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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
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Things to Do This Weekend in NYC with Kids
Sports
Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu to make 2025 debut Wednesday
Oswaldo Cabrera injury: Latest on Yankees’ IF after gruesome leg injury
While Knicks try to keep things business-like, history is beginning to call
Knicks come back again, defeat Celtics to take commanding 3-1 series lead
Alonso’s sac fly walks off Mets to 4-3 win over Pirates
Crime
DEVELOPING: Rikers Island goes into federal receivership as judge appoints manager to oversee city jail, end civil rights abuses
Teenage girl shot dead outside Bronx high school after schoolyard brawl: cops
The wrong man: Bronx native left devastated after judge denies exoneration following 30-year legal battle
Mothers of NYC police-involved shooting victims urge top cop Tisch to fire lieutenant behind 2019 killing
Man, 20, arrested in fatal Mother’s Day stabbing in the Bronx: NYPD