Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has pledged to strengthen cooperation with ICE if New York City elects Zohran Mamdani.

Former Braves pitcher John Rocker reinforced his opinion of New York in an X post that criticized the city amid the upcoming mayoral election. Rocker’s disdain for New York is nothing new, as he made headlines in 1999 for ripping the city with controversial comments in a Sports Illustrated interview.

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday seeks to redraw the boundaries of the only congressional district in New York City represented by a Republican, arguing that its current configuration unconstitutionally dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters.

Celebrities have been everywhere this week. In New York City, Sabrina Carpenter bundles up, and A$AP Rocky and Margaret Qualley film a Chanel commercial. Also in the Big Apple, a fashionable Kim Kardashian promotes All's Fair, and Busy Philipps shares a kiss with her boyfriend Blake Berris.

From candlelit mansions to ghostly art tours, the Big Apple is teeming with places that reveal its haunted history.

There are vanishingly few great coffee smoothies in New York City, but the Espresso Yo’ Self ($12) at Hibiscus Brew is one of them. This isn’t simply frozen coffee — almond butter, cinnamon and almond milk give it a full-bodied flavor. You’ll be tempted to recreate it at home, but there’s nothing like the real thing. NIKITA RICHARDSON

Kim Kardashian was snapped sporting a 1999 Dominique Sirop Haute Couture Corset on Monday, Oct. 27, while out in New York City. The vintage corset look featured an oversized fur trim.

It is day 28 of the government shutdown and the Senate has failed to pass a spending bill. Over 40 million Americans are at risk of losing their food assistance benefits starting November 1st. MSNBC Reporter Laura Haefeli is at a New York City food bank opened specifically for federal employees and shares more on the real life impact.

Joe Macken drives a truck for work, but two decades ago, he stumbled upon a very particular passion -- carving New York City buildings out of balsa wood. Soon, the buildings became blocks, and the blocks became boroughs, each carved precisely to scale in a miniature Big Apple.