothamist senior politics reporter ...

The two faces of a surging progressive movement came together for a power lunch over beef momos one day after Tuesday's historic mayoral election. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met with U.S. Rep.

In New Jersey, some last-minute polling showed the race within a few points. In the end, Jack Ciattarelli, who ran as a Trump Republican, significantly underperformed compared to polls as well as his ...

Four adults were found dead in a Bronx apartment on Wednesday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, NYPD officials said. Police said the four were found at the Castle Hill Houses just before 10 a.m.

Zohran Mamdani began his first morning as mayor-elect at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, keeping the same focus on affordability that defined his campaign as he unveiled a transition ...

He also said he has worked for Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit previously chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

None of the candidates in the city’s mayoral election received more than 50% of the vote on election night, so top-performing contenders James Solomon and Jim McGreevey will face off on Dec. 2 in a ...

Two months into the school year, students say they are adjusting to life without their smart devices. Teachers report more focused pupils.

Olimos was killed just hours after 16-year-old Tyson Harps was fatally shot on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Saturday night. She is the 25th teenager to die from gun violence so far this year across ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman breezed to re-election, which his fellow Republicans say is a sign that Democrats’ tip to the left in neighboring New York City will cost them in suburban and ...

Democratic candidate Shirley Aldebol defeated Republican incumbent Kristy Marmorato in the race for the City Council seat covering Throgs Neck, Pelham Bay, Morris Park and City Island, according to ...