Happy Friday in New York City, where the temperature isn’t the only thing that’s dropping.
A survey by Gothamist found that prices for seven of the 11 main grocery staples fell in New York over the last six months, headlined by eggs, which dropped from $4.49 per dozen to $3.67 between July and December. It’s a welcome comedown after the avian flu hysteria of early 2025, when a carton of eggs could set you back $12 at your local grocery store. Beef, however, is bucking the trend, with prices peaking at $6.62 per pound, up from a low of $5.80 over the summer.
The number of businesses in the city is also dropping, according to the latest report from the Economic Development Corporation. Approximately 8,500 businesses in New York ceased operations in the second quarter of 2025, while just 3,500 launched. It’s the largest net loss in businesses since the COVID pandemic in 2020.
Crime rates, meanwhile, continue to fall. According to NYPD statistics, the number of murders in the city fell by 20% last year, while total shootings are down to their lowest rates since 1994. Overall, major crime fell by 3% in 2025.
And another thing dropping in the city: the rate at which I’m going on my New Year’s resolution-inspired morning runs. They may as well call them “first two weeks of January” resolutions.
Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-7, endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for her successor in Congress.
Rep. Dan Goldman, D-10, along with 18 House Democratic colleagues, cosponsored a bill that would bar the federal government from using funds to take action or to purchase any NATO-protected territories or countries, which includes Greenland.
A Park Slope gym teacher was arrested on Wednesday for sending an explicit picture to a 16-year-old student via Snapchat.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an Executive Order, effective immediately, that creates an inventory and identifies ways to cut the fees and fines paid by small businesses in New York City.
Yesterday, City Council Speaker Julie Menin unveiled committee chair assignments for the new Council term, distributing top posts across allies, rivals and first-term members alike.
After Wednesday’s nationwide Verizon outage, the telecom company is offering affected customers an apology and $20. Getting it may be a hassle, however.
NYC will conduct its annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate overnight on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The HOPE survey, designed to help the city understand the scale of street homelessness and obtain and allocate the necessary resources, is looking for volunteers.
BAM Free Music for a second season with six free concert nights between Feb. 12 and May 7 that spotlight Caribbean and diasporic artists.
Brooklyn FC signed midfielders Peter Mangione, the cousin of Luigi Mangione, and Tommy McNamara, who previously played in the MLS, to its inaugural men’s roster ahead of the 2026 season in the USL Championship.
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UKRAINE — War can’t diminish determination: A young biathlete trains outside the destroyed ski base in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.
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Firefighters battle the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. Photo: Noah Berger/AP
On Jan. 7, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the United States out of the world’s most important global treaty for combating climate change. He said it was because the treaty ran “contrary to the interests of the United States.”
His order didn’t say which U.S. interests he had in mind.
Trump’s order to now pull the U.S. out of that treaty adds to a growing list of moves by the administration to dismantle U.S. efforts to combat climate change, despite the risks. Many of those moves, and there have been dozens, have flown under the public radar.
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See it before it's gone: The Brooklyn Museum’s “Monet and Venice” exhibition is set to close at the end of the month, with the final date on Sunday, Feb. 1. Read on to learn about the city’s largest Monet exhibition in 25 years.
Happy Birthday to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda!
On This Day in 1945, the Eagle reported, “‘Walkie-talkie,’ the powerful one-man broadcasting station that provides reliable short-range communications between military units today, may become a part of your household equipment just like your radio or refrigerator.”
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