Funds for the Gateway tunnel, the $16 billion infrastructure project linking New York and New Jersey, remain stuck in bureaucratic limbo while the Trump administration appeals a court order to release over $200 million in federal support. Work has h…
Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian are voting on a contract ending their monthlong strike, after the New York State Nurses Association sidestepped its own executive committee’s objections and put the deal to a rank-and-file ballot. The agreement shadows Mount Sinai and Montefiore pacts, promising a 12% raise and some new hires—pitched as victory, though perhaps a pyrrhic one for those who hoped for double the staffing gains.
Eighteen people have died in New York City’s relentless cold snap, prompting the City Council to haul in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s officials for a public grilling—his administration’s first since he took office in January. Critics question whether halting homeless encampment sweeps left people exposed; supporters counter that such removals merely shuffle hardship. As the mercury plunges, so, it seems, does consensus.
The New York State Nurses Association and NewYork-Presbyterian have struck a tentative three-year deal on raises, staffing, and safety measures, potentially ending a strike involving some 5,000 nurses across several Manhattan hospitals. Members now have until Wednesday evening to ratify terms mirroring those at Mount Sinai and Montefiore—despite their executive committee’s loud objections. The prognosis: even negotiated peace can leave a few bruised egos.
Federal attorneys admitted in a February court hearing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining dozens of immigrants on multiple floors of Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza—this after a judge last year ordered a reduction due to squalid conditions. The agency’s ambitions extend nationwide, with plans for large new detention warehouses, but what passes for “proper infrastructure” remains, as ever, a matter of creative interpretation.
As Mayor Mamdani eyes a 15 mph speed limit for Central Park’s loop, we note that New York remains stingy with cycling infrastructure, lagging far behind London’s $100m 2025 investment spree. Cramped paths pile runners, walkers, and cyclists into a single scrum—no wonder tempers flare. Yet Manhattan has shelved reports detailing saner solutions, preferring ration books to blueprints, even as congestion pedals on undeterred.
Following a Trump administration directive limiting which banners can grace National Park Service poles, the Pride flag has been removed from Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village—no small irony, given the spot’s standing as a cradle of LGBTQ+ rights. New York officials were quick to denounce the move, but knowing the city, this won’t be the last we see of rainbows raised in defiance.
Service ground to a frosty halt for Amtrak and NJ Transit commuters on Monday, after a wire failure near New York’s Penn Station left thousands out in the cold—literally. By Tuesday morning, transit authorities had restored full service, proving yet again that Northeast infrastructure is only marginally less weatherproof than its commuters’ tempers.
Following a directive from the Trump administration stipulating which flags may fly over national parkland, the National Park Service quietly took down a rainbow pride flag from Manhattan’s Stonewall National Monument—an internationally recognised cradle of the gay rights movement. We can only guess what the ghosts of the 1969 riots make of federal memo-waving, but the park’s stonework endures where banners come and go.
