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New York  —  For Zohran Mamdani, nearly a month into the job as mayor of New York City, this weekend’s snowstorm is a challenge he’s been anticipating for a while. Over the next three days, Mamdani will face the most crucial moment of his nascent administration, with a series of…

Rasheed Walker’s arrest adds off-field uncertainty to a pivotal offseason. Firearm incident at LaGuardia sparks legal watch ahead of free agency. Packers’ OT future already shaky with cap priorities and Jordan Morgan waiting. The Green Bay Packers’ offensive tackle, Rasheed Walker, ran into legal trouble after getting arrested at LaGuardia…

A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 12:30 am to the 17-story building in the…

A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early Saturday. Authorities said, per the Associated Press, that at least one person died, while 14 others sustained injures. The incident came as temperatures dropped into the single digits overnight amid…

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the back of Black Seed Bagels in northern Brooklyn is a giant catering kitchen filled with industrial-size condiments and freezers full of dough. A tall, silver electric oven, named the…

Climate advocates in New York City celebrated when Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election, applauding his history of opposing the expansion of gas infrastructure in the city and his framing of climate action as important to his affordability agenda. Now, those advocates will closely monitor how he addresses the city’s…

By Kanishka Singh Thu, January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC 1 min read FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) speaks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum during a rally held by Republican presidential nominees and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Uniondale, New York, U.S., September 18, 2024.…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show back here in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking nurses in freezing temperatures Tuesday as…

In August of 2023, Zohran Mamdani launched his reëlection campaign for State Assembly at Sac’s Place, a pizza place in Astoria. Beneath bistro lights strung above the restaurant’s back patio, he gave a speech to a crowd so small that his address almost became a conversation. “So,” Mamdani began, “I…