2025 in New York


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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • July 16 – Maurene Comey, a Manhattan prosecutor who worked on criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, is dismissed.
  • July 24 – Trump sues New York City over its sanctuary city policies.
  • July 28:
  • * Eight rabbis are arrested during a pro-humanitarian aid protest outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan.
  • * A gunman shoots five people, four fatally, at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan before killing himself. An NYPD officer is among the dead.

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.
  • * 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.
  • August 4 – More than 40 pro-Palestinian protesters with IfNotNow are arrested outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • August 22 – A tour bus driving to New York City from Niagara Falls crashes in Pembroke, killing five people.
  • August 24–September 7 – US Open

September

October

  • October 1 – An explosion at a Bronx apartment building causes the chimney to collapse. Aside from the chimney there is no major damage to the building, and no injuries or deaths are reported.
  • October 9 – New York Attorney General Letitia James is indicted on mortgage fraud charges in federal court in Virginia.
  • October 17
  • * President Trump commutes the sentence of former U.S. House Representative George Santos, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in April for wire fraud and identity theft.
  • * The New York Republican State Committee votes to disband the New York State Young Republicans chapter following a report by Politico that several of its members were in a group chat containing racist, homophobic, and antisemitic content.
  • October 30 – Two people die in flooding following heavy rainstorms in New York City.

November

December