Paige Oamek

4 days ago | gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein |Catalina Gonella |Paige Oamek |Elijah Hurewitz-Ravitch

New Yorkers turned out to the polls Tuesday in sweltering heat to vote in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor and other offices. “I think local elections, we don't put as much emphasis on it, we tend to care more about the presidential ones,” Jianna Dejesus, a 23-year-old who works in film, said outside the poll site at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria.

5 days ago | gothamist.com | Paige Oamek

If you’ve ever dreamed of redesigning Manhattan like a SimCity player, now’s your chance. Mayor Eric Adams and New York City’s planning department are taking the first steps in their “Manhattan Plan” to add 100,000 new homes to the borough over the next decade. Residents can now weigh in on the plan through a city website and survey, and eventually in-person events, to identify potential sites for residential development, zoning updates and other ideas down to the census-tract level.

5 days ago | gothamist.com | Paige Oamek

Truck drivers, beware. The New York City Department of Transportation will ticket overweight Staten Island-bound vehicles on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway $650 per violation starting this Sunday. The transportation department has been ticketing overweight Queens-bound vehicles since 2023. The expanding enforcement aims to slow the deterioration of the thoroughfare — which is in dire condition due a crumbling foundation made more treacherous by heavy trucks it was never designed to transport.

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Paige Oamek |Jon Campbell

New York City’s push for a Bronx casino cleared a key hurdle Wednesday and appears headed for approval in Albany, multiple sources tell Gothamist. But the casino still has to win a coveted license from the state gaming commission. The competition to build a casino in the city has been fierce and has sparked a number of local disputes about where they should be sited.

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Paige Oamek

The Port Authority will soon offer PATH train riders with disabilities 50% reduced fares, and the agency is opening applications for the program next Monday. The agency’s board in December as part of its budget for 2025. The proposal received support from the PATH Riders’ Council, transit and disability advocacy groups, and both New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy. Qualifying riders will only have to pay $1.50 for one-way tickets.