Thu, Apr 9•3:30 PM ET•42°F · Partly Cloudy•'SNL' Announces May Shows: Will These Be Lorne Michaels' Last?•NYC Green Cabs Hit Record Low as Uber and Lyft Dominate•NYC Resumes Flatbush Avenue Bus Lane Construction•Can Nadia Shihata Independently Investigate Mamdani's City Hall?•Sunnyside Yard Housing Plan Draws 200 Residents to Meeting•NY Tenant Groups Push for Harassment Penalties in State Budget•Chloe Fineman SNL Backlash Over Vanity Fair Interview•Designers Are Burning Out, but Not From the Work You'd Expect•Congestion Pricing Funds Clean Air Investment in South Bronx•Congestion Toll Revenue Funds Clean Fridges in South Bronx•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Andrew Garson on How AI Is Disrupting PR•NYC Blue Zones: A Fifth of the City Faces Flood Risk•NYC Bond Rating Warnings: What They Mean for New Yorkers•NY Lawmakers Own Homes While Constituents Struggle to Afford Them•NYC Transit Chief Slams TWU Push for Two-Person Train Crews•Old Court Records Are Showing Up in Google Searches and Costing People Jobs•SNL Cast Breaking Character: Kevin Nealon Weighs In•NYC Building Workers to Vote on Strike Authorization April 15•Advocates Urge Mamdani to Save Tony Dapolito Rec Center•Gale Brewer Impersonator Scammed NYC Pension Fund $32,980•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Mark Belnick and the Tyco Scandal: How a Manhattan Corporate Lawyer's $14 Million Secret Unraveled•Judge Keeps NYC Council Staffer in ICE Detention•Iran War Turbulence Threatens Mamdani's NYC Budget•NYC Sues Empower Ride-Sharing App for Operating Without License•MTA to Triple Wheelchair Lift Training for Express Bus Drivers•Q&A With Council Member Frank Morano of Staten Island•Todd Haimes Theatre Reopens After $24M Renovation in NYC•Appeals Court Pauses NYCHA Chelsea Complex Demolition•Landlord Income Up 6% as NYC Rent Board Eyes Freeze•Dear Netflix: New York Did Not Stay Up Past Midnight for This•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Billable Hours Are Dying, and AI Is the Final Nail•Kevin Nealon Calls Out SNL Cast for Breaking Character Too Often•NYCFC Tops Out Etihad Park at Willets Point in Queens•Mamdani Launches Fast-Track Affordable Housing Program•Mamdani Budget Director Blames Adams for $5.4B Deficit•Judge Orders Rikers Island Fixed in 7 Years or Less•NYC Emergency Housing Vouchers Expiring, 16,000 at Risk•Mamdani Appeals Court Order to Expand NYC Housing Vouchers•MTA Advances $1.1B Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Contract•NYC Schools Chief Warns 80% Class-Size Goal May Miss Deadline•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•MTA Pushes Q Line Extension Amid Federal Funding Fight•ICE Agents Deployed to Airports Amid TSA Shortage•NYPD Still Issuing Criminal Charges to Street Vendors•Rising Costs Threaten NY's Affordable Housing Stock•The Schneps Effect: Local Media Spotlights 10 Talented NYers•NY Prison Reform: Advocates Demand Accountability After Deaths•NYC Faces Negative Outlook From Third Credit Agency•Ex-NYC Taxi Boss David Do Backs Out of Empower App Job•Mamdani Appoints NYC Salary Commission Members in First 100 Days•Hochul Proposes Weakening New York's Climate Law•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Thu, Apr 9•3:30 PM ET•42°F · Partly Cloudy•'SNL' Announces May Shows: Will These Be Lorne Michaels' Last?•NYC Green Cabs Hit Record Low as Uber and Lyft Dominate•NYC Resumes Flatbush Avenue Bus Lane Construction•Can Nadia Shihata Independently Investigate Mamdani's City Hall?•Sunnyside Yard Housing Plan Draws 200 Residents to Meeting•NY Tenant Groups Push for Harassment Penalties in State Budget•Chloe Fineman SNL Backlash Over Vanity Fair Interview•Designers Are Burning Out, but Not From the Work You'd Expect•Congestion Pricing Funds Clean Air Investment in South Bronx•Congestion Toll Revenue Funds Clean Fridges in South Bronx•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Andrew Garson on How AI Is Disrupting PR•NYC Blue Zones: A Fifth of the City Faces Flood Risk•NYC Bond Rating Warnings: What They Mean for New Yorkers•NY Lawmakers Own Homes While Constituents Struggle to Afford Them•NYC Transit Chief Slams TWU Push for Two-Person Train Crews•Old Court Records Are Showing Up in Google Searches and Costing People Jobs•SNL Cast Breaking Character: Kevin Nealon Weighs In•NYC Building Workers to Vote on Strike Authorization April 15•Advocates Urge Mamdani to Save Tony Dapolito Rec Center•Gale Brewer Impersonator Scammed NYC Pension Fund $32,980•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Mark Belnick and the Tyco Scandal: How a Manhattan Corporate Lawyer's $14 Million Secret Unraveled•Judge Keeps NYC Council Staffer in ICE Detention•Iran War Turbulence Threatens Mamdani's NYC Budget•NYC Sues Empower Ride-Sharing App for Operating Without License•MTA to Triple Wheelchair Lift Training for Express Bus Drivers•Q&A With Council Member Frank Morano of Staten Island•Todd Haimes Theatre Reopens After $24M Renovation in NYC•Appeals Court Pauses NYCHA Chelsea Complex Demolition•Landlord Income Up 6% as NYC Rent Board Eyes Freeze•Dear Netflix: New York Did Not Stay Up Past Midnight for This•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•Billable Hours Are Dying, and AI Is the Final Nail•Kevin Nealon Calls Out SNL Cast for Breaking Character Too Often•NYCFC Tops Out Etihad Park at Willets Point in Queens•Mamdani Launches Fast-Track Affordable Housing Program•Mamdani Budget Director Blames Adams for $5.4B Deficit•Judge Orders Rikers Island Fixed in 7 Years or Less•NYC Emergency Housing Vouchers Expiring, 16,000 at Risk•Mamdani Appeals Court Order to Expand NYC Housing Vouchers•MTA Advances $1.1B Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Contract•NYC Schools Chief Warns 80% Class-Size Goal May Miss Deadline•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•MTA Pushes Q Line Extension Amid Federal Funding Fight•ICE Agents Deployed to Airports Amid TSA Shortage•NYPD Still Issuing Criminal Charges to Street Vendors•Rising Costs Threaten NY's Affordable Housing Stock•The Schneps Effect: Local Media Spotlights 10 Talented NYers•NY Prison Reform: Advocates Demand Accountability After Deaths•NYC Faces Negative Outlook From Third Credit Agency•Ex-NYC Taxi Boss David Do Backs Out of Empower App Job•Mamdani Appoints NYC Salary Commission Members in First 100 Days•Hochul Proposes Weakening New York's Climate Law•Thu, Apr 9•42°F•
Ben Alvarado

Ben Alvarado

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About Ben

Ben Alvarado graduated from CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in 2023 and immediately joined the Evening Mail. A South Bronx native, he spent his early career as a stringer for the Daily News and WNYC. Ben covers breaking news across all five boroughs and has a particular interest in criminal justice and housing issues. He believes every neighborhood deserves quality journalism.

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