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Politics

A hopefully ‘Safe Summer NYC’ as de Blasio rolls out public safety plans

Posted on April 20, 2021

House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled “Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots,

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AOC reintroduces Green New Deal resolution to Congress

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QNS

Southeast Queens community leaders laud budget restoration for long-awaited new police precinct and community center

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Lower Manhattan

Vaxxers toke up: Activists in Union Square say ‘Don’t be Doobious’ of the COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Dozens of DOE employees come out against city’s Gifted and Talented programs

Posted on April 20, 2021

Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Nation

Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for murdering George Floyd

Posted on April 20, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Staten Island’s first Black borough president candidate faces long odds

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New York Giants

Giants GM Dave Gettleman after hectic offseason: ‘We’re better’

Posted on April 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts meeting on infrastructure with members of Congress at the White House in Washington

Suozzi says he won’t support Biden infrastructure plan if prez doesn’t agree to abolish SALT deduction

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Fort Greene kids soccer club fears getting the boot from Parks

The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis

News

Jurors in Chauvin trial deliberate; Biden hopes for ‘right verdict’

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Power Women Podcast: President of Hunter College, Dr. Jennifer Raab

Tulips in bloom at Jefferson Market Garden naturally attract children.

New York City parks beckon, emerging during the pandemic spring

Posted on April 20, 2021

The Carroll Street Community Solar Farm in Gowanus will generate enough energy to power more than 20 New York City households, and is awaiting Con Edison approval before launching.

Politics

Water works: De Blasio doubles down on renewable energy for NYC by 2025

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Where in NYC can you find a great one-bedroom apartment for less rent near a subway station?

Posted on April 20, 2021

Law enforcement officers stand near the place where the shooter barricaded himself, after a shooting at a Stop and Shop grocery store, in Hempstead

Gunman nabbed for Long Island supermarket shooting that left one dead

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Shopping

Take a peek inside the new Harry Potter New York store opening this summer in the Flatiron District

Posted on April 20, 2021

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DiNapoli warns outstanding MTA debt could endanger $54B capital plan by $2.9B

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Politics

De Blasio, Chief Harrison say NYPD will be ready for Chauvin verdict protests

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Jets

2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Jets steadfast on Zach Wilson, Giants go O-Line

Posted on April 20, 2021

A man smokes a hybrid strain joint of cannabis at his home in New York

Health

It’s 4/20: Here’s what you need to know about the first legal marijuana celebration in NYC

Posted on April 20, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Johnson comptroller plan seeks stronger housing, education & homeless agency audits

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Soccer

Historic Champions League semifinals for Americans will go ahead as planned despite Super League dissent

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Business

New York City woman makes and sells her own shea butter products

Posted on April 20, 2021

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man shot to death in dispute with his daughter’s ex-boyfriend: NYPD

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Harlem

Force of tractor trailer collision leads to pedestrian death in Harlem

Posted on April 20, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Meet Comptroller candidate and New York State Senator Brian Benjamin

FILE PHOTO:Los Angeles County coroner and forensic specialists remove a body from a home on Ramsey Way where four people were found dead, in Pomona, California

Nation

U.S. mass shootings strain coroners’ offices, ‘the last responders’

Posted on April 20, 2021

The German headquarters of PayPal is pictured at Europarc Dreilinden business park south of Berlin in Kleinmachnow

News

PayPal’s Venmo launches crypto buying and selling

Posted on April 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Actor Riz Ahmed arrives for the world premiere of The Sisters Brothers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto

Movies

Oscars nominee ‘Sound of Metal’ puts rare spotlight on deaf culture

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Greenwich Village

3-alarm fire engulfs Greenwich Village building, leaves four firefighters injured

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Gunman engages in standoff with cops in Brooklyn

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Politics

UFT endorses Scott Stringer for New York City mayor

Posted on April 19, 2021

Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Nation

Chauvin jurors facing ‘through the roof’ stress as deliberations begin

Posted on April 19, 2021

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City funnels $600 million to help ensure ‘Fair Student Funding’ in NYC

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Meet the panel: NYPD forms public board to help fight hate crimes in the Big Apple

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Judge allows Gowanus rezoning to move forward

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Congress and the internet have saved NYC small businesses

Posted on April 19, 2021

Protests continue after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center

Minnesota police promise not to detain, pepper-spray journalists covering protests

Posted on April 19, 2021

President Biden holds a meeting on the American Jobs Plan at the White House in Washington

Politics

Biden meets lawmakers, including Republican who tried to block election, on infrastructure push

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Keeping Governors Island in ‘sheep’ shape with the help of woolly creatures

Posted on April 19, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

QNS

Mayor comes out against Astoria peaker plant proposal, says it will ‘take us backwards’

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York City

Politics

Cuomo calls on Biden administration to end SALT as he signs lower middle class income tax, property tax credit into law

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn cop attacker allegedly confessed to plotting firebomb assault on NYPD weeks ago

Posted on April 19, 2021

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New York Yankees

Yankees GM Brian Cashman: ‘There are better days ahead’

Posted on April 19, 2021

Politics

Reporter’s notebook: No one’s winning the NYC mayor’s race. Yet.

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Soccer

UEFA blasts ‘disgraceful’ Super League plan, threatens clubs with ban

Posted on April 19, 2021

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‘Whalecome’ news: American Museum of Natural History becomes COVID-19 vaccination site

Posted on April 19, 2021

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Bronx students learn cutting-edge tech at Best Buy Geek Squad Academy

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The history of Forest Park and some of its most important landmarks: Our Neighborhood: The Way It Was

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Cats rescued from shuttered Sheepshead Bay nursery school as activists clash with NYCHA officials

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.

New York City sees seasonal increase in mpox cases