After a meticulous, $2 billion restoration–the priciest in American history—the Waldorf Astoria is back, and breathing Art Deco glamor into Midtown Manhattan.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A stretch of Forest Avenue in West Brighton will be closed to traffic on Saturday as part of the New York City Summer Streets program. More than a half-mile of the busy commercial strip between Broadway and Bard Avenue will be open only to pedestrians and cyclists from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams praised the Trump administration's efforts to secure the southern border and claimed that those efforts have provided the city "real relief."

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The Justice Department on Thursday announced a lawsuit against New York City’s so-called sanctuary city policies, days after the Trump administration blamed those policies for the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer in Manhattan.