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New York will embark on a $635 million redevelopment of the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, a project aimed at modernizing an aging wholesale complex that feeds much of the city but has become increasingly strained by pollution and decades-old infrastructure.The deal, announced by Eric Adams in one of his final acts as […]

Revelers wanting to celebrate the new year in New York’s Times Square will need to bundle up as freezing temperatures and possible snow is forecast for the city.Cold conditions are expected in New York City with temperatures Wednesday projected to drop as low as 26 degrees Fahrenheit with a chance of snow later in the […]

The MetroCard — a blue-and-yellow pass that for more than three decades let riders into New York’s vast subway network with a swipe — will be retired on Wednesday, replaced by the already popular tap-and-go payment system.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced the MetroCard in 1994, bringing what was then modern, magnetic-strip technology to turnstiles that had […]

The city’s Health Department is bracing for a turbulent year for public health as 20% of its budget — roughly $600 million in federal funding — is at risk due to the Trump administration’s threatened budget cuts, according to the city’s health chief.Dr. Michelle Morse, acting commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, […]