New York City

• Trump Administration Sued Over Cutting Off Funds for $16 Billion Tunnel - The Gateway Development Commission said that if the federal government continued to withhold funding for a rail link under the Hudson River, it would have to stop construction this week.
• Deaths in the cold climb to 16 in NYC as frigid temps persist - At least 16 people have now been found dead outdoors in New York City amid a bitter run of freezing temperatures with the mercury at or below freezing for the 11th day in a row, Mayor Mamdani said Monday. Of those, preliminary findings show
• Mamdani Names Nonprofit Leader and Ex-Rikers Inmate to Run N.Y.C. Jails - Stanley Richards is taking over as correction commissioner at an inflection point for the city’s jails. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also named Dr. Alister Martin to lead the health department.
• Could the Hudson River Freeze Over? - New York City is icy and cold right now, but you’re probably not going to be able to walk to New Jersey any time soon.
• Starbucks to unveil long-term outlook at investor day, as Niccol says turnaround is just beginning - Starbucks is expected to release a long-term forecast and share more details about how it plans to hit those financial targets at an investor presentation.
• Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget - Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
• Starbucks stock jumps as coffee chain's traffic grows for the first time in two years - Shares of Starbucks have fallen more than 3% over the last year.
• Man accused of beating four homeless men to death ‘believed he had to kill 40 people to save his life’ - Randy Santos had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when he left jail months earlier
• Storm Deaths Reach 10, Testing Mamdani’s Handling of a Weather Emergency - After first saying that it did not appear that the dead were homeless people, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to do more to get people into shelters.
• No Snow Day? In New York City Parks, It Felt Like One. - Some children skipped remote classes in city schools in favor of activities they felt were more important: sledding and snowball fights.