Tuesday is primary Election Day in New Jersey, with polls opening at 6 a.m. for state and local elections in New Jersey, including all 40 state Senate seats and all 80 Assembly seats. Legislative ...

After years of political pressure, insulin prices are finally starting to drop, and some New Yorkers are paying less at pharmacies as a result. Yet not everyone with diabetes is benefiting from these ...

As Mayor Eric Adams vows to better serve preschoolers in special education, many young children are not getting the services they are entitled to under the law. According to the city’s education ...

In a critical report released Monday, federal monitors who oversee the NYPD urged the department to rein in a group of tactical policing teams charged with combating gun violence. The report, which is ...

It’s Monday in New York City, where hundreds of thousands of people lost their internet connection for at least a couple of hours this morning. Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations ...

A new vending machine in Brownsville, Brooklyn is attracting lots of attention – but not because it sells snacks and drinks. Instead, compartments in the shiny blue device on the corner of Decatur ...

New York just can’t catch its breath. Last week, smoke from a massive fire in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia worsened air quality levels from New York City to Washington, D.C. Now, the smoke is ...

Lawmakers and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are proposing a change to state law they said would close a loophole to make it easier to prosecute people who manufacture homemade, untraceable ...

City churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship will provide shelter for nearly 1,000 migrant men as part of a new plan Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday to tackle the ongoing arrival ...

A woman died early Monday morning when a fire engulfed her second-floor apartment in East Flatbush, according to police. Cops and firefighters responded to the blaze around 3 a.m., and found the woman ...

A landlord under investigation for “unlivable” conditions at his Brooklyn apartment building has avoided scrutiny for a rundown property nearby. Housing advocates say the contrasting outcomes are an ...

The MTA will begin constructing protective screen doors at three subway station platforms “in the coming months,” agency spokesperson Aaron Donovan told Gothamist on Sunday. The protective barriers ...