Politics

Hochul said she'd met customers who'd driven from New Jersey to patronize their favorite diners. Two diner owners told Gothamist most of their customers were tourists or people from the neighborhood.

A bill to rename the Christopher Street station cleared Albany this week.

It's still not clear how the state will fill a multibillion-dollar budget hole for the transit agency without congestion pricing going into effect as planned.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measures, which the tech industry has raised concerns about.

Newly passed state legislation quadruples the number of red light cameras to 600, but a separate bill bolstering alternate-side parking enforcement did not get a vote in the state Assembly.

New York lawmakers have tried and failed to toll drivers in the busiest parts of Manhattan for more than 50 years.

A proposed tax hike on NYC businesses was DOA, lawmakers said.

Center-based child care teachers can earn $14,000 less than early childhood educators hired by the city.

So far, state Senate Democrats aren’t on board with Hochul’s plan to boost taxes, and the legislative session ends this week.

The legislation's text says it would not apply to closures that have already been proposed to the state health department.