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New York

Nicolás Maduro arraignment: Venezuelans weep with joy outside Manhattan federal as deposed dictator arraigned on narco-terror charges

Posted on January 5, 2026

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News

Shape Up NYC: This program tops Parks Department’s list of popular free fitness classes in the Big Apple

Posted on January 5, 2026

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor signs executive orders targeting junk fees and subscription traps

Posted on January 5, 2026

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Brooklyn Paper

Mamdani says city will finish full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard ‘as soon as the weather warms’

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Queens

Members of auto theft crew stole their first car in Flushing during ten-week crime spree: NYPD

Posted on January 5, 2026

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

Congestion pricing: 27 million fewer vehicles entered Manhattan’s Central Business District in first year of toll program, MTA says

Posted on January 5, 2026

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Law

Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty to drug trafficking, gun charges in Manhattan

Posted on January 5, 2026

Howard Handler and Cassandra Anderson

Law

Op-Ed | A strong anti-fraud agenda will support a more affordable New York

Posted on January 5, 2026

a firefighter battlling a fire in a building

Bronx

Five-alarm fire tears through Bronx deli and building; FDNY says at least two injured

Posted on January 5, 2026

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Politics

Painting history: Upper West Side artists commemorate Jan. 6 Capitol riots with powerful artwork

Posted on January 5, 2026

Brooklyn

Nicolas Maduro arrest: Protesters rail against Venezuelan despot outside jail where he awaits prosecution

Posted on January 4, 2026

New York Venezuelans at protest over Nicolas Maduro arrest

Politics

New York Venezuelans have mixed feelings about Nicolas Maduro’s arrest and detention in the Big Apple

Posted on January 4, 2026

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Politics

Times Square rally in wake of Trump’s Venezuela strike sees hundreds decry operation as a war crime

Posted on January 4, 2026

a man behind a counter in a pharmacy assisting a patient

Health

Flu blues in NYC: Influenza cases spike across five boroughs in first days of 2026

Posted on January 4, 2026

Intersection in Queens where scooter rider was struck by driver

Queens

Scooter rider clings to life in Queens after being struck by Honda driver

Posted on January 4, 2026

Crime scene in Manhattan

Lower East Side

Man slashed outside of Lower East Side bar: cops

Posted on January 4, 2026

White police van believed to be transporting Nicolas Maduro in Manhattan

Law

The ‘Cartel of the Suns’: Why Nicolás Maduro faces charges in New York

Posted on January 3, 2026

Protest against U.S. military action in Venezuela, in Washington

Law

Op-Ed | President Trump is a war criminal

Posted on January 3, 2026

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FARE HIKE: New Yorkers will begin having to pay $3 to ride the subway or bus starting Sunday

Posted on January 2, 2026

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklynites dive into 2026 at frigid Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

Law

Mamdani appoints election attorney, advisor Ali Najmi to chair judiciary committee

Posted on January 2, 2026

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Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Meet Mike Flynn, Mayor Mamdani’s newly minted Transportation Department head

Posted on January 2, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration event in New York City. His move into the city’s highest office left his Queens Assembly seat vacant, triggering a Feb. 3 special election.

Queens

Special election set to fill Mayor Mamdani’s former Assembly seat and other Albany vacancies

Posted on January 2, 2026

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Brooklyn Paper

NYC landmarks, including miniature Brooklyn Bridge, highlight Holiday Train Show at NYBG

New York Legislature

Law

Ban on anonymous child abuse reports is civil rights win, advocates say

Posted on January 2, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdan sworn in by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at inauguration

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Mamdani inauguration: Common democratic socialist themes trumpeted by slate of ceremony speakers

Posted on January 2, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and wife Rama Duwaji at his inauguration

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration: New mayor vows not to soften democratic socialist agenda for governing NYC

Posted on January 1, 2026

couple kisses at new year's celebration in Times Square

HAPPY NEW YEAR! One more look at the star-studded Times Square ball drop party

Posted on January 1, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAYOR MAMDANI: Queens democratic socialist takes the oath of office as NYC’s 112th mayor

Posted on January 1, 2026

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in front of sign listing items banned from Times Square

Law

Last acts: Outgoing Mayor Adams vetoes 19 bills protecting street vendors, workers, and affordable housing

Posted on December 31, 2025

State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal delivers remarks on Election Night after he was elected Manhattan borough president.

Gay City News

In State Senate farewell, Hoylman-Sigal recalls progress on LGBTQ rights

Zohran Mamdani speaking at podium in front of campaign banner

Politics

Mamdani to appoint veteran transit leaders to DOT and Operations top spots

Posted on December 31, 2025

brooklyn district attorney eric gonzalez vacates manslaughter conviction

Brooklyn

Brooklyn records safest year as murders and shootings hit historic low: DA

Posted on December 31, 2025

protestors at Barnard College

Politics

Anti-mask legislation highlighted in city’s first-annual report from the Office to Combat Antisemitism

Posted on December 31, 2025

A Nassau County man was hit with a slew of new charges including criminally negligent homicide for a fatal collision that killed an elderly Glen Oaks man who was crossing Northern Boulevard in Bayside last June.

QNS

Long Islander allegedly was driving drunk when he fatally struck Glen Oaks senior in Bayside: DA

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani (left) and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Politics

2026 PREVIEW: Beyond Mayor Mamdani, these will likely be the biggest New York political stories in the new year

Posted on December 31, 2025

People using OMNY payment in NYC transit in 2026

2026 PREVIEW: What will be the next stops for NYC transit in the new year?

Posted on December 31, 2025

woman dressed in black in front of large crystal ball

2026 PREVIEW: Times Square ball drop rings in a year of patriotic events in NYC for America’s 250th birthday

Posted on December 31, 2025

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan recently hosted its annual holiday toy drive, distributing more than 600 toys to children and families in East Harlem and nearby communities.

News

PHOTOS: Metropolitan Hospital hosts annual holiday toy drive

Posted on December 31, 2025

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Law

Mamdani nominates Steven Banks as next Law Department head, names City Hall chief counsel

Posted on December 30, 2025

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Moped rider dies after colliding with SUV at Queens intersection: cops

Posted on December 30, 2025

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Holidays

New Year’s Eve in Times Square: Here’s what you need to know about the 2026 celebration in Midtown

Posted on December 30, 2025

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Gay City News

NYC to distribute $2 million in emergency funding to organizations serving transgender people

Far Rockaway gang member Abel "Moreno" Mora was sentenced for a shooting in Brooklyn the same day he was involved in a shootout at Beach 13th Street and New Haven Avenue that sent children running for safety on Aug. 13, 2023.

QNS

Far Rockaway Trinitarios street gang member called ‘danger to society’ after sentencing for shooting, smuggling drugs into MDC: Feds

NYPD officers in Times Square ahead of New Year's Eve

New Year’s Eve: NYPD surging cops into Times Square, will implement additional security screenings as city welcomes 2026

Posted on December 30, 2025

founders of openigloo standing in a line rent transparency act

Brooklyn Paper

As Rent Transparency Act begins, Brooklyn startup helps renters uncover hidden rent-stabilized apartments

Police radio held by officer

Tourist stabbed outside Bryant Park in unprovoked attack: cops

Posted on December 30, 2025

Police in Queens are investigating after finding a baby boy dead and his mother with slash wounds to her wrists inside a residence on Monday afternoon.

Queens

Queens mother charged with murder of infant son

Posted on December 30, 2025

More from around NYC

The nonprofit Project Club Clemente Inc. hosted its annual remembrance breakfast on Dec. 31 in honor of the untimely death of baseball legend and humanitarian Roberto Clemente.

Roberto Clemente and former Bronx Assemblyman honored at annual breakfast rememberance

Cops are looking for these suspects who allegedly stole $3,000 in merchandise from the Sunglass Hut in the Queens Center Mall in December.

Suspects snatch $3K worth of merch from Sunglass Hut in Queens Center Mall: NYPD

mamdani on mcguinness boulevard

Mamdani says city will finish full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard ‘as soon as the weather warms’

“Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika.

Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’