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Law

New York’s scaffold Law tax draining ‘billions’ from MTA, other public projects: new report

Posted on December 10, 2025

Fifth Avenue in Midtown during Open Streets

Fifth Avenue, other Midtown blocks will be car-free for Holiday Open Streets this Sunday

Posted on December 10, 2025

Council Member Tiffany Cabán and transit advocates held an "emergency rally" in Athens Square Park protesting a recent ruling ordering the DOT to halt plans for a protected bike lane on 31st Street. Photo courtesy of Transportation Alternatives.

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Cabán, transit advocates protest against ruling ordering DOT to halt 31st Street protected bike lanes in Astoria

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Operation feathered friend: What to do with an injured bird in NYC

Posted on December 10, 2025

A police officer at Union Square subway station after man stabbed

Straphanger stabbed twice aboard L train near Union Square: cops

Posted on December 10, 2025

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Balaboosta: The Village haven where heritage, heat and hospitality collide

Posted on December 10, 2025

City Council Speaker-designate Julie Menin

Politics

Julie Menin says she’s ready to become a City Council speaker that seeks common ground while standing firm in principles

Posted on December 10, 2025

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Law

Op-Ed | Poor Elbridge Gerry

Posted on December 10, 2025

entrance to Brooklyn school where Holocaust survivor was denied the opportunity to speak to students

Outrage after Brooklyn middle school principal rejects Holocaust survivor speaker over ‘messages around Israel and Palestine’

Posted on December 10, 2025

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Music for medicine: A night where high society chose substance over spectacle in Manhattan

Posted on December 10, 2025

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | Street vending vs quality of life, public safety and fairness to NYC’s small businesses

Posted on December 10, 2025

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

Politics

Mamdani doubles down on ending homeless encampment sweeps, pledges housing-focused approach

Posted on December 9, 2025

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Which NYC intersections have had the most traffic deaths and injuries since 2022?

Posted on December 9, 2025

Manhattan church rails against ICE over arrest of man's husband over missed hearing

Manhattan man demands that ICE free his husband from custody after being detained in ‘trap’ over missed hearing three years ago

Posted on December 9, 2025

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NYC’s most dangerous: Safe streets coalition spotlights hazardous intersections in push for universal ‘daylighting’ bill

Posted on December 9, 2025

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Midtown Manhattan

Man accused of shooting Jets’ Kris Boyd near Midtown nightclub charged with attempted murder

Posted on December 9, 2025

Maruc Pittman pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court in the 2024 murder of a drug dealer in a U-Haul van in Bayside.

QNS

Maryland man pleads guilty to fatal Bayside shooting during drug-related kidnapping in 2024: Feds

Council Member Joann Ariola speaks at a press conference celebrating a court ruling ordering the DOT to halt plans for a protected bike lane on 31st Street. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

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Ariola, Astoria businesses celebrate court ruling ordering DOT to halt 31st Street bike lane

PAPD officers safely captured a horse after it broke free from Curly's Cowboy Center in South Jamaica.

QNS

Runaway horse makes surprise appearance at JFK Airport after breaking free from South Jamaica stable: PAPD

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Politics

Tax relief: How New York seniors will get up to $300 off their property tax bills

Posted on December 9, 2025

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QNS

Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan rank among the most competitive rental markets in the U.S. in 2025: report

Summer 2020 – Coney Island Boardwalk. Photo by Erica Price

Brooklyn Paper

Coney Island boardwalk to undergo full rebuild after city secures $1B

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New York

Trash talk: DSNY to formalize earlier Friday night garbage set-out time option in NYC

Posted on December 9, 2025

If granted a commercial gaming license in December, Resorts World will be able to expand its operations as soon as March 2026, tripling its workforce soon afterward.

QNS

Resorts World’s official application called for standardized tax rate across New York casinos

Brooklyn intersection where e-bike rider was struck and advocates want protected bike lane

Safe streets advocates renew call for Brooklyn protected bike lane after driver hits, critically injures e-bike rider

Posted on December 8, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘A game-changer’: Staten Island-Bay Ridge ferry sets sail for first time in six decades

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NYC Council members ramp up immigrant protections as ICE raids continue throughout the city

Posted on December 8, 2025

Congressman Dan Goldman, Adriano Espaillat, and Nydia Velázquez revealed Monday that they are pushing new legislation that would stop ICE agents from stalking the halls of immigration and arresting immigrants as they attend their legally mandated court hearings.

NYC Congress members push bill to stop ICE from arresting immigrants in court, saying operations are ‘not American’

Posted on December 8, 2025

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The big subway switch: Straphangers offer mixed verdict on first day of F and M train swap

Posted on December 8, 2025

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani with his wife Rama Duwaji voting on election day

Politics

Mamdani to move into Gracie Mansion, giving up his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens

Posted on December 8, 2025

Cyclists along 31st Street in Astoria. The DOT has proposed installing protected bike lanes on each side of the corridor.

QNS

Judge orders DOT to halt plan for protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria

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Law

City settles lawsuit on late SNAP and cash assistance benefits impacting thousands of low-income New Yorkers

Posted on December 8, 2025

The United Nations Headquarters is pictured as it will be temporarily closed for tours due to the spread of coronavirus in the Manhattan borough of New York City

Law

Expert Analysis | Evolving legal frameworks to effectively prosecute conflict-related sexual violence (Part 1)

Posted on December 8, 2025

Homes in Maspeth Queens that could change under City of Yes

Nonprofit, Airbnb helps NYC gig workers get on the path to homeownership

Posted on December 8, 2025

Faith

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, hundreds of volunteers, drop by NYC Old Navy to shop for strangers

Posted on December 8, 2025

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Law

Op-Ed | New York’s Court of Appeals allows jury of 11 to convict criminal defendant

Posted on December 8, 2025

Queens man held by ICE for months reunites with family at airport

EXCLUSIVE | Queens dad, held for months by ICE, finally wins freedom in time to celebrate Christmas – and baby girl’s first birthday

Posted on December 7, 2025

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‘Make the buses free!’ Transit advocates rally in Brooklyn demanding that Mamdani make good on his key transit promise

Posted on December 7, 2025

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IBX Stop by Stop: Light rail to unlock college town charm and buzzing retail opportunities in Brooklyn

Posted on December 7, 2025

Suspect who punched man in East Village

Brute punches 74-year-old man after bumping into him in East Village: cops

Posted on December 7, 2025

Police at a slashing scene in Queens.

Queens

Two men slashed in early morning Queens attack: cops

Posted on December 7, 2025

Lander pushes back on federal charges, says ICE are the ones misusing plaza for detaining migrants

Posted on December 5, 2025

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Queens cyclist dies after getting doored by driver on Liberty Avenue: cops

Posted on December 5, 2025

A Far Rockaway teen was arrested and charged with gang assault and riot for beating a Malba homeowner on the night of a violent street takeover in which the crazed mob torched a security guard's vehicle.

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Far Rockaway teen charged with gang assault and riot for beating Malba homeowner during violent car meet up: DA

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QNS

AG James will not press charges against NYPD officers who fatally shot Win Rozario in Ozone Park home

Michael Goldman, the new Queens Civil Court Supervising Judge.

Law

Michael Goldman named Queens Civil Court supervising judge

Posted on December 5, 2025

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Law

Op-Ed | Three mobility wishes for Zohran Mamdani

Posted on December 5, 2025

Elected officials and street vendor advocates rally on the steps of City Hall in support of Intro 431A. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Street vendors, including Queens cohort, rally at City Hall for increased number of licenses

More from around NYC

Around 60 young tennis players got to take some shots with Hall of Fame tennis pros Tracy Austin and Gigi Fernández Sunday at the the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Be Legendary program.

Tennis Hall of Fame players inspire young Bronx students at Cary Leeds Center Workshop

Council Member Tiffany Cabán and transit advocates held an "emergency rally" in Athens Square Park protesting a recent ruling ordering the DOT to halt plans for a protected bike lane on 31st Street. Photo courtesy of Transportation Alternatives.

Cabán, transit advocates protest against ruling ordering DOT to halt 31st Street protected bike lanes in Astoria

Faicco's Pork Store

‘A living piece of New York history’: Faicco’s Pork Store honored by state Sen. Steve Chan

Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster is the sixth bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Bishop Katrina Foster is first woman and lesbian to lead New York’s Lutherans