Jennie Coughlin

Lots of new followers, so a quick intro: I'm the NYT Metro desk audience editor, so I share lots of Metro stories. I'm a big running geek and cover the NYC marathon for Metro. I'm a geek in general & follow lots of scientists/researchers. Also writers because I write fiction in my spare (lol) time.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, had been acting without legal authority for more than a month, thrusting the state’s already paralyzed federal court system further into disarray.

He has released a 17-page public safety plan proposing a new civilian-led Department of Community Safety that would deploy mental health teams to respond to 911 calls and that would expand street-level programs intended to stop the cycle of violence.

BREAKING: Despite public denials earlier today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams has told a small group of friends and advisers that he is seriously considering job opportunities that could prompt him to suspend his re-election campaign, according to people familiar with the conversations.

Ms. Bullaro, a retired health care worker, said she receives $292 per month in food stamps, just under the maximum allotment for a single person. Without it, she said she most likely will be limited to meals with eggs, bread and pasta.

"My father dropped dead. His headline lives on. "Fifty years after my father, William J. Brink, wrote the words “Ford to City: Drop Dead” on a piece of copy paper at The New York Daily News, the headline endures in the national consciousness." — Bill Brink

If you're running in, cheering for, or hoping to avoid the NYC Marathon on Sunday, here's our guide to the race:

And we're live for another day of NYC mayoral election coverage. An Emerson College poll shows 50% of likely voters supporting Mamdani, with Cuomo receiving the support of 25% of likely voters, a few points ahead of Sliwa, who logged 21%.

While it is approaching Election Day, it is also almost the day for the NYC Marathon, which is perhaps my favorite day of the year in New York City. Our coverage starts tomorrow with my guide to the marathon and spectator's guide and will continue through our live blog on Sunday.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo earned nearly $5 million working as a private consultant in 2024, a sum so large it puts him in the top 0.5 percent of New York City earners, according to his annual tax returns.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has repeatedly criticized his rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, for living in a rent-stabilized apartment, occupied a rent-stabilized unit himself when he was a young professional living in New York City in the 1980s.

We're live with all today's NYC mayoral election news.

de Blasio told The New York Times on Tuesday evening that the comments attributed to him were invented and that he had not spoken with the British newspaper. (The New York Times and The Times of London are not connected.) “I’m astounded,” he said. “It’s a complete fabrication.”

In the suit, Mr. Naveed said the discriminatory behavior by Mr. Adams and his staff members grew “particularly pronounced” after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, when he said he was “singled out and scrutinized by his superiors” because of his Muslim identity.