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NYPD works to inspire at-risk girls during early Thanksgiving celebration

Posted on November 24, 2021

Lower Manhattan

‘When will it end?’ Protesters denounce use of solitary confinement

Posted on November 23, 2021

Tenants rally at City Hall Park urging more programs to protect renters from mass eviction in months ahead

Posted on November 17, 2021

Politics

City Hall protesters urge NYC prosecutors to do more to review possible wrongful conviction cases

Posted on November 16, 2021

9/11: 20 Years Later

End of watch: NYPD salutes heroes fallen from 9/‌11-related illnesses at somber Police Plaza ceremony

Posted on November 15, 2021

‘They’re doing God’s work’ for sinfully low wages: Direct Support Professionals demand essential pay at Manhattan rally

Posted on November 9, 2021

Politics

‘Rescind your deadly order’: Activists blast de Blasio for apparent return to solitary confinement in NYC jails

Posted on November 8, 2021

Serial Lower Manhattan thief threatens to kill victims for their MetroCards: cops

Posted on November 6, 2021

SEE IT: New York’s Halloween parade returns to the Village in spooktacular style

Posted on November 1, 2021

Politics

New York City Council passes Safety in Our Shelters Act, protecting those guarding homeless centers

Posted on October 7, 2021

Politics

Can’t buy freedom: Pols, justice activists call on DAs to end cash bail system for low-level offenders

Posted on October 6, 2021

City doubles investment in reconstruction of charred Chinatown building

Posted on October 5, 2021

Politics

‘Rikers equals death’: Street demonstration symbolic of growing public pressure on city to close jail for good

Posted on October 3, 2021

Subway creep sought for groping woman on Q train in Lower Manhattan

Posted on October 3, 2021

Tree-hugging activists chain themselves at City Hall to protest East River coastal resiliency project

Posted on September 28, 2021

Brooklyn

Running on: Tunnel to Towers back in full stride with annual 5K honoring 9/11 first responders

Posted on September 26, 2021

Politics

‘Torture island’: Calls grow louder for mayor to shutter Rikers, address inhumane conditions

Posted on September 22, 2021

‘Housing should be for New Yorkers’: City Council hears push to end illegal hotels

Posted on September 13, 2021

Politics

A march with HEART: Unions honor workers who toiled during 9/11 recovery at Ground Zero

Posted on September 12, 2021

PHOTOS: Tears of grief and remembrance at 9/11 memorial on 20th anniversary of attacks

Posted on September 11, 2021

A day of infamy: These images recall the horror and heroism of 9/11, 20 years later

Posted on September 10, 2021

Politics

NYPD counterterrorism officers outline safety plan for 9/‌11

Posted on September 8, 2021

Rikers wrath: Families, advocates demand mayor immediately reduce prison population

Posted on August 31, 2021

U.S. government to close New York jail where Epstein found hanged – NYT

Posted on August 27, 2021

PICTURES: Tropical Storm Henri spares brunt, but leaves Big Apple soggy

Posted on August 22, 2021

Business

Activists call for Wall Street to fund anti-gun violence programs

Posted on August 11, 2021

Politics

Voting rights supporters cheer Cuomo’s resignation, then call for Congress to protect democracy across America

Posted on August 10, 2021

Politics

East River Park Action protests Mayor’s plan to steamroll through ESCR plan

Posted on August 10, 2021

Lower Manhattan shows high demand for residential properties near office buildings, report finds

Posted on August 10, 2021

Trump-supporting anti-vaxxers rally against vaccine mandate at City Hall

Posted on August 9, 2021

Health

Dog squad: A pair of furry NYPD detectives graduate at One Police Plaza

Posted on August 5, 2021

NYPD celebrates annual National Night Out Against Crime throughout city

Posted on August 4, 2021

Politics

‘The mayor lied to us’: Criminal justice activists in NYC demand new way to end solitary confinement

Posted on August 3, 2021

Politics

Locked out: Manhattan criminal justice protesters say they’re blocked from stop-and-frisk reform

Posted on July 29, 2021

City Hall protest over NYC homeless relocations leads to 11 arrests

Posted on July 29, 2021

Sponsored

Take a free interactive soundwalk through Lower Manhattan with Arts Brookfield’s ‘Current’

Posted on July 23, 2021

Activists call on New York State to make Excluded Workers Fund more accessible

Posted on July 12, 2021

Elected officials and drivers rally for affordable commuter van insurance

Posted on July 8, 2021

Housing advocates make one last stand before the FY 2022 budget vote

Posted on June 29, 2021

Activists continue calls to defund the police amid surge in citywide shootings

Posted on June 29, 2021

CBOs fight for COVID-19 recovery funding in NYC’s low-income communities

Posted on June 28, 2021

Whose park is it anyway? Inside the Washington Square showdown pitting the young against the restless

Posted on June 17, 2021

Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept

Posted on June 16, 2021

City unveils Lower Manhattan bus lanes to speed up Staten Island-bound commutes

Posted on June 10, 2021

Lower Manhattan

Families hold tearful memorial service in Lower Manhattan for those who died in solitary confinement

Posted on June 7, 2021

Wage strike ends with protesters cuffed in Lower Manhattan

Posted on May 26, 2021

Hudson Square BID has big plans for New York City’s reopening

Posted on May 18, 2021

Art and cultural programs return to Downtown Manhattan in a big way

Posted on May 16, 2021

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