“If you do not know of your rights, you cannot use those rights,” Mamdani said Monday. “Small businesses deserve a partner in city government.”

Every sector will benefit from Monday’s reforms, from bodegas to child care providers, Mamdani said. He noted reforms like streamlining barbers’ licenses and removing caps on bingo prizes.

Standing outside La Bodega Studio in the Bronx, the mayor signed an executive order creating the government body to execute small business reforms, dubbed OPEN, and expanding NYC BEST, a city program that helps business owners navigate permits and violations. The executive order expands education through the “business owner bill of rights.”

Mayor Mamdani on Monday, announced over 50 reforms to simplify small business regulations, including removing the city’s additional permits to sell frozen treats like ice cream. Together, the reforms will “cut red tape, eliminate redundant fees, and streamline the permitting process,” Mamdani said.

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“It is with great sadness that I report a third person has died in connection with the Legionnaires’ disease community cluster on the Upper East Side,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said in a statement on Sunday. “Our hearts are with their family and friends as they mourn their loss.”

Health officials advised that anyone who has spent time in the affected zip codes 10028, 10075, 10128, including Carnegie Hill and Yorkville, should seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms.

Legionnaires’ disease symptoms can appear up to 14 days after exposure, the NYC Dept. of Health said.

The department said it believes the source of the bacteria has likely been eliminated and that it will continue inspecting every cooling tower that tested positive for the bacteria.

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhaling the Legionella bacteria in small droplets of water mixed in the air or contaminated water accidentally going into the lungs.

The bacteria are found naturally in freshwater, but amounts generally don’t lead to disease. The bacteria typically grow best in warm water and in warm to hot temperatures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The disease does not generally spread from person to person, but infections can occur if the bacteria get into a building’s water supply, including in shower heads, sink faucets, hot water tanks, heaters, cooling towers and other plumbing systems.

Legionnaires’ disease has increased in prevalence over the last decade, reaching a peak of 2.71 cases per 100,000 in 2018, the CDC said. Cases dropped during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and then rebounded in 2021.

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A 35-year-old man was shot in the head, a 28-year-old man was hit in the shin and a 22-year-old woman was shot in the arm when shots rang out in the court in the back of 70 Lenox Ave. just before 10:30 p.m., authorities said.

All three victims were rushed to the hospital, where the 35-year-old was pronounced dead, officials reported. The 28-year-old and 22-year-old were expected to survive.

Kinu Rochford, 35, was shot and killed during a basketball tournament in Harlem, authorities said on Saturday. Rochford’s former school, Fairleigh Dickinson University, confirmed his role in a social media post.

 “FDU is devastated to hear of the tragic passing of former men’s basketball player Kinu Rochford (‘13),” read the social media post on Saturday. “A standout Knight and leader, Rochford built a legacy in Hackensack.”

Rochford was one of three people shot on the basketball court behind 70 Lenox Ave. in Harlem on Friday just before 10:30 p.m., police reported.

A 28-year-old man who was shot in the shin and a 22-year-old woman who was hit in the arm were also taken to the hospital and expected to survive.

What led up to the shooting remains under investigation. The identity of the man killed was also not immediately made known.

The organizer of the local tournament, known on social media as Kingdome Basketball, acknowledged “the tragic loss of life” during the opening game of the 2026 season.

“Our hearts are with the individual’s family, loved ones, teammates, and everyone affected by this devastating tragedy,” read a social post from Saturday. “The Kingdome Games were founded to unite our community through faith, fellowship, and sportsmanship. We unequivocally condemn all forms of violence and remain steadfast in our commitment to providing a safe and positive environment for our youth and community.”

Rochford was a Brooklyn native who began his college basketball career at the Globe Institute of Technology before transferring to FDU, according to the school’s athletics website. As an FDU Knight, he served as the team’s forward and appeared in 53 games, averaging 14.8 points per game, totaling 96 blocks and securing ten double-doubles.

He was recognized with the FDU George Braun Leadership Award in 2013 for displaying exemplary leadership skills among their peers, officials from the university say.

Rochford went on to play internationally for the Netherlands, France, England, Switzerland, Iceland and Lithuania.

“Our hearts are heavier today hearing the tragic news,” said Director of Athletics Jason Young. “Those who knew Kinu described him as a fierce competitor with a big heart who made many positive contributions to the FDU community. Today is another reminder to value each other and every day that we have.”

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 “Why would we reject this option, which costs the city as little as $54 a day, when the cost of homeless shelters is $270 per day,” New York City council Speaker Julie Menin said.

“What is the point of electing a super progressive if they abandon the city’s most needed in the budget process,” Former Speaker of the City Council Christine Quinn said from the steps of City Hall Friday.

Former Speaker Christine Quinn rallied with current Speaker Julie Menin and  many city council members say they will not sign on to a budget until the mayor drops a lawsuit initiated by Mayor Adams that has slowed the expansion of housing vouchers, and the Mayor pledges hundreds of millions of dollars to the housing voucher program.

The Mayor’s Office said the program’s $1.8 billion price tag must be brought under control, especially with the city facing fiscal problems, and that the voucher program must first be reformed so it’s not hemorrhaging money.

By law, the New York City budget must be negotiated before July 1st.

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The board voted 7-1 in favor of the rent freeze on Thursday night, as tenants, packed inside El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, unleashed unbridled joy and relief through delivering on a signature campaign promise for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The decision will freeze rent increases on one- and two-year leases on rent-stabilized apartments.

The vote considered issues including taxes, wages and inflation when making the decision.

Rent-stabilized apartments are in buildings built between 1947 and 1974 with more than six units, or through a tax incentive program which protects tenants from unpredictable annual rent hikes. It, however, only applies to roughly 41 percent of the city’s rental housing stock.

Mamdani had campaigned on freezing the rent when he ran for mayor last year, one of the key issues that catapulted his candidacy into City Hall to lead the most populous city in the United States.

“This is a historic victory for New York City tenants. After reviewing the data and hearing from New Yorkers across the city, the independent RGB has delivered a freeze on one-year leases, and the first-ever freeze on two- year leases in our city’s history. This is the relief that working people across our city deserve,” Mayor Mamdani said in a statement.

Mayor   has insisted that landlords can weather a rent freeze, but landlords lambasted the decision, who say they are struggling with rising costs, like fuel, oil and insurance. They say a rent freeze would hurt their ability to maintain buildings.

Mamdani also has insisted that the board is independent and that its members would make up their own minds.

“I look forward to the outcome, the decision that they will make,” Mamdani said. “It’s an independent Board, and we trust them to make the decision they come to.”

In a statement following the vote, James Whelan, president of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), said, “Tonight’s vote may be politically popular, but it will make New York’s housing crisis worse.”

Kenny Burgos, CEO of the New York Apartment Association (NYAA) said the freeze will “destroy the living conditions for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.”

While the outcome seemed like a foregone conclusion, it did not come without drama.

On Thursday morning, hours before the vote, Christina Smyth, a board member appointed by the landlords, abruptly resigned, claiming the outcome was never in doubt.

“The Rent Guidelines Board has stopped being a fact-finding body,” she said in her letter. “This rebuilt board was required to deliver a rent freeze. Everything since has been theater.

The hearings, the reports, the public comment, the data. None of it was ever going to change the result.”

Under the Adams administration, landlords received 12% rent increases, while their net operating incomes rose by 30%.

Renters who struggle with affordability said they can’t afford an increase.

In March, the Mamdani administration launched a new programme to expedite that process and speed up the construction of affordable housing on city-owned properties by cutting red tape. The city created a pool of pre-approved developers that shortened the process by eight months, as well as faster land-use approvals that could speed up construction projects by as much as two years.

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch issued a statement confirming the searches, saying the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau was working alongside the FBI in executing search warrants “as part of a criminal investigation being pursued by the NYPD, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.”

“The investigation is ongoing and concerns conduct by former and current members of the NYPD,” she said.

The investigation is targeting current and former police executives, according to a report by ABC News.

The investigation is examining, among other things, promotions and assignments and how they were carried out ABC report also mentioned.  

Commissioner Tisch in her statement did not identify potential suspects or charges.

“When I became Police Commissioner, I promised New Yorkers that under my leadership the NYPD would conduct itself with integrity and that there would be a thorough investigation of any claim that members of service failed to meet that standard,” Tisch said. “This investigation and our actions this morning are part of the ongoing effort to fulfill that commitment and hold the Department to its highest ideals.”

The investigation was targeting the current chief of Manhattan South, Jimmy McCarthy, who has been placed on modified duty, according to the NYPD. Another target is the department’s former chief spokesman, Tarik Sheppard, according to ABC news.

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The case centers on a city contract issued during the Adams administration, according to the ABC News.

Carone and the others were expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Their indictment remained sealed on Wednesday, so the exact charges were not immediately known.

Carone helped with Adams’ transition into office in January 2022 and served as the mayor’s chief of staff until that December, when he departed the administration. He said as he departed that it had been an “honor keeping the trains running for this administration,” according to a press release from the time.

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A three-alarm fire heavily damaged the Knights Inn motel in Endwell, New York, on June 22, 2026. Six people died and more than 70 were displaced, State police said.

Police arrested 24‑year‑old Tyler J. Russell and charged him with six counts of second‑degree manslaughter and one count of arson.

According to troopers, just after 6 a.m. on Monday, June 22, local first responders received multiple reports of a fire at the motel in Endwell, a hamlet near the New York and Pennsylvania state lines.

Crews with the Endwell Fire Department arrived to find the motel fully engulfed and “heavy black smoke in the front of the building and flames showing from the rear of the building.”

The fire spread rapidly, police said, and additional fire departments and law enforcement agencies, including the New York State Office of Fire and the Broome County Office of Emergency Services, arrived to assist. At least two people were transported to a hospital and six people died in the fire, troopers said in news released.

In its release, the New York State Police said the victims’ identities will be released “at a later time.”

“First and foremost, our deepest thoughts and continuous prayers are with the victims and their families who were impacted by this morning’s tragic events,” the Endwell Fire Department said in a statement on Facebook. “Please know that our entire department and community stand with you during this incredibly difficult time.”

The exact cause and origin of the fire was not immediately released by police. A motive in the fire was also not immediately known.

Tyler J. Russell, 24, was arrested and charged with six counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of arson in the early morning inferno that tore through the Knights Inn in Broome County, New York State Police wrote.

As a result of the ongoing investigation and after consultation with the Broome County District Attorney’s Office, troopers arrested Russell on manslaughter and arson charges about 8:30 p.m. ET that same day and booked him into the Broome County Jail.

The American Red Cross was assisting the displaced guests, police said, and a temporary shelter was set up at the Vestal United Methodist Church.

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Former New York City comptroller Brad Lander scored a big victory over the incumbent Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District, which covers Lower Manhattan and stretches into Brooklyn.

In New York’s 7th Congressional District, that includes part of Queens and Brooklyn, State Assembly Member Claire Valdez, swiped a wide win over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.

In the 13th Congressional District, made up of parts of Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx, Democratic socialist and community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier beat out the five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat.

The race in the 12th congressional district, Micah Lasher took the win there with Alex Bores coming in second though   Mayor  Mamdani did not endorse. There were several high-profile races across New York on Tuesday.

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“We’re just having a good time,” captain Tim Ream told reporters after the win. “We’re enjoying every moment together. Every goal, every block, every set play, just everything we’re doing is together. And that’s how we create the momentum.”

“We’re all going out and being ourselves and pulling together,” Ream added, “and it’s something that we’ve been trying to do for a long time — and now we’re really doing that. And it’s great to have the fans behind us and see all the reactions that are going on around the country when we play, and we want to keep that going.”

Friday’s win in Seattle comes after a dominant 4-1 victory over Paraguay last week that earned widespread praise and attention for the team’s performance on the pitch.

The U.S. men’s team has not won back-to-back games at a World Cup since the first tournament in 1930, according to FIFA.

The U.S. team next faces Turkey on June 25.

Mauricio Pochettino led the electric crowd in a booming “USA!” chant. Tim Ream shared heartfelt embraces with members of the coaching staff. Christian Pulisic joined fans in singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as he took a celebratory lap around the field with his teammates.

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