The City Reporter

06/14/2026

BANG, BANG — and it’s Knicks in five!

The New York Knicks secured their first NBA championship since 1973 late Saturday, after beating the San Antonio Spurs in Texas in Game 5 of the best-of-7 finals, 94-90.

Noise complaints! Team songs! Subway ridership! Bing B**g!

06/12/2026

As New York City cabbies contend with a spike in gas prices and a resulting drop in business, the arrival of the World Cup could become another big bump in the road for those behind the wheel.

Cabbies will have to work around an influx of more than 1 million visitors to the city and closures to accustomed routes.

06/11/2026

New York judges who sentence people to prison or jail will soon be required to make regular, in-depth visits to correctional facilities — a sweeping reform advocates hope will give jurists a deeper understanding of incarceration.

A new rule requires judges to make recurring visits to prisons and jails after years of uneven compliance with a little-enforced Attica uprising-era mandate.

06/11/2026

NEW: Comptroller Brad Lander not guilty in ICE-related bench trial.

A federal judge acquitted Lander acquitted of “unreasonably” obstructing elevators inside the federal building during a protest against ICE arrests last fall.

06/11/2026

New report shows how owners of rent-stabilized buildings in New York City are hit with higher taxes than buyers of ritzy co-ops.

06/11/2026

From buses to cabs to street closures, here’s everything you need to know about making your way through Manhattan during the games.

06/11/2026

When Erica Hill heard New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns speak about how he felt his late mother’s presence during the NBA Finals, it really resonated.

So much so it inspired her to host a watch party at her funeral home in Greenpoint.

“KAT knows the ones we love never really leave. So do we,” said a Brooklyn memorial space hosting New Yorkers on game day.

06/11/2026

Anthony Valles wanted to bring his 50-year-old dad back to Madison Square Garden for the Knicks’ first NBA Finals in 27 years.

They made it this week.

Anthony Valles wanted to bring his 50-year-old dad back to Madison Square Garden for the Knicks' first NBA Finals in 27 years. They made it this week.

06/11/2026

Ben Max joins Christina Greer and Harry Siegel for a FAQ NYC-Max Politics crossover just after game four to put down politics for once and talk about the Knicks’ incredible comeback and a city that’s dizzy with excitement.

Find our journalism more easily when you are searching for local coverage. Add THE CITY on Google Bex Max joins Christina Greer and Harry Siegel for a FAQ NYC-Max Politics crossover just after game four to put down politics for once and talk about the Knicks’ incredible comeback and a city that’...

06/11/2026

Officers violated NYPD guidelines in a deadly 2023 motorbike pursuit. The attorney general said there was insufficient evidence to charge them.