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Randy Mastro, corporation counsel nominee

News

City Council opposition to Adams’ likely corporation counsel nominee Mastro grows

Posted on April 26, 2024

Columbia University pro-Palestine protest

Politics

New York Congress members work to combat antisemitism on college campuses amid Columbia University unrest

Posted on April 26, 2024

Ground-breaking in Brooklyn as Black unemployment rate drops

Politics

Black unemployment rate drops significantly in NYC, new economic report shows

Posted on April 26, 2024

Queens home owner weeps at press conference calling on squatters to be removed from her home

Queens

How squatters’ rights in New York were defanged through seven words added to state law

Posted on April 26, 2024

Jose Perez, a Bed-Stuy father whose fiancee died in childbirth, creates an online fundraiser in her honor.

Brooklyn Paper

Grieving father fundraises to lift burden, advocate for Black maternal health after fiancé’s death

#MeToo movement ‘will persist’ despite Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction being thrown out, advocates say

Posted on April 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Police search for suspect who attacked two 12-year-old boys in Brooklyn

suspects wanted in connection with hate in Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan

Multiple suspects in Manhattan sought for hate crimes during pro-Palestine protests

Posted on April 26, 2024

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Bronx Times

‘Community Board 11 requires intervention’: Board strips Ferrara, D’Angelo of leadership titles in meeting marked by disruptions and a resignation

Columbia University protests see pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clash

Harlem

Columbia University protests: Protesters clash over controversial campus encampment in chaotic scene

Posted on April 26, 2024

Music

Bernie Williams debuts in center (stage) with the New York Philharmonic

Posted on April 26, 2024

Scott Stringer speaks about sex assault case in 2021

Politics

Appeals court allows Scott Stringer to proceed with defamation case against sex assault accuser who surfaced during previous mayoral run

Posted on April 25, 2024

Location of East Harlem murder

Chelsea

Chelsea man arrested on first-degree murder charge for killing East Harlem woman in relationship

Posted on April 25, 2024

Bronx mother escorted by detectives on charges of killing her daughter

Bronx

Monster mother: Bronx woman cuffed for killing young daughter

Posted on April 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Heroic firefighters rescue cat from Brooklyn house fire

Columbia University student sits before hostage posters

Columbia University student from Israel recounts encountering hate before and during encampment: ‘I have had people spit at me’

Posted on April 25, 2024

exterior photo of the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side in Manhattan

Lower East Side

Tasty tour on Lower East Side spotlights 150 years of immigrant cuisine

Posted on April 25, 2024

covid memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn Paper

COVID-19 memorial to create ‘tangible wall of memory’ at Green-Wood Cemetery

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QNS

Memorial mass for bartender stabbed in Maspeth Irish bar set for Saturday in Elmhurst

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QNS

Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn school honors fallen firefighter Steven Pollard with memorial scholarship

A police officer in front of arrested climate protesters in Tribeca

Tribeca

Climate protesters arrested for blocking the entrance of Citigroup’s Tribeca headquarters

Posted on April 25, 2024

Salt & Straw ice cream founders with scoops of flavors

Salt & Straw ice cream pop-ups open today and tomorrow offering cool spring treats

Posted on April 25, 2024

photo of woman with braids wearing sweater and black pants, accused of assault in Upper East Side

Upper East Side

Good Samaritan on Upper East Side attacked while breaking up a fight

Posted on April 25, 2024

Midtown Manhattan during the day, where an assault took place

Midtown Manhattan

Heartless perp in Midtown grabs senior’s walker in assault: cops

Posted on April 25, 2024

American football ball close up on black background. Horizontal sport theme poster, greeting cards, headers, website and app

Jets

Watch the 2024 NFL Draft LIVE with amNewYork

Posted on April 25, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson at Columbia University

Harlem

Columbia University protests: House Speaker Mike Johnson visits campus, calls for Shafik’s resignation amidst Pro-Palestine protest encampment

Posted on April 24, 2024

Manhattan DA Bragg at a table with ghost guns on it

News

DA Bragg takes on YouTube’s role in hosting ghost gun assembly tutorials

Posted on April 24, 2024

Fleet Week ship arrives in New York Harbor

All aboard! Fleet Week is returning this May; here are the ships set to come in

Posted on April 24, 2024

Negotiations between Columbia University

Harlem

Columbia University protests: Admin gives students 48 hours to clear encampment, demonstrators agree to some concessions

Posted on April 24, 2024

Shooting outside Bronx building

Bronx

Shooting outside Bronx building leaves one dead, another critical: NYPD

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Bronx Times

‘Magician’ Bronx-based tax preparer facing prison time for fraud

MTA workers repairing cracked subway station platform during 'Re-NEW-vation' repair program

These 13 NYC subway stations will receive ‘Re-NEW-vation’ upgrades and cleaning this spring and summer

Posted on April 24, 2024

Crime scene in Manhattan

Bronx

Sick celebration: Suspects who stabbed Bronx man to death threw party afterward at local bar, cops say

Posted on April 23, 2024

NYC elected official Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul announce affordable housing plan

News

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s landmark plan aims to combat NYC’s affordable housing shortage

Posted on April 23, 2024

investigation

QNS

AG’s office launches investigation into NYPD-involved fatal shooting near Roosevelt Avenue in Corona on Saturday morning

Politics

Mayor Adams defends ex-Giuliani aide Randy Mastro, likely pick as the city’s next top lawyer, as City Council opposition grows

Posted on April 23, 2024

Alleged serial sucker-puncher escorted in handcuffs by NYPD detectives in Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

Alleged serial sucker-puncher in Manhattan attacked seven woman in random assaults: cops

Posted on April 23, 2024

Firefighters took on a four-alarm fire in Bensonhurst on Tuesday afternoon.

Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze spanning multiple Brooklyn buildings

Luis Mercado and an accomplaicane stole $100,000 from the safe of Coney Island’s beloved Gargiulo’s Restaurant during a 2022 break-in

Brooklyn Paper

Burglar jailed after stealing $100,000 from beloved Brooklyn restaurant

stadium

QNS

New York City FC marks new stadium approval with win at Citi Field; Moves up in Eastern Conference

Raw marijuana weighed on a scale next to a bag of marijuana ready to be sold.

Brooklyn Paper

City sues to shutter illegal Prospect Lefferts Gardens smoke shop

a woman looks at destroyed cars at the Nova Music Festival exhibit in NYC

News

Nova Music Festival exhibit opens in NYC, remembering those killed by Hamas on Oct. 7

Posted on April 23, 2024

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Sponsored

At Con Edison, Earth Week Means Biodiversity Benefits for All

Posted on April 23, 2024

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Greenwich Village

Columbia University and NYU protests: Over 130 arrested as NYPD clears out Gould Plaza occupation

Posted on April 23, 2024

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QNS

Queens Assemblymember Juan Ardila runs for re-election amid sexual assault allegations and widespread criticism

suspect in Bronx shooting wearing all black

Bronx

Suspect sought in deadly Bronx shooting outside McDonald’s restaurant

Posted on April 23, 2024

NYC parents slam mayoral control renewal, saying Adams ‘should not be in charge of education’

Posted on April 23, 2024

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Keeping the ‘essence of circus’ alive: Flip Circus brings generations of fun to the Bronx

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Flushing Town Hall bringing global art, jazz and magic to Queens in November

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Prospect Park receives $10M endowment to support Brooklyn’s only forest

2nd Annual Harvey Milk Scholarship Award Winner, Leanne De La Cruz

SUNY announces winner of annual Harvey Milk Scholarship