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2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: These were this year’s top NYC news stories

Posted on December 26, 2025

NY: Association of Legislative Employees Rally

Brooklyn Paper

City Council staff union and allies urge members to honor contract during reorganization

Medical examiner enters Michelle Tractenberg's apartment building. this was the most-read web story on amNY this year.

News

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: A look at the top 10 web stories of 2025

Posted on December 26, 2025

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2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: Looking back at the biggest transit headlines of the year

Posted on December 26, 2025

Attorney General Letitia James is investigating an NYPD fatal shooting in Far Rockaway.

QNS

AG launches investigation into fatal police shooting in Far Rockaway

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Brooklyn

Cops seek gunman who killed man in Brooklyn in Christmas Eve shooting

Posted on December 24, 2025

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Staten Island man permanently scarred after liquid attack; suspects at large

Posted on December 24, 2025

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Remembering the MetroCard — NYC’s beloved subway and bus fare card, which goes the way of the token on Dec. 31

Posted on December 24, 2025

Faith leaders tried to get pass security at 26 Federal Plaza.

Law

‘Brink of collapse’: NYC legal services provider says city owes $20M in backpay

Posted on December 23, 2025

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Law

Mamdani names FDNY commissioner, interim sanitation and emergency management heads for new administration

Posted on December 23, 2025

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News

NYC morgue to move into new life-sciences and education building in Manhattan

Posted on December 23, 2025

Mom and children of man deported by ICE sit on bed during Christmas

Brooklyn

Silent nights: How NYC families separated by ICE will be spending Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2025

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn man arrested and charged following antisemitic attack during Hanukkah

Posted on December 23, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man indicted for sex trafficking and raping 15-year-old girl: DA

Suspect in Brooklyn assault sought for attacking boy, smashing head through windshield

Brooklyn

Brooklyn assault: Cops hunting for man suspected of smashing 10-year-old boy’s head into windshield during argument

Posted on December 23, 2025

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Law

Op-Ed | The ‘jailhouse lawyer’ hustle

Posted on December 23, 2025

man weeps in Queens after son was shot and killed in police shooting

Queens

Parents of Queens man killed in police-involved shooting allege that their son was unjustly slain

Posted on December 22, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York

Law

NYC prosecutors ask Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz child murder case

Posted on December 22, 2025

Gov. Hochul pictured Wednesday at the Brooklyn Made in Downtown Brooklyn.

Hochul vetoes press access to encrypted police transmissions saying ‘technically not feasible’

Posted on December 22, 2025

Two MS-13 national gang leaders and two other members, were convicted by a jury in Brooklyn federal court of racketeering charges and murders in College Point, Flushing and two others on Long Island.

QNS

Two national MS-13 gang leaders, two other members, convicted of racketeering and murders in Flushing, College Point and Long Island: Feds

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani votes in Queens

Politics

ADL audit exposes Mamdani transition team members who engaged in antisemitic activity; mayor-elect criticizes organization’s approach

Posted on December 22, 2025

beams in form of cross that were once maspeth's st. saviour's church

QNS

FORSAKEN: Why is St. Saviour’s Church, a dismantled Maspeth landmark, rotting away in a Middle Village cemetery?

WOODstack and Adidas launched the Blood, Sweat & Tears Adistar Control 5 with a celebration in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

More than a shoe: WOODstack’s Blood, Sweat & Tears night in Brooklyn

Posted on December 22, 2025

Suspect who punched Brooklyn senior

Brooklyn

Brute punches senior in Brooklyn: cops

Posted on December 22, 2025

Member of NYPD Pickpocket Unit riding the subways

Same hands, same crimes: Over half of pickpockets cuffed by special police unit are recidivists, NYPD says

Posted on December 21, 2025

Queens scene of deadly police shooting

Queens

Queens police shooting: Cops kill man who allegedly charged at them with box cutter

Posted on December 21, 2025

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) attached accusations of Democratic hypocrisy to her condemnation of Young Republicans who engaged in a racist, violent group chat which Politico exposed in a report this week.

Law

Elise Stefanik halts short-lived run for New York governor, vows to leave Congress

Posted on December 19, 2025

AEW star Hook spoke to amNewYork Friday on carving out his legacy, taking on acting, and his hunt for championship gold.

AEW star Hook on wrestling roots, acting passion and rise across two industries

Posted on December 19, 2025

The skeletal remains that were found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in the confines of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood in August has been identified as a Brooklyn woman and the investigation has been reclassified as a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

QNS

Skeletal remains found in Ridgewood identified as Brooklyn woman: NYPD

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Lower Manhattan

‘No criminals here’: Goldman, Espaillat gain access to ICE detention center after judge’s ruling

Posted on December 19, 2025

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Over and not out: City Council approves bill guaranteeing press access to NYPD encrypted radio feed

Posted on December 19, 2025

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Law

Wins for street vendors, affordable housing and worker protection as slew of laws pass at final NYC council meeting of year

Posted on December 19, 2025

Firefighters were forced into a defensive operation as heavy fire consumed multiple buildings on Prospect Avenue on Thursday into Friday morning.

Bronx

Five-alarm fire rips through Bronx buildings: FDNY

Posted on December 19, 2025

Street Vendors gather at City Hall to celebrate passage of the Street Vendor Reform Package. Photo courtesy of Street Vendor Project.

QNS

City Council passes Street Vendor Reform Package raising cap on number of food vendor licenses

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Law

Op-Ed | The Port Authority: More than a toll bridge over troubled waters

Posted on December 19, 2025

Current members and alumni of the BSU/AHCCC, along with faculty, staff, and the Sisters of Saint Joseph (CSJ), gather in front of the original convent — once home to the CSJ educators who led TMLA for decades — during the May 2025 TMLA Black Student Union / African Heritage and Caribbean Culture Club five-year anniversary celebration.

Caribbean Life

From classrooms to community: NYC teens lead Hurricane Melissa relief for Jamaica

Woman hands in winter gloves Heart symbol

Spreading holiday cheer: Ways New Yorkers can volunteer with local charities this season

Posted on December 19, 2025

Manhattan business displays cheap garments amid Trump tariffs

Opinion

Op-Ed | Improving Manhattan’s Garment District as part of Penn Station rebuild

Posted on December 19, 2025

Protesters speak ahead of City Council vote on unfair deactivations bill

City Council approves ‘unfair deactivations’ safeguards for rideshare drivers, delivery workers

Posted on December 18, 2025

An immigrant holds up sign urging action to stop New York cooperation with ICE

Midtown Manhattan

Immigrants and activists urge Hochul to pass ‘New York for All’ Act barring government cooperation with ICE

Posted on December 18, 2025

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shakes hand of new budget director

Politics

Mamdani transition: Sherif Soliman, who worked for 3 different mayors, to serve as new budget director

Posted on December 18, 2025

governor kathy hochul speaks about subway crime

Subway crime drops to lowest level in 16 years, Hochul says, while committing another $77 million for NYPD patrols

Posted on December 18, 2025

Rendering for a planned FIFA Fan Zone at the National Tennis Center. Photo via NYNJ Host Committee.

QNS

National Tennis Center to transform into World Cup Fan Zone next summer

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks about NYPD radio encryption

Housing

Why the City Council wants to force NYC co-ops to disclose reasons for sale denials

Posted on December 18, 2025

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Politics

Eric Adams’ exit interview: At the end of his lone term as NYC mayor, how will he be remembered?

Posted on December 18, 2025

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Fare evasion: MTA examining whether ‘European-style’ enforcement can occur while buses move

Posted on December 17, 2025

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Subway upgrades: MTA board approves A/C line signal project and new elevators at five stations — all funded by congestion pricing

Posted on December 17, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Mamdani taps union leader to head Intergovernmental Affairs; de Blasio alum as head of staffing

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Bronx-born Bella Abzug was a pioneering feminist, peace activist and civil rights attorney, a new podcast tells her story.

A new podcast highlights Bella Abzug, the Bronx born feminist who changed politics

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New York City prepares for heavy snow starting Friday afternooon

People walk near a Christmas tree at Bryant Park's holiday market in New York City, U.S. December 23, 2025.

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