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The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for most of New York City on Saturday, with 'life-threatening' flooding expected from severe thunderstorms. Smoke from Canadian wildfires also returned, causing unhealthy air quality. The region faced a level 3 risk for severe storms, including flash flooding, damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes.
New York City faces a grim weekend forecast with Canadian wildfire smoke, heavy rain, and flash floods expected Saturday. A strong weather system brings severe storms with damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding to Connecticut, affecting about 55 million people. Clearing and nicer weather is expected Sunday.
The first death has been reported in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, with 67 cases confirmed. Health officials mandated all affected buildings, including museums, private schools, and residential properties, to clean, drain, and disinfect their cooling towers. Over 75 towers tested positive for Legionella, and 12 people remain hospitalized.
Nearly 865,000 New Yorkers received welfare in the past year, the highest in nearly 30 years, with spending reaching a record $2.7 billion. The caseload rose 55.7% since 2022, and Mayor Mamdani inherited the crisis from predecessor Eric Adams.
A 70-year-old woman was shoved onto subway tracks at a Midtown Manhattan station on Saturday morning. Good Samaritans jumped down and rescued her before a train arrived. She was hospitalized with a head wound in stable condition. The suspect remains at large.
Uber driver Rustam Uzakov, 64, filed a lawsuit Monday against wigmaker Miriam Yarimi, who was speeding at 68 mph in a 25 mph zone before striking his car and then killing a mother and two daughters in a crosswalk on March 29, 2025. Uzakov seeks unspecified damages for medical expenses.
New York state now spends more on Medicaid ($39.4 billion) than on K-12 schools ($37 billion) in the 2025-26 fiscal year, per Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. New York pays the highest per-person Medicaid costs in the US, and the federal government is investigating potential waste and fraud in the program.
The family of Donike Gocaj filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Con Edison, alleging negligence led to her death after she fell into an uncovered manhole in Manhattan. Gocaj died from burns, scalding steam inhalation, and blunt-force chest injury. A truck had dislodged the cover minutes earlier.
The NYPD confirmed there is no investigation into a July 7 Central Park e-bike crash that left 43-year-old jogger Jean in a medically induced coma. Jean suffered a traumatic brain injury, broken elbow, and deep lacerations. Witnesses said the e-bike rider was traveling the wrong way in the running lane. Jean's family launched a GoFundMe to cover medical expenses and raise awareness about e-bike dangers.
This commentary argues that New York City's business leaders are downplaying the severity of crime by selectively citing decreases in murders and shootings while ignoring increases in felonious assault, transit crime, rapes, and hate crimes. The author contends that a fuller picture of crime data reveals ongoing public safety challenges.