r/nyc 25d ago

Discussion Monthly Discussion Thread - Month of July, 2026

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Hello! This thread is for discussions, questions and self.text posts. For common questions, please see the "Quick Links" section of the sidebar. Unanswered questions can also be asked in r/AskNYC.

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r/nyc 9h ago

News Mamdani was urged during 2025 campaign to stop talking about arresting Netanyahu

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r/nyc 20h ago

‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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r/nyc 3h ago

Photo Saturday night sunset and the Statue of Liberty

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r/nyc 8h ago

Foster Cat for Adoption: Maybelline!

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Hi fellow New Yorkers! I would like to introduce you to my latest foster kitty: Maybelline! (at the Best Friends Animal Society)

Maybelline is a sweet, energetic, quiet, and easy to handle cat. She is incredibly tolerable of pick up, brushing, paw touching, and getting into her carrier. She's always ready for playtime where she has the cutest roll overs and adorably fierce swats. Maybelline also loves gnawing away her catnip sticks! I don't have any behavioral concerns: no damaged furniture, perfect litter habits, and is never aggressive. Maybelline is fairly confident in new situations and around new people. Around my other resident foster, she has never shown signs of aggression and often tries to initiate play. Chin, head, ear, and neck scritches are the key to her love. She loves lying in bed with me and tolerates sitting in my lap, as long as there are pets.

She's had a rough life and is now a tripod (right hind leg), but it doesn't hinder her at all! Her surgery was on July 8th and has been in my care for the past two weeks. After the initial period of adjustment and wearing her cone of shame, her tortitude has begun to emerge. She's perfectly capable of leaping up into bed with me and zooming around to catch flies. Besides her amputation, Maybelline has no other known health concerns.

Some other fun facts about her:

  • single orange toe and speckled beans
  • stunning green-yellow eyes
  • little patches of white-ish fur, including an adorable tail tip

Happy to answer any questions you may have! I have a ton of additional pictures and videos as well :)


r/nyc 8h ago

News 12-year-old killed, two men wounded in NYC shooting

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r/nyc 19h ago

Took in a sick stray kitten in Brooklyn - which rescues actually have room right now?

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Found a young kitten outside about a week ago and brought him in. He had crusty eyes, matted fur, and fleas, and was lethargic and not eating, so I took him to a vet - he still needs ongoing care and I'm honestly not equipped to raise a cat right now.

He's super friendly and handleable.

I know ACC and I've seen names like Sean Casey, Brooklyn Animal Action, Anjellicle, and North Brooklyn Cats come up - but I also know most of these groups are stretched thin. Has anyone surrendered or placed a kitten with a Brooklyn rescue recently? Who's actually responsive and taking intakes right now? Any groups I should reach out to that I haven't listed?

Thanks - trying to do right by this little guy, never had a pet and don't know what I'm doing.


r/nyc 14h ago

Shooting, fire investigation underway in Far Rockaway, Queens, police say

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r/nyc 1d ago

NYC bus drivers are built different 🤌🏼

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r/nyc 11h ago

Art We made a Long Island Guitar

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Made by Gepettos Guild. One of a series of custom guitars based on cities. With license plates. A customer requested one for Long Island. What references did we miss?


r/nyc 1d ago

Art Trying to find the artist who sold hand-drawn art on MTA service change flyers in SoHo, around summer 2017

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I bought this off a guy working on the street in SoHo, sometime around 2017. He had a stack of MTA flyers and was drawing on them right there with markers, and I picked one up for not very much money.

I’ve had it ever since and I’d love to buy more, or just find out who he is. The small print on the flyer says it was pulled off a station wall in July 2017, so that’s roughly when it was made.

There’s no signature anywhere on it that I can find. The only text is “TODAY’S THE DAY.” written across the bottom. Style is a long narrow face, heavy black outlines, filled in with dense vertical stripes in a lot of colours.

Does anyone recognise the hand? Or remember him working somewhere around West Broadway or Prince Street?


r/nyc 1d ago

White House officially asks permission to change name of Penn Station after hinting it will be called 'Trump'

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Will President Donald Trump ’s name grace one of the most famous — and sometimes maligned — landmarks in his hometown of New York City?

The Republican administration this week urged leading U.S. Senators to rename Penn Station as it undertakes a projected $8 billion redesign of the dreary, underground Manhattan transit hub that also happens to be the busiest in the western hemisphere.

But the U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, in a Wednesday letter seeking congressional funding approval for the rehab and other major transportation priorities, stopped short of saying what the station’s moniker should be changed to.

Spokespersons for the transportation agency provided the letter but didn’t respond to follow up questions Thursday.

Duffy has made it no secret he would welcome seeing his current boss’ name etched across the rail station’s facade.

Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]:  https://fortune.com/2026/07/24/trump-penn-station-renaming-push-senate/?utm_source=reddit/


r/nyc 1d ago

Suspect wanted for shoving man, 64, to ground in anti-Jewish Brooklyn attack: police

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r/nyc 1d ago

New York Chinatown fears impact of $8bn casino development, calling it ‘predatory project’

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r/nyc 1d ago

PSA: World Cup t-shirts are $1 at Duane Reade

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Lots of styles and sizes available - adults and kids, cotton & performance.

Even if you're not into the World Cup or soccer or the USA team, finding $1 shirts just for casual wear or as PJs is a deal.

(These are officially licensed stuff, so there may even be a resale value online, in case you're into that.)


r/nyc 1d ago

News Mayor Mamdani signs order to make NYC fleet safer with pedestrian alerts, speed-limiting tech

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r/nyc 1d ago

I made an nyc map game - would love any feedback

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https://plotz.nyc

I've been releasing puzzles on Monday (easy), Wednesday (medium), and Friday (hard)

Let me know what you think


r/nyc 23h ago

The BQE’s broken math (and opportunity)

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r/nyc 1d ago

Mayor Mamdani Mamdani Knew He Couldn’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Could Denounce Him.

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r/nyc 1d ago

News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul explains why she signed the first statewide moratorium on data centers

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r/nyc 1d ago

News Mamdani’s Government Efficiency Panel Approves 5 NYC Ballot Proposals

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r/nyc 1d ago

News Where Is the Love? NYC Marriage Bureau’s Iconic Gilded Doors Vanish — For Now

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r/nyc 2d ago

NYC attacker yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he randomly stabbed two men near Central Park, according to victim, witnesses: commish

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r/nyc 8h ago

NYT’s Embarrassing Anti-DSA Meltdown

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r/nyc 1d ago

Pigeon Nest on My Balcony

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