A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by Iran’s government.

The convictions brought some measure of resolution to what U.S. officials have described as an unrelenting retaliation effort against Masih Alinejad.

A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against two Eastern European self-described gangsters hired by Iran to send a hit man to kill Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home.

New York state’s top court has put an end to New York City’s effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections.

The Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that had declared unconstitutional the city’s bid to allow noncitizens to vote.

The ruling caps a protracted battle over who is permitted to vote in New York City’s municipal elections and puts an end, for now, to the fight to enfranchise more than 800,000 noncitizens who were legally living, working or going to school in the five boroughs.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA are facing down a new federal deadline to end congestion pricing in NYC.

A sign on 9th Avenue announcing New York City's congestion pricing program into effect charging drivers for entering the central business district in Manhattan below 60th street in New York City, U.S.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on social media that the Department of Transportation is granting New York a "30-day extension as discussions continue."