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Julie Menin, the speaker, said she had been given excuses for why contracts had not been provided. The mayor’s office called her request “extremely laborious.”

The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as PFAS.

Crews installed “temporary shoring” on more floors in the building, and the developer of the project has reassured investors that the project will be completed on time.

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Wednesday to root out state laws that reference outdated technologies like the fax and telegram.

A new play is its own piece of art: A first-person account of an official inquiry into an artist’s use of private investigation databases to create work.

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom house in Yonkers, N.Y., and a four-bedroom house in Cranford, N.J.

Midtown, with its high-rise office buildings and tourist hotels, isn’t hip, but it has become the site of a series of dramatic spectacles this year.

A New York Times review of city records shows that the firm, Domani Inspection Services, was repeatedly accused of breaking New York City rules.

Jay Clayton said he had named James McDonald as a deputy to oversee the transition at the Southern District of New York office. President Trump nominated Mr. Clayton to be his intelligence chief.

Wednesday was the first day since June 11 with no World Cup matches. For run-down restaurant workers who also handled the Knicks’ run, it was a welcome reprieve.

He brokered celebrity divorces and recovered billions for victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. But he was proudest of helping to legalize interracial marriage.

In a time of economic stress, some young people are rethinking their political outlook. Others are still doing well.

A plan announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul lists ambitious steps to speed up New York City buses, which remain some of the slowest in the nation.