New York Real Estate News: Pied-à-Terre Tax Target List Shrinks to 10,800 as Deadline Extends to Oct. 6
Real Estate New York City has reduced the number of property owners receiving new pied-à-terre tax notices from roughly 17,000 to 10,800 after reviewing residency information and approving thousands of…
Arts & Entertainment: Yayoi Kusama, Artist of Dots, Mirrors, and Infinity, Dies at 97
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist whose dots, mirrors, pumpkins and visions of infinity transformed contemporary culture, died at 97 in a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14, 2026, according to…
Albany NY News: Lawmakers Pull ‘Parent Accountability’ Bill After Backlash : What Local Law F Would Have Done
Category: Politics Albany County lawmakers withdrew a controversial proposal requiring some parents to complete parenting or youth-crime-prevention classes after community advocates argued that the measure would punish families without addressing…
Manhattan Business News: Meta’s $17.1B Settlement : What New York’s $1.15B Payday Means for Kids’ Mental Health
Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to a bipartisan coalition of New York and 50 other attorneys general while imposing sweeping restrictions on how minors use Facebook…
New York Breaking News: Large Fire Engulfs Queens House, Spreads to Neighboring Homes
Category: News A major residential fire tore through two homes in South Ozone Park early Thursday, injuring three people: including two firefighters: and prompting a large FDNY response as crews…
New York Real Estate News: Antitrust Lawsuit Claims Compass Delistings From StreetEasy Are Driving Up NYC Rents
A federal antitrust class-action lawsuit filed by two New York City renters accuses Compass of restricting public access to rental listings, reducing competition and contributing to higher rents across the…
Albany NY News: FBI Charges Albany Woman in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot to Bomb State Capitol
Federal prosecutors have charged Jessica Bowie, a 35-year-old Albany woman, with attempting to provide material support to ISIS in an alleged plot to bomb the New York State Capitol and…
NYC Shifts to Auditing Tax Cheats Following Chaotic Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout
New York City's Department of Finance accelerates intensive audits targeting non-residency fraud and high-end tax evasion following an administrative misstep that initially cast an overly broad net across the five…
Unearthing History: Albany Advances Plans to Restore Historic Erie Canal Marina at Lock 1
Local officials, historians, and urban planners in New York's Capital Region are advancing ambitious initiatives to unearth and revitalize the historic marine infrastructure at Lock 1 on the Erie Canal.…
NYC Fashion Trends: 20 Fall Looks to Get You Started on Madison Avenue and SoHo Style
New York’s Fall 2026 fashion direction favors structured outerwear, tactile layering, rich autumn color and footwear that can move from a Madison Avenue appointment to a SoHo gallery opening. Runway…