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Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

The City

The ‘Black Benjie Way’: Bronx Peacemaker Whose Killing Led To Gang Truce Honored With Street Naming

Jonathan Custodio, The City This article was originally published on Jun 3 2:26pm EDT by THE CITY More than 50 years after he lost his life serving as a peacemaker in the South Bronx, the intersection of East 165 Street…

Vaccine Mandate Offers Shot at Boosting Protection, But Businesses Wary

Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Aug 16 at 7:43pm EDTby THE CITY/ Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. At the Riverdale Diner in The Bronx, manager Joe Saka began asking…

New York City’s Population Booms — But Not for Everyone, Everywhere

Yoav Gonen, Clifford Michel, and Will Welch, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Aug 12 at 9:11pm EDTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. New Census numbers show a record 8.8 million…

Cuomo Wages a Lonely Last Fight for Power as Allies Say Resignation Appears Inevitable

Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Aug 4 at 6:24pm EDTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. A day after a bombshell report found that the governor sexually harassed at…

Cuomo on the Brink: How to Impeach a Governor

Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Aug 4 at 6:05pm EDTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Facing calls to resign and a bombshell report of sexual misconduct, Cuomo could…

Extreme Heat Sends New Yorkers to Emergency Rooms as Climate Toll Grows

The city is on pace to match 2018 when more than 700 people headed to the hospital due to hot weather, data shows. As the planet is warming, New York is feeling the heat: It recently placed as the nation’s…

NYC Delta COVID Wave Sends Relatively Few to Hospitals So Far

Ann Choi and Will Welch, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jul 25 at 5:45pm EDTby THE CITY A surge in positive tests for COVID-19 in New York has spurred dread of another wave of potentially deadly infections — even…

All Cops Should Submit DNA Samples to Avoid Crime-Scene Confusion: Federal Report

Reuven Blau, THE CITY This article was originally published on Jul 15 at 8:39pm EDT by THE CITY When 22-year-old German police officer Michele Kiesewetter was fatally shot in the head while sitting in her patrol car, DNA evidence captured…

The State Distributed $0 in Rent Relief in Program’s First Month

Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jul 13 at 8:07pm EDTby THE CITY This article is adapted from our Rent Update newsletter. You can sign up here to get it or fill out the form at the bottom of…

Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over

Josefa Velasquez and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jun 30 at 6:54pm EDTby THE CITY A day after the Board of Elections bungled its initial ranked choice voting tabulations, new numbers showed Eric Adams leading Kathryn…