New York City

Whenever someone scanned the code, a fake website popped up that looked like a parking payment portal. At least one person inputted their credit card information.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered roughly $2 billion in economic impact to New York City, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office. While the impact was huge for the city, it was greater across the New York-New Jersey region given that the World Cup generated $3.5 billion across the area, Mamdani said Wednesday, citing a preliminary city analysis. Mamdani also…

New York City is welcoming more than fall vibes this Thursday, October 1. The new month brings changes, including more football, possibly more postseason baseball (Yankees fans hope), and the inevitable return of sub-60-degree weather. On the legislative side, the five boroughs also welcome changes that impact rent, healthcare products, and consumer safety. Here’s what to look out for...

All summer in NYC, drivers have been warned about fake pay-to-park QR codes, with thieves using the legit-looking codes to steal information from drivers. Investigators appear to have tracked down at least one of the people believed to be behind the alleged scam. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

On average, a family in the city loses $3,200 per year to junk fees and hidden costs, Mamdani has said. Consider how many families use subscriptions.

The rate change takes effect Oct. 19.

New York City released what Mayor Zohran Mamdani called a blueprint to fight antisemitism. The city plans to spend millions of dollars trying to stop hate before it happens. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo has a closer look at what the city will be doing, and how Jewish New Yorkers feel about it.

The tax on luxury second homes also faces other moneyed opposition: casino mogul Steve Wynn and former Trump administration secretary Wilbur Ross.

It comes less than a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mamdani of being “the antisemitic mayor of New York.” It also comes amid a spike in hate crimes, especially anti-Jewish ones.

“So, how is the complete and total destruction of New York going?” Kimmel asked the mayor.

Manhole mystery continues as three more men are seen climbing out of sewer in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. Erica Byfield with the latest.

While some of the long lines around Rockefeller Center this week were people trying to snag tickets to the “Saturday Night Live” premiere hosted by the king of New York himself, Jalen Brunson, others in the area may have been coming for a very different attraction. Once again, artist CJ Hendry brought her mega-popular Flower Market back to Rockefeller Center….

Police were still searching for at least one other person who was seen on surveillance video coming out of the same manhole.

23 had tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease as of Wednesday, up from 14 the week before, after live Legionella bacteria were confirmed in cooling towers at 7 locations. Here are the addresses.

The NYPD insists there’s no threat to the prime minister or the United Nations.

Hostin said on “The View” that she changed the minds of her fellow jurors to find Daniel Rakowitz not criminally responsible by reason of insanity at his 1991 New York City trial.

The former film producer was sentenced after being convicted of sexually assaulting former TV production assistant Miriam Haley in New York in 2006.

DoorDash has reached a major settlement with NYC delivery workers, as both that platform and Uber Eats were accused of cheating drivers out of millions of dollars in tips. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

The agreement, which officials described as the largest worker settlement in city history, also requires the company to submit to a new monitoring system to ensure compliance with pay laws.