Sun, Mar 22•6:02 AM ET•42°F · Partly Cloudy•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•World Cup Economic Boom Looks Like a Bust in 2026•Queens Father Indicted for Murder of 2-Year-Old Son•NYC Spring Bucket List: 25 Amazing Things to Do in 2026•NYC Lawyer Moves to Drop Adams Defense in Sexual Assault Case•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•NY and MTA Sue Trump Over Second Avenue Subway Funding•MTA Sues Feds Over $60M for Second Ave Subway Extension•NYC's $4M Public Restroom Plan Faces Bureaucratic Delays•NYC Pooper Scooper Law Nearly Impossible to Enforce•Transit Union Sues MTA Over Subway Booth Staffing Cuts•Home Care Aides Fight for 24-Hour Wages in New York•NYC Prefab Bathroom Years Late, Now Costs $3.5 Million•NYC Council Considers Ban on Rodent Glue Traps•Tyler Brandon Davis and the $75 Million RICO Case That Ensnared a Top 100 Accounting Firm•Bloomberg Endorses Lasher in NY-12 Congressional Primary•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•NYC Fare-Free Bus Program Revival: Lawmakers Back 2026 Push•Brooklyn Nurses Lose Health Care Despite $15M State Aid•Budget Watchdogs Warn Mamdani on Wall Street Reliance•How Hochul's Auto Insurance Reform Could Benefit MTA Riders•MTA Seeks Albany Reform to Stop $50M in Dubious Crash Claims•NYC HOPE Count 2026: Measuring Homeless New Yorkers•NYC $30 Minimum Wage Push: What the '30 for Our City' Bill Means•Bronx Tenants Testify at Mamdani Rental Ripoff Hearing•Q&A: Council Member Harvey Epstein on NYC Affordability 2026•Northside BID Proposal Advances in Williamsburg, NY•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•Bronx Day in Albany Returns After Nearly a Decade•Chef Doula: Bronx Man Combines Cooking and Maternal Care•NYC Council Advances Bill Legalizing Basement Apartments•Mamdani's First 100 Days: Budget Wins and 3-K Expansion•Chinese Coffee Chains Reshaping NYC's Asian Drink Scene•NYC Council Revives Third Party Transfer Program With Reforms•NYC Event Permits: City Hall Urged to Cut Red Tape•NYC Officials Consider Charging for Street Parking to Address $5.4 Billion Budget Deficit•FBI Investigates Explosive Devices at Gracie Mansion as Potential Terror Act•Three New Cocktail Bars Bring Creative Drinks to NYC Neighborhoods•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•Two New Restaurants Join Brooklyn's Growing Greenpoint Food Scene•NYPD Confirms Explosive Device Used in Gracie Mansion Protest Clash•Two Pennsylvania Men Arrested After Suspicious Devices Found During Protests at Gracie Mansion•Business Groups Urge City to Suspend Airbnb Rules for World Cup Summer•NYC Caps Sidewalk Shed Extensions at 40 Feet Under New Regulations•City Council Gives Failing Grade to Adams-Era Bus and Bike Lane Progress•Two New Queens Restaurants Add Moroccan and Bangladeshi Flavors to Borough's Dining Scene•Mamdani, Hochul Push Universal Child Care Plan as Report Links Lack of Care to Homelessness•St. Patrick's Day Events Across NYC Offer Family Fun from Parades to Crafts•Six New Manhattan Restaurants Join March Hot List as Dining Scene Continues Evolution•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•Sun, Mar 22•6:02 AM ET•42°F · Partly Cloudy•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•World Cup Economic Boom Looks Like a Bust in 2026•Queens Father Indicted for Murder of 2-Year-Old Son•NYC Spring Bucket List: 25 Amazing Things to Do in 2026•NYC Lawyer Moves to Drop Adams Defense in Sexual Assault Case•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•NY and MTA Sue Trump Over Second Avenue Subway Funding•MTA Sues Feds Over $60M for Second Ave Subway Extension•NYC's $4M Public Restroom Plan Faces Bureaucratic Delays•NYC Pooper Scooper Law Nearly Impossible to Enforce•Transit Union Sues MTA Over Subway Booth Staffing Cuts•Home Care Aides Fight for 24-Hour Wages in New York•NYC Prefab Bathroom Years Late, Now Costs $3.5 Million•NYC Council Considers Ban on Rodent Glue Traps•Tyler Brandon Davis and the $75 Million RICO Case That Ensnared a Top 100 Accounting Firm•Bloomberg Endorses Lasher in NY-12 Congressional Primary•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•NYC Fare-Free Bus Program Revival: Lawmakers Back 2026 Push•Brooklyn Nurses Lose Health Care Despite $15M State Aid•Budget Watchdogs Warn Mamdani on Wall Street Reliance•How Hochul's Auto Insurance Reform Could Benefit MTA Riders•MTA Seeks Albany Reform to Stop $50M in Dubious Crash Claims•NYC HOPE Count 2026: Measuring Homeless New Yorkers•NYC $30 Minimum Wage Push: What the '30 for Our City' Bill Means•Bronx Tenants Testify at Mamdani Rental Ripoff Hearing•Q&A: Council Member Harvey Epstein on NYC Affordability 2026•Northside BID Proposal Advances in Williamsburg, NY•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•Bronx Day in Albany Returns After Nearly a Decade•Chef Doula: Bronx Man Combines Cooking and Maternal Care•NYC Council Advances Bill Legalizing Basement Apartments•Mamdani's First 100 Days: Budget Wins and 3-K Expansion•Chinese Coffee Chains Reshaping NYC's Asian Drink Scene•NYC Council Revives Third Party Transfer Program With Reforms•NYC Event Permits: City Hall Urged to Cut Red Tape•NYC Officials Consider Charging for Street Parking to Address $5.4 Billion Budget Deficit•FBI Investigates Explosive Devices at Gracie Mansion as Potential Terror Act•Three New Cocktail Bars Bring Creative Drinks to NYC Neighborhoods•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•Two New Restaurants Join Brooklyn's Growing Greenpoint Food Scene•NYPD Confirms Explosive Device Used in Gracie Mansion Protest Clash•Two Pennsylvania Men Arrested After Suspicious Devices Found During Protests at Gracie Mansion•Business Groups Urge City to Suspend Airbnb Rules for World Cup Summer•NYC Caps Sidewalk Shed Extensions at 40 Feet Under New Regulations•City Council Gives Failing Grade to Adams-Era Bus and Bike Lane Progress•Two New Queens Restaurants Add Moroccan and Bangladeshi Flavors to Borough's Dining Scene•Mamdani, Hochul Push Universal Child Care Plan as Report Links Lack of Care to Homelessness•St. Patrick's Day Events Across NYC Offer Family Fun from Parades to Crafts•Six New Manhattan Restaurants Join March Hot List as Dining Scene Continues Evolution•Sun, Mar 22•42°F•

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.

Articles by Ben

The Schneps Effect: Local Media Spotlights 10 Talented NYers

Schneps Media marks 40 years by highlighting New Yorkers its local publications helped bring into focus, showing the power of neighborhood journalism.

NYC Faces Negative Outlook From Third Credit Agency

KBRA joins Moody's and S&P in issuing a negative financial outlook for NYC as Mayor Mamdani's administration battles a $7.3 billion budget deficit.

NYC Spring Bucket List: 25 Amazing Things to Do in 2026

From cherry blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden to the High Line and Museum of Ice Cream, here are 25 must-do activities in NYC this spring.

NYC Fare-Free Bus Program Revival: Lawmakers Back 2026 Push

State lawmakers include fare-free bus pilot revival in FY2027 budget proposals as Mayor Mamdani champions citywide free bus transit for New York City.

NYC $30 Minimum Wage Push: What the '30 for Our City' Bill Means

Advocates and lawmakers rallied at City Hall demanding NYC's minimum wage reach $30 an hour by 2030, calling the current $17 rate a 'crisis.'

NYC Council Advances Bill Legalizing Basement Apartments

NYC Council advances Intro 421-A, aligning the Housing Maintenance Code with City of Yes reforms to legalize basement apartments and ADUs.

Chinese Coffee Chains Reshaping NYC's Asian Drink Scene

Chinese coffee giants like Luckin, Cotti, and Mixue are opening in NYC Chinatowns, challenging boba shops with scale, low prices, and efficiency.

Historic Brooklyn synagogue faces demolition for housing

A century-old synagogue in Crown Heights could be demolished for affordable housing, sparking debate over preserving Jewish heritage vs. addressing housing crisis.