{"id":145197,"date":"2026-02-25T20:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145197\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:16:36","slug":"morning-briefing-feb-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145197\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: Feb. 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

A light accumulation is possible as snow quickly moves through this morning.<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a0Low 40s
Lows:\u00a0Mid-20s
Morning snow<\/p>\n

Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIntroducing Spectrum News+
Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Inequities are plaguing the city’s property tax system<\/a><\/p>\n

Experts say neighborhoods like Laurelton, Queens, may be disproportionately taxed under a complex system created in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called the structure \u201cbroken\u201d and signaled support for reform, as critics argue assessment caps and condo valuation rules have deepened inequities, sometimes leaving modest homes with higher tax bills than multimillion-dollar properties.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Mayor responds to snowball fight amid calls for him to condemn ‘assaults’<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani dismissed a viral video showing NYPD officers pelted with snowballs in Washington Square Park as \u201ca snowball fight,\u201d even as the NYPD investigates the incident as an assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police said two officers suffered minor injuries and are seeking to identify two suspects. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the incident unacceptable, while union leaders urged criminal charges.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Hochul calls on Trump administration to refund $13.5B in tariff revenue to New Yorkers<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on the Trump administration to refund an estimated $13.5 billion in tariff costs to New Yorkers after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the levies.<\/p>\n

Citing Yale Budget Lab estimates, Hochul said the average household paid $1,751 more due to tariffs. Administration officials say courts must now determine how any refunds would be handled.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a08 takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Iranians worry over American military buildup as next, last-chance round of talks with U.S. nears<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Mexican cartel clashes fuel worries in lead up to FIFA World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner A light accumulation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[577,25,55625,9,24,63,122,124,123,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-145197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-erin-pflaumer","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}