Amazon says it may move thousands of delivery jobs out of New York if a City Council bill backed by Mayor Mamdani becomes law. The Delivery Protection Act would require the company to directly hire about 5,000 delivery workers who now work for third-party contractors. Amazon says it could instead shut its 15 last-mile warehouses in the city and cut 2,000 more jobs, pointing to Quebec, where it closed seven warehouses during a similar labor fight last year. The bill has about 34 co-signers and no vote scheduled, and people close to the talks expect a compromise that leaves both sides unhappy.

The Bronx is getting its first look at the $160 million park makeover planned around Bally's $4 billion casino at Ferry Point. Community board members weighed in Thursday on designs that add playgrounds, athletic fields, and tennis and pickleball courts around a 3-million-square-foot resort with a 2,000-person event center, billed as the largest private development in the borough's history. Bally's won one of the state's three downstate casino licenses in December; some residents are already raising concerns about transit access to the site.

Congestion pricing money is going underground. The MTA broke ground Thursday on four new elevators at the 42nd Street-Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station, funded entirely by the Manhattan tolls. The project will make the B, D, F, M and 7 complex fully accessible, and signs posted through construction will tell riders the work is "made possible by congestion pricing."

Landlords trying to overturn the freeze asked a Manhattan judge for deeper access to city officials' phones, arguing City Hall ran an influence campaign on the Rent Guidelines Board's June vote. The city's top attorney raised the possibility of putting the landlords' own lawyer, former First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, on the witness stand, pointing out that Mastro called the board's chair himself before the 2025 vote. The freeze is already in effect, covering new one- and two-year leases that begin between this October 1 and September 30, 2027 on the city's roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments.

Tue, Oct 20, 7pm: Knicks Home Opener and Ring Night - The defending-champion Knicks open the season against LeBron James and the 76ers at Madison Square Garden, and raise their first championship banner in 53 years before tipoff.

Thu, Oct 22: Designing the Gilded Age at The Met - Nearly 120 watercolor design drawings from Louis Comfort Tiffany's studios go on view beside the windows, lamps and mosaics they became. Through February 7 at The Met Fifth Avenue. Upper East Side. Free with museum admission.

Tue, Oct 20, 6-8pm: Monochrome at Cycol Gallery - An opening reception for a black-and-white group exhibition by international contemporary artists at 91 Allen Street. Lower East Side. RSVP subject to host approval; price not listed.

Wed, Oct 21, 7pm: Philosophy Club x Dead Letter #9 - The New York Philosophy Club's conversation night, with three rotating half-hour sessions at Dead Letter No. 9, 63 Grand Street. Williamsburg.

Thu, Oct 22, 4-7pm: Early Access Shopping Night at ALO Madison Ave - Preview the new store at 1144 Madison Avenue, with a DJ, acro yoga performances, complimentary drinks, and a gift for the first 100 shoppers. Upper East Side.

Thu-Sun, through Nov 1: Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse - Nineteen design firms take over six floors of an 1839 Greek Revival townhouse at 1 Monroe Place, steps from the Promenade. Open Thursday and Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm. Brooklyn Heights. $50.

Through Sun, Oct 25: Winona Ryder, Analogue Youth - Metrograph revisits her early films, including Beetlejuice, Heathers, Mermaids, and Night on Earth. Lower East Side. $18.

Sun, Oct 25, 10:30am: Beyond Yoga x KKSWEAT: Barre with Kara Liotta - A barre class with the KKSWEAT founder at Club Beyond, 108 Fifth Avenue. Every attendee gets a voucher for a free pair of Spacedye leggings. Flatiron.

Wed, Oct 21, 6-9pm: Arc'teryx Community Film Night - A screening of Continuum and a new ReBIRD project with snowboarder Victor Daviet, plus light bites and drinks at the SoHo store, 580 Broadway. SoHo. Free.

Through Fri, Oct 23, 7am-4pm: Free Bean Coffee Shop - Pick up a free coffee at the pop-up at 15 East 40th Street, near Grand Central. Midtown East. Free.

Thu-Sun, Oct 22-25, 11am-5pm: MERIT New Wave, The Experience - The beauty brand launches its second fragrance with a sensory pop-up at 22 Wooster Street, with free samples and on-site fragrance engraving. SoHo. Free.

Sat, Oct 24, 12-2pm: The Longest Pastry Table - Driggs Avenue becomes one long communal table for a free marathon-week carb-load potluck with run clubs from all five boroughs. Bring a pastry to share. Greenpoint. Free; RSVP.

Through Tue, Nov 10: Elie Tahari Returns to Madison Avenue - The designer opens a two-floor pop-up at 803 Madison Avenue, directly across from his original 1974 store. Open daily 10am-6pm. Upper East Side. Free.

Sat-Sun, Oct 24-25, 10am-5pm: Pumpkin Point at Governors Island - Thousands of pumpkins fill historic Nolan Park for the island's free pumpkin patch, with trick-or-treating, ghost tours, pumpkin painting, folk music and fall food vendors. A short ferry ride from Manhattan or Brooklyn. Governors Island. Free.

Sat, Oct 24, 11am-2pm: Vanderbilt Hall-O-Ween at Grand Central - Pumpkin crafting, a costume parade contest for kids ages 5-12, raffle prizes and a live set from The Rock and Roll Playhouse in Vanderbilt Hall. Advance registration and a signed waiver are required. Midtown. Free.

Sat, Oct 24, 12-4pm: Halloween Fest and the Great PUPkin - Fort Greene Park's Halloween festival includes the 28th annual Great PUPkin, Brooklyn's largest dog costume contest, where homemade costumes win over the judges. Fort Greene. Free.

Sat-Sun, through Nov 1: Boo at the Zoo - The Bronx Zoo's daytime Halloween celebration mixes costumes, crafts and the animals, all included with zoo admission. The Bronx. Included with admission.

One Bryant Park - A roughly 10,000-square-foot Japanese dining destination inside the Bank of America Tower, with three spots from chefs behind Michelin-starred Odo, Restaurant Yuu and Jewel Bako, including the 14-seat omakase counter Kumiko Room. Midtown.

Humm - Daniel Humm's more casual follow-up to Eleven Madison Park is fully a la carte, with larger proteins and a caviar-filled bagel. West Village.

Brasserie Boulud - Daniel Boulud merges Bar Boulud, Boulud Sud and Epicerie Boulud into one 10,000-square-foot brasserie across from Lincoln Center, with seafood towers and the return of the DB Burger. Lincoln Square.

Sakasama - A new hand roll and sake bar from an Atoboy and Le Coucou alum, with seafood-topped toasts on milk bread. Midtown.

Naked Tomato - Eyal Shani of Michelin-starred Shmoné brings his Mediterranean meze spot to the East River waterfront, with his first chef's tasting table at the open kitchen. Williamsburg.

Crybaby - An Alpine wine bar with lots of Chartreuse, from a team that includes a former Coqodaq sommelier and a Cote manager. Lower East Side.

Caputo Bagels - After closing his 120-year-old family bakery in Carroll Gardens, James Caputo is back with hand-rolled sourdough bagels next door to Miriam. Park Slope.

Good Company - The team behind Yesterday's opens in SoHo with a Jungsik alum in the kitchen, wagyu French dip sliders and a build-your-own banana split. SoHo.

On October 19, 1977, the Concorde landed in New York for the first time, ending a 19-month fight to keep the supersonic jet out of JFK. Police helicopters circled the runway to make sure it arrived untouched, and onlookers said it sounded no louder than a regular plane.