New York’s powerhouse healthcare union says the city’s largest nonprofit for homeless youth has embarked on a union-busting campaign, dragging out contract talks for more than four years and firing employees for participating in union activities.

Inside a packed Mexican restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn, a woman lit a tall glass prayer candle to the Virgin of Guadalupe and kept it lit for the entirety of her team’s World Cup game against Ecuador, until Mexico won. On the buzzing streets of Little Senegal in Harlem, a Senegalese security guard beat a djembe and sang in Wolof, his offering of hope as his team faced off against Belgium in the Round of 32.

For years, MTA Chair Janno Lieber has called on the city to crack down on dollar vans, which peel away fares from the transit agency's buses.

Whether it comes from government spokespeople or celebrity publicists, the phrase “can neither confirm nor deny” is the perfect non-denial denial.

How Trump bit off more than he could chew.

The film critic discusses three notable movies of this summer: Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “The Odyssey,” the quirky comedy “I Love Boosters,” and the personal documentary “Remake.”

After a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, WNYC health reporter Caroline Lewis and investigative data reporter Joe Hong explain how the illness spreads, what went wrong during the 2025 Harlem outbreak and why major gaps in cooling tower testing and inspections remain. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images -Got any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org