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The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announced its rangers will begin leading tours of Hart Island. The effort to dispel negative perceptions of the mass graveyard starts on Nov. 21, 2023.

Bronx Times

Parks department opens Hart Island to the public

NYPD brass testify at police radio encryption hearing

Politics

Over and out? NYPD evades media access questions at City Council hearing on police radio encryption

Posted on November 20, 2023

Astoria Post

Families of Astoria crash victims mark World Day of Remembrance with march through the neighborhood

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QNS

Southeast Queens man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2020 collision that killed off-duty cop: DA

Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams wants to slash asylum-seeker services by 20% to close budget gap

Posted on November 20, 2023

Last year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan.

Gay City News

Petition blasts Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade over non-binary participants, ‘LGBTQ agenda’

Ashish Prashar

Brooklyn

Brooklyn hot coffee hate crime victim speaks out over painful attack | EXCLUSIVE

Posted on November 20, 2023

Woodhaven

QNS

Senior dies, another injured while trying to cross Woodhaven Boulevard near Forest Park: NYPD

A straphanger takes a selfie with the K5 robot in Times Square.

Midtown Manhattan

Selfies and security: NYPD’s robotic cop K5 puts on a Times Square show while on patrol

Posted on November 20, 2023

Mom and child at protest demanding Congress Member Dan Goldman seeking Middle East ceasefire

Brooklyn

Brooklyn rallygoers urge freshman Congress Member Goldman to support ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

Posted on November 19, 2023

The cast of the Spamalot revival

Broadway

Review | ‘Spamalot’ brings the bright side of life back to Broadway

Posted on November 19, 2023

Snowmen at Lower East Side winter wonderland.

Business

Check out this amazing Lower East Side holiday wonderland that will leave you feeling like a kid again

Posted on November 19, 2023

Homeless man sleeps at Manhattan park where stabbing occurred

Lower Manhattan

Manhattan park stabbing: Homeless teen cuffed for murdering unhoused man

Posted on November 19, 2023

Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell during his campaign for public advocate in early 2019.

Gay City News

Daniel O’Donnell announces he will not seek re-election

Brooklyn apartment buildings

Housing

City launches revamp of website that provides details about tens of thousands of apartments

Posted on November 17, 2023

corpse

QNS

Headless corpse found on the sand of Breezy Point Beach: NYPD

Willets Point

QNS

Willets Point development proposal draws concerns from community board about traffic congestion, possible homeless shelter

Kips Bay life sciences hub

News

Mayor, Governor announce details of $1.6 billion Kips Bay life sciences hub

Posted on November 17, 2023

Council Member Inna Vernikov was arraigned on Nov. 2 after she allegedly brought a gun to a protest at Brooklyn College last month.

Brooklyn Paper

District Attorney drops gun possession charges against Vernikov, says firearm was ‘inoperable’

firefighters at Bushwick factory fire

Brooklyn Paper

Three-alarm fire ravages Bushwick factory, injures one firefighter

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QNS

Jamaica gang leader gets life in prison for 2019 fatal drive-by shooting in Springfield Gardens: Feds

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QNS

Dept. of Education employee busted for trying to kidnap teen as she walked to school in Cambria Heights: NYPD

Donated by the New York City Police foundation, the Real Time Crime Center Emergency Mobile Response Van (RTCC) will be used to set up a base away from police headquarters in the event of a major incident or investigation.

Mystery machine: Inside the NYPD’s new mobile command center

Posted on November 17, 2023

Police officer at scene of Manhattan stabbing

Lower Manhattan

Stabbing during brawl at Manhattan park leaves man dead, another injured: cops

Posted on November 17, 2023

An NYPD officer uses radio

Politics

Over and out? State bill would thwart NYPD radio encryption plan and protect public access to transmissions

Posted on November 17, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

‘Painful’ cuts: What Mayor Adams’ budget reductions mean for police, trash pickups and other services you rely on

Posted on November 16, 2023

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QNS

NYCFC presents new details of its $780 million soccer stadium at Willets Point

Migrant

Politics

Migrants, advocates hold ‘sleep in’ outside of Gracie Mansion in protest of mayor’s limits on shelter stays

Posted on November 16, 2023

Migrants say they are worried and confused after days of sleeping on the Midtown streets.

News

Op-Ed | Cutting services is dangerous and unnecessary; make the super-rich pay what they owe instead

Posted on November 16, 2023

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Bronx Times

Greenburger Center breaks ground on $13M Crotona Park Hope House, the first of its kind in the nation

landlord

QNS

St. Albans landlord arraigned in triple murder of ‘defenseless’ girlfriend, two tenants: DA

Lucali pizzeria

Brooklyn Paper

Iconic pizzeria Lucali launches sweepstakes offering reservations for first time in its history

30-year-old Brittan Jones was arrested for allegedly pushing a senior onto a Midtown subway track.

Midtown Manhattan

Cops cuff suspect wanted for pushing 85-year-old man onto Midtown subway tracks

Posted on November 16, 2023

NYC taxi drivers rally against ride-share cap lift

Can’t get a ‘brake’: NYC taxi drivers fume over plan to lift ride-share cap adding more Uber and Lyft vehicles to city streets

Posted on November 16, 2023

News

Mayor helps break ground on $275 million film studio replacing long-closed Woodside warehouse

Posted on November 15, 2023

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QNS

Woman critically injured in Hollis after she was struck by hit-and-run driver: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

With youth mental health on ‘clear downward trajectory,’ city launches free virtual mental health platform for teens

Police are looking for this man who allegedly pushed an 85-year-old straphanger onto the subway tracks Wednesday morning

Midtown Manhattan

85-year-old man pushed onto subway tracks at Midtown station, suspect sought by police

Posted on November 15, 2023

Diwali

QNS

Governor signs legislation making Diwali a public school holiday for New York City students

The Queens landlord accused of killing his two tenants and his girlfriend over rent disputes told the press he was “under pressure” during his perp walk on Wednesday.

Queens

Queens landlord who murdered tenants and girlfriend says he was under ‘a lot of pressure’

Posted on November 15, 2023

Rockaway Beach

QNS

Queens man gets 40 years to life in prison for raping his young relatives: DA

Ian McKeever leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after being charged with animal cruelty against Ryder the horse.

New York City carriage driver charged with animal cruelty against deceased horse Ryder

Posted on November 15, 2023

Manhattan cop on duty

Israel

Antisemitism leads continued spike in hate crimes in New York City

Posted on November 15, 2023

dead

QNS

Three found dead across Queens in addition to triple homicide in St. Albans: NYPD

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QNS

Long Island man convicted of killing pregnant girlfriend in Queens before leaving her body at the side of a road: DA

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Politics

Mayor Adams, top aides refuse to answer pressing questions on the FBI probe of his campaign

Posted on November 14, 2023

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Queens

Queens landlord who stabbed girlfriend, tenants in rent dispute left backdoor open for cops, police report

Posted on November 14, 2023

Archer

QNS

‘One of the good guys’: PR guru David Archer, who helped expand Queens’ Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, dead at 75

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roads to success

CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services