2025 in New York

2025
in
New York

Decades:
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in New York.

Incumbents

State government

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 2 – In a Manhattan federal court, Sean "Diddy" Combs is acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges but found guilty of two lesser charges of transportation of women for prostitution.[17]
  • July 4 – Joey Chestnut wins the men's division of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, reclaiming his title, after not participating the previous year due to a contract dispute. It is his 13th overall title. In the women's division, defending champion Miki Sudo wins her third straight title and 11th overall.[18]
  • July 7 – Barnard College settles a lawsuit accusing the school of not doing enough to combat antisemitism. As part of the settlement, Barnard bans campus protesters from wearing masks and says they will refuse to meet with pro-Palestinian groups.[19]
  • July 16 – Maurene Comey, a Manhattan prosecutor who worked on criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, is dismissed.[20]
  • July 24 – Trump sues New York City over its sanctuary city policies.[21]
  • July 28:

August

  • August 1:
    • Five protesters are arrested after chaining themselves to the United Nation's Permanent Mission of Egypt. The protest was organized in response to the closure of the Rafah Border Crossing connecting Egypt to Gaza.[24]
    • Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters are arrested at the New York offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. City Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán and State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez are among those arrested.[25]
  • August 4 – More than 40 pro-Palestinian protesters with IfNotNow are arrested outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan.[26]
  • August 9 – Three people are injured in a shooting during a dispute outside a Raising Cane's restaurant in Times Square. A 17-year-old is arrested.[27]
  • August 17 – Three people are killed and eight injured in a shooting at a club in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Two of the four suspected gunmen are among the dead.[28]
  • August 21 – Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is indicted on bribery charges and is accused of taking more than $75,000 in bribes.[29]

Planned and scheduled

  • August 24–September 7 – US Open

See also

References

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