NYCLU · New York, NY
New York voters have strong protections under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA) and the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. Voting & Representation All voters have the right to cast their ballot independently and privately. Here are your rights when you head to the polls to cast your ballot. Voter Registration No. New York does not have same-day registration. But in our state, there is a single day when voters can both register and vote. On the first day of early voting, which is 10 days before Election Day, voters can go to an early voting site, fill out a registration affidavit, and cast an affidavit ballot in the same visit. See elections.ny.gov for current voter registration deadlines and forms. No. New York has a closed primary system, meaning that only voters who are affiliated with a party with candidates on a primary ballot can cast a vote.
NBC New York · New York, NY
New York City lawmakers will address growing concerns over emergency response times after a new report showed first responders are taking longer to answer life-threatening calls. A new report out late week by the city comptroller's office comparing 2026 to 2015, showed FDNY ambulance response times to emergencies increased by 3 minutes and 50 seconds. That makes a more than 40% increase. Response times for non-life-threatening emergencies, meanwhile, more than doubled, to 14 minutes and 49 seconds, on average. It's not just the response times that have gone up: Call volume is also increased. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are On Tuesday, the New York City Council will hold a hearing to analyze this latest report, hear testimony and consider possible legislation to improve emergency response operations.
Eater New York · New York, NY
NYC Restaurant News The London favorite has an opening target for Nomad — and gave New Yorkers a preview of its chicken ruby and black dal Facebook Link London restaurants are in love with New York City: Just this month, butter chef Thomas Straker opened his namesake restaurant in Soho; earlier this year, Punjabi-leaning and impossible-to-get-into Indian restaurant Ambassadors Clubhouse debuted in Nomad. In 2027, London Indian phenom Dishoom is joining that party. The heralded Indian restaurant is aiming to open its first U.S. location in March, according to executive chef Arun Kumar. Caper reported earlier this year that the restaurant is opening in Nomad at 11 E. 26th Street, near Madison Avenue.
Condé Nast Traveler · New York, NY
As an almost lifelong citizen of New York City in his mid-50s, I go through the usual phases of “What have they done to my beloved city?” and “Hmm, things aren't as bad as I thought they were.” Right now I'm definitely in the second stage of my relationship with Gotham. What's changed? The answer nearly everyone gives is “da Knicks.” I'm not a huge sports fan, but when it felt like the whole city was dancing around me and Spike Lee was throwing block parties in Fort Greene, it was hard not to get caught up in the joy. And then, to up the good-vibes ante, the World Cup came our way, and Norwegian soccer fans were Viking-rowing in Times Square. The other thing that changed was the answer to the perennial question that haunts this super-expensive city: Who is New York for?
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · New York, NY
Senior Kameryn Lloyd spent her summer studying how siRNA therapeutics could be a potential tool against cancer. In my time at UNC-Chapel Hill, I have fallen in love with research. Working in UNC School of Medicine Professor Chad Pecot’s lab studying cancer, asking questions, doing cool experiments, and interpreting and presenting the results has been an incredibly rewarding process. When I was accepted into the Mechanistic Biology Summer Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, I jumped at the opportunity. Mechanistic biology is about understanding the fundamental “why” behind how biological systems work, especially in cancer. The research I studied this past summer mirrored a lot of what I do on campus at Chapel Hill. In both labs, I studied siRNA therapeutics as a potential tool against cancer. siRNAs are synthetic molecules that bind to a specific RNA and cause it to be degraded before it can be turned into protein.
The Guardian · New York, NY
New York’s mayor celebrated the ruling and said: ‘Our city belongs to all of us, and we will not abandon our neighbors’ A federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against New York City’s sanctuary laws on Thursday as the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, heralded the loss, saying he would not allow the government to “use fear to divide our city”. The ruling marks the latest defeat for the federal government, as it sues cities and states over legal protections for immigrants. Federal courts in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minnesota have thrown out similar lawsuits over the last two years. The US district judge Ramón E Reyes Jr affirmed in Thursday’s ruling that “there is nothing within federal law that obligates states to participate in federal immigration enforcement or compels states to comply”.
New York Focus · New York, NY
The head of New York’s Democratic Party filed a complaint last week asking the state elections watchdog to investigate Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman’s campaign due to errors with his campaign finance reports. The complaint relied heavily on a recent report by New York Focus, which found that Blakeman’s campaign had requested matching dollars for thousands of donations that did not meet the requirements of New York’s public matching funds program. Blakeman, currently the Nassau County executive, is mounting an underdog challenge to Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat seeking a second full term. Blakeman is participating in New York’s public campaign finance program, which offers gubernatorial candidates $6 in taxpayer money for every $1 they receive in small contributions from in-state donors.