Weekly News Roundup – May 12, 2025

Parks Commissioner to Resign, Sources Say - The City

NY asks judge to stop Trump admin from withholding funds in congestion pricing case - 1010 WINS

Real ID deadline is here: How to get one, what documents are needed to fly in 2025 - Fox 5

MTA gets $500M loan backed by congestion pricing revenue - 1010 WINS

Massive repair job on leaky NYC aqueduct will take years to finish after pause for fall drought - 1010 WINS

NY asks judge to stop Trump admin from withholding funds in congestion pricing case - 1010 WINS

NYC invests $1.6M to launch 'SilentShield' buttons to connect bodegas to NYPD in emergencies - 1010 WINS

MTA bridges, tunnels in NYC will soon get speed cameras: Hochul - 1010 WINS

NY saw 25 flu-related child deaths this past season—the most ever - 1010 WINS

MTA Gets Full Funding as Hochul Finalizes Budget, but It Counts on Feds Paying All of Penn Costs - Our Town

Here's How The Upper East Side Is Spending $2.75M - PATCH

New Met Gala exhibit 'Superfine' gives voice to emerging Black designers - ABC7NY

City expects 3 million fewer tourists in 2025 than previously projected - NY1

An offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned over Trump administration delays - NY1

State Legislature approves $254 billion budget in flurry of votes after weeks of battles - NY1

Browning School to Open New Upper School Campus on East 64th Street This Fall - East Side Feed

This Upper East Side Duplex Apartment Is NYC's Newest Landmark - PATCH

Average monthly rent in NYC reaches nearly 150% more than national average entering May 2025: Report - QNS

Sidewalk-bus loading platforms upgraded at 17 NYC bus stops to help visually impaired commuters - AMNY

Tech at the table: How New York City dining embraces AI and technology - AMNY

Touting $115B ‘Best Budget Ever,’ Mayor Adams Braves Looming Trump and Economy Risks - The City

Business Boosts Mark Hochul’s ‘Rainy Day’ Spending Plan - The City

NYC Arts Groups Reel as Trump NEA Cuts Hit Home - The City

Fare evasion: MTA battling scourge of scofflaws boarding buses without paying their fair share - AMNY

Demolition Imminent at 1477 Third Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Mayor Adams Announces Funding For Clean Public Spaces - YIMBY

Here's When The Next Public Hearing For Lenox Hill Hospital Construction Is Scheduled - Patch

Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations - Our Town

MTA Trying to Shut Down the “Superhighway of Fare Evasion” in Subways - Our Town

The most important things included in the state budget - City and State

The state budget passed at last: What’s in it for NYC? - City and State

Plastic packaging reduction bill once again a post-budget priority - City and State

Four-year pilot program for housing vouchers included in final state budget - City and State

Lawmakers succeed in watering down Hochul’s proposed discovery changes - City and State

How New York City Routinely Fails to Pay the Nonprofits It Relies On - NY Times

How 40 Manhattan Businesses Are Adapting to Congestion Pricing - NY Times

Flu Killed 25 Children in New York This Season, the Most in Many Years - NY Times

NYC car crashes have been declining. Congestion pricing accelerated the trend. - Gothamist

Housing could be on the ballot in NYC. Here’s what New Yorkers may be voting on. - Gothamist

‘It can’t be a free-for-all': Mayor Adams, officials take aim at vendor reforms - Gothamist

Speed cameras coming soon to MTA bridges and tunnels in NYC - Gothamist

NYC won't see a sunset before 8 p.m. for next 3 months - Gothamist

Hochul to get expanded authority to make midyear budget cuts - City and State

Tech is Driving the NYC Economy, New Report Finds - The City