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Pinky Swear held their own Olympics on the Lower East Side.

Lower East Side

Lower East Side’s Pinky Swear launches new Olympic tradition with themed events

Posted on February 9, 2026

Officers looks out for safety in subway in Brooklyn

2 men found dead in separate NYC subway trains as extreme cold continues

Posted on February 9, 2026

Don Lemon speaks onstage during the Human Rights Campaign 2026 Greater New York Dinner at Marriott Marquis Times Square on February 07, 2026 in New York City.

Gay City News

Don Lemon makes surprise appearance as Human Rights Campaign honors advocates and allies in NYC

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Brooklyn

Man wanted for deadly mass shooting in Brooklyn last year, police say

Posted on February 8, 2026

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Bronx

Man killed after being left for dead in Bronx hit-and-run: cops

Posted on February 8, 2026

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Law

Judge rules feds must temporarily resume funding for Gateway tunnel rail project

Posted on February 6, 2026

Archbishop Ronald Hicks sitting on altar with crozier

Faith

Ronald Hicks becomes New York Archbishop, pledges to take 2.8 million Catholics in a direction of change through service

Posted on February 6, 2026

Jan. 14 marked the first time an NYPD cop was placed on trial in a decade. Sergeant Erik Duran appeared in the Bronx Hall of Justice, located at 265 East 161 Street, wearing a blue suit and accompanied by several of his colleagues. In the coming days a judge, not a jury, will decide his fate based on the evidence presented.

Law

NYPD sergeant who fatally threw cooler at a suspect convicted of manslaughter in Bronx

Posted on February 6, 2026

Left to right: Hon. Norman St. George, Justice Kim Adair Wilson, Hon. Patsy Goldbourne, and attorney Joey Jackson at the Bronx Supreme Court's Black History month celebration.

Bronx Times

Judges, attorneys gather at Bronx Supreme Court to honor Black History Month

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Dems backtrack after Hochul endorsement hiccup

G train stopped at station

‘G’rand slam? G train should resume weekend service to Forest Hills, transit advocates and the Mets tell MTA, Hochul and Mamdani

Posted on February 6, 2026

Mayor Mamdani signed an executive order on Friday "to reaffirm the city’s commitment to being a sanctuary for all New Yorkers."

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor rails against ‘rotten’ ICE at at interfaith breakfast, signs order to bolster immigrant protections

Posted on February 6, 2026

U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds a town hall at I.S. 10 Horace Greeley in Astoria. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell.

QNS

Ocasio-Cortez hosts Astoria town hall, offers advice on how to respond to ICE raids

School bus crash

Brooklyn Paper

11-year old girl killed in school bus crash at Brooklyn intersection

Suspect in Queens beating of toddler son with photo of victim

Queens

Toddler allegedly beaten by Queens father dies days after horrific assault; ‘My baby is gone,’ mom mourns

Posted on February 6, 2026

Inside the Irving Square restroom in Brooklyn. The stainless-steel bathroom includes a toilet, hand sanitizer, baby changing station, and slatted openings for ventilation and safety.

Health

FIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms

Posted on February 6, 2026

Incoming Archbishop of New York Ronald Hicks smiling while giving a blessing

Faith

Incoming Archbishop Ronald Hicks speaks at prayer service on eve of becoming leader of New York’s Catholics

Posted on February 5, 2026

ICE moments before shooting Minneapolis man dead

Law

Op-Ed | Deploying Minnesota’s own RICO statute against Homeland Security: Boldly efficient or a risky overreach?

Posted on February 5, 2026

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News

No. 22 St. John’s looks to stay hot against No. 3 UConn in Big East showdown

Posted on February 5, 2026

District 2 pre-K students take over the mini podium as Mayor Mamdani unveils plans for the city’s new 2K child care program

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor open door to new 3k and 2k providers after five-year freeze

Posted on February 5, 2026

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QNS

Jose Alvarado, Christ the King High School alum, traded to New York Knicks

NYPD Harbor Unit members train for water rescues on icy pond

A matter of minutes: How the NYPD Harbor Unit teaches cops to save lives in frozen waters

Posted on February 5, 2026

City Council Speaker Julie Menin speaks about outdoor dining

Speaker Menin says she will revive year-round outdoor dining program

Posted on February 5, 2026

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Unrest at nurses strike: At least 13 arrested for Midtown civil disobedience during ‘day of action’

Posted on February 5, 2026

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Brooklyn Paper

Woman arrested after series of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Bay Ridge

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Man stabbed to death inside Brooklyn apartment building: cops

Posted on February 5, 2026

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Law

Law Department nominee tells City Council he’ll be lawyer for entire city, not just Mamdani

Posted on February 4, 2026

Transit advocates speak in support of free buses, fair fares

New transit coalition wants Mayor Mamdani to put pedal to the metal on expanding ‘Fair Fares’ benefits, making buses fare-free

Posted on February 4, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $38.4 million investment in eco-friendly electric heating pumps for NYCHA's Beach 41st Street development in Edgemere Wednesday morning. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell.

QNS

Mamdani announces $38 million investment in electric heating pumps for NYCHA Beach 41st Street development in Edgemere

people bundled up for winter in NYC during the nurses strike

Health

NURSES STRIKE: City council’s progressive members visit nurses on NewYork-Presbyterian picket line

Posted on February 4, 2026

NYC Council Member Alexa Avilés – center – with UFCW Local 2013 FreshDirect Members

Bronx Times

FreshDirect workers poised to strike over third-party delivery proposal

“If you want to know the core of who I am and what I stand for. You should know this: I love Jesus with my mind, heart and soul, and I strive to love my neighbor,” Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks said Thursday.

Faith

Faithful welcome: What to know about incoming New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks and Friday’s installation ceremony

Posted on February 4, 2026

cop on a platform after subway stabbing in Manhattan

Subway stabbing: 15-year-old boy attacked during fight on J train in Lower Manhattan

Posted on February 4, 2026

Gateway Tunnel excavated in Manhattan

Law

Gateway Tunnel: New York and New Jersey sue Trump admin in another effort to keep major Hudson River rail project alive

Posted on February 4, 2026

Suspect in Queens beating of toddler son with photo of victim

Queens

Queens man brutally beat toddler son in homeless shelter, then dropped him off at mother’s apartment: sources

Posted on February 4, 2026

Police bodycam footage of man wounded in Queens police shooting

Queens

Queens police shooting: NYPD releases bodycam footage of cop opening fire on man in mental health crisis

Posted on February 4, 2026

Suspect in Manhattan rape case escorted by detectives in handcuffs

Lower Manhattan

Manhattan rape case: Homeless man charged in sex assault of teen girl in Stuyvesant Town had 32 prior arrests on file

Posted on February 4, 2026

Erik Bottcher will represent District 47 in the State Senate.

Gay City News

Erik Bottcher wins special election to fill Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s State Senate seat

Bronstein tenants Sonu Kumari and Yvette Janis-Allen speak at a rally outside 42-09 47th Ave. to demand repairs in the building. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Tenants rally at Sunnyside building to demand repairs from Bronstein real estate firm

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Fare evasion: MTA boss Lieber rules out all-door bus boarding until ‘European model’ of enforcement is activated

Posted on February 3, 2026

Suspect in Manhattan rape case

Manhattan rape case: Cops nab suspect in Stuyvesant Town sex assault of 14-year-old girl

Posted on February 3, 2026

NY: National Female Physicians Day

Brooklyn Paper

Breaking barriers in the OR: A day in the life of the women surgeons leading Maimonides

Law

Alexander brothers’ judge orders US to withhold Epstein-linked material during sex trafficking trial

Posted on February 3, 2026

people wearing red clothes and holding red signs during the nurses strike in NYC

Health

NURSES STRIKE: Hospital management returns ‘weak’ counterproposals; walkout continues

Posted on February 3, 2026

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Law

Rowdy travels with attorneys, court staff land NY Supreme Court justice lifelong ban from bench

Posted on February 3, 2026

Diana Moreno casts her vote in the D36 special election at PS 166Q. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.

QNS

Queens voters head to the polls for Assembly District 36 special election to fill Mamdani’s old seat

look at rail tunnel to be rebuilt in Gateway Tunnel plan

Law

Gateway tunnel project commission sues Trump admin to release federal funds for new rail tunnel

Posted on February 3, 2026

a gathering of people outside holding signs

Academic showdown: NYU professors launch strike authorization vote

Posted on February 3, 2026

More from around NYC

Left to right: Hon. Norman St. George, Justice Kim Adair Wilson, Hon. Patsy Goldbourne, and attorney Joey Jackson at the Bronx Supreme Court's Black History month celebration.

Judges, attorneys gather at Bronx Supreme Court to honor Black History Month

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Cupid-approved eats in northeast Queens this Valentine’s Day

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Op-ed | There is no Plan B without Monitor Point

The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.”

The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages