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Joe Pantorno
Joe Pantorno has been the executive sports editor of amNewYork since 2020. He covers the New York Mets and is a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). He is also a member of the Pro Hockey Writers’ Association (PHWA) and has covered the New York Islanders for nearly a decade. His previous stops include Bleacher Report and Metro New York, while his work has been featured in the New York Post, Newsday, and Yahoo! Sports.

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Things to Do
Things to Do This Weekend in NYC with Kids
Things to do this weekend in NYC, May 2-4
Free Kid and Family Activities in NYC: 10 Free Things to Do This Week
Open Stages music festival returns to Park Slope’s stoops and sidewalks on May 10
Meet Central Park’s Newest Gem: The Davis Center at Harlem Meer is Open for Families!
Sports
Tempers flare, Yankees fall 5-4 to Orioles despite Judge’s 10th homer
Mets fall just short of history in 4-3 loss to D-Backs
Jets QB, 2024 draft pick Jordan Travis retiring due to serious leg injury
St. John’s lands 6-foot-11 big man Handje Tamba in transfer portal
Red Bulls star Lewis Morgan eyeing mid-May return
Crime
NYPD: Dispute ends in fatal Bronx shooting, gunman still at large
Times Square shooting suspect claims he wounded food vendor out of ‘self-defense’
Manhattan subway rapist forced man to perform oral sex on him on 1 train: cops
EXCLUSIVE | Cops cuff Pennsylvania man for catching pigeons in Manhattan park; had truck full of birds
Bronx man surrenders in deadly City Hall subway station stabbing sparked by stepped-on shoes