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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo presents plan on affordability, painting Mamdani’s pitch as irresponsible and unrealistic

Posted on August 7, 2025

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Economy

EXCLUSIVE | How NYC aims to help low-income renters boost credit scores and economic opportunity

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Business

Winning bets: The potential economic impacts of full-service casinos in NYC

Posted on June 23, 2025

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Food fight: Grubhub fires 50 delivery workers, sparking protest in Lower Manhattan

Posted on June 18, 2025

One in three respondents reported their quality of life as being "good" or "excellent."

Business

New Yorkers’ quality of life and public safety ratings remain low but improve since 2023, survey shows

Posted on June 4, 2025

Upper East Side children standing as group in front of City Harvest truck during food drive

Upper East Side

Acts of kindness: Upper East Side third-graders use chore money to support City Harvest food drive battling hunger

Posted on June 2, 2025

Duane Reade pharmacy in Brooklyn closing this spring

Brooklyn

Two Duane Reade shops in Brooklyn and Manhattan closing this spring due to pharmacy chain cutbacks

Posted on May 17, 2025

NY: Reynoso awards Microgrants

Brooklyn Paper

Microgrant helps 13 Brooklyn-Based Asian American small businesses boost digital marketing

City Harvest announced they've officially launched their 29th annual 'Feed Our Kids Food Drive.'

Economy

City Harvest launches annual ‘Feed Our Kids’ food drive amid rising child hunger rates in NYC

Posted on May 12, 2025

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Business

Back to business: Downtown and Midtown Manhattan sees boost in office visits, new data shows

Posted on May 6, 2025

Street vendors gather at City Hall holding signs seeking street vending reform

Politics

NYC street vendors and supporters rally at City Hall to demand long-delayed license reform: ‘I want to do it legally, not illegally’

Posted on May 6, 2025

People walking in front of Rite Aid's Junction boulevard location in Queens

Business

Rite Aid closing all remaining New York stores after second bankruptcy filing

Posted on May 6, 2025

brooklyn small business affected by tariffs

Brooklyn Paper

Trump tariffs could push Brooklyn’s small businesses ‘over the edge’ despite pause

Manhattan business displays cheap garments amid Trump tariffs

Economy

Trump’s tariffs spark uncertainty, price fears among Manhattan businesses

Posted on April 7, 2025

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Permits filed for residential building with 38 units in Crotona Park East

Yellow cab speeds through Times Square in New York, NY, USA.

Queens man admits to cheating-for-hire on TLC licensing exam

NY: Thousands celebrate the West Indian Day Parade.

Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner outline security measures for J’Ouvert and West Indian American Day Parade

Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.

In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence