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Politics

Back to square one for speaker: Republicans mired in disarray after Jordan defeated, race now wide open

Posted on October 21, 2023

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Bronx Times

Daffodil Project brightens faces and places throughout NYC

Business

Hollywood actors’ strike approaches 100-day mark: stalled negotiations raise questions about the industry’s future

Posted on October 20, 2023

Queens

QNS

Queens Power List event celebrates borough’s most influential figures

People

Britney Spears’ tell-all book ‘The Woman In Me’ unveils intimate secrets and personal Insights into public life

Posted on October 20, 2023

Astoria Post

BMW driver sought in fatal hit-and-run in Astoria: NYPD

Nation

Jury selection commences for landmark trial in Georgia election case involving Trump

Posted on October 20, 2023

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QNS

Brooklyn woman gets 13 years in prison for luring three victims to Queens locations where they were brutalized: DA

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QNS

Manhattan man charged with hate crime assault in South Richmond Hill attack: NYPD

Woodhaven

QNS

School crossing guard killed after getting fatally struck by dump truck driver near Woodhaven/‌Ozone Park border: NYPD

Migrants at Roosevelt Hotel

Politics

City and state to enter mediation on right-to-shelter policy with Legal Aid

Posted on October 19, 2023

Astoria Post

Internal Affairs sergeant charged with drunk driving after appearing inebriated at the 114th Precinct in Astoria: NYPD

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QNS

Electeds show solidarity with Israel at annual QJCC Gala in Elmhurst

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Brooklyn Paper

City backtracks on key commitments for new 15-story, 1,040-bed Boerum Hill jail, locals say

Queens

QNS

Four members of Queens-based prostitution ring convicted of sex trafficking of young girls: Feds

The Rite Aid location at 4188 Broadway in Manhattan

Business

Rite Aid to close four New York City locations after filing for bankruptcy

Posted on October 19, 2023

The Bronx apartment building where a man was stabbed to death in the lobby.

Bronx

Man found stabbed to death in lobby of Bronx apartment building: cops

Posted on October 19, 2023

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Antisemite assaults 29-year-old woman in Manhattan subway station: NYPD

Posted on October 19, 2023

Bronx Times

Discount supermarket ALDI to open fourth store in the Bronx

Politics

Legal Aid blasts Hochul for supporting Adams’ attempt to roll back shelter mandate

Posted on October 18, 2023

Alex Silecchia, left, a marijuana "budtender," also known as a sales associate, serves a customer at Statis Cannabis Company dispensary, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Bronx.

Bronx Times

Bronx weighs new cannabis storefront proposal with Queens delivery location

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn gang member sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for violent carjacking spree: DA

Posted on October 18, 2023

Jets

Jets Mailbag Bye Week Edition: How far can team go after surprising 3-3 start?

Posted on October 18, 2023

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Courts

Social media influencer Douglass Mackey gets seven months for interfering in 2016 election

Posted on October 18, 2023

Shoppers flocked to the new Astor Place Wegman's on Wednesday, Oct. 18. It's the retailer's second New York City opening, and the first location in Manhattan.

Go inside Manhattan’s first Wegman’s store on first day of operation

Posted on October 18, 2023

A police officer rolls out crime scene tape at a subway station.

Midtown Manhattan

Woman in Midtown critically injured after being shoved onto subway tracks, police say

Posted on October 18, 2023

Bronx Times

Tour de Bronx, New York state’s biggest free cycling event, returns for 29th annual bike ride

Politics

GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek options

Posted on October 18, 2023

Brooklyn detective exits apartment building after double shooting

Brooklyn

Crown Heights double shooting: Cops believe ex-boyfriend targeted the couple

Posted on October 18, 2023

Rats are in the trash to eat. Stinky and damp. Selective focus

Bronx Times

City’s first ‘rat czar’ targeting slew of rat sightings at Bronx’s Parkchester station

Stiletto shoe left at scene of strip club shooting

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown strip club shooting: Cops say gunman fired fatal shot after argument with victim

Posted on October 18, 2023

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QNS

Queens community boards are frustrated with new responsibility of approving cannabis storefronts

NY: Union Square Target Opening

Business

Target celebrates opening of Union Square location, weeks after East Harlem closure

Posted on October 18, 2023

Queens

Tales of survival: NYC migrants who braved violence and perilous treks grateful for fresh start in America

Posted on October 18, 2023

GOP Brooklyn City Council Member Inna Vernikov.

News

It was ‘inappropriate’ for GOP Council Member Inna Vernikov to bring a gun to a protest: Adams

Posted on October 17, 2023

Douglas Welch, known as Paradise (Instagram)

Brooklyn

Queens man charged with operating Brooklyn sex-trafficking ring, faces life in prison: Feds

Posted on October 17, 2023

Police raid migrant-run market on Randall's Island

Illegal migrant-run market on Randall’s Island busted, cops confiscate scooters near emergency shelter

Posted on October 17, 2023

Politics

Migrant crisis | Amid criticism, Mayor Adams insists 60-day shelter limit won’t force kids to change schools

Posted on October 17, 2023

The aftermath of a bike collision where a cyclist was struck in Broad Channel, Queens in 2019.

NYC on pace for deadliest year for bike riders since 1999: Study

Posted on October 17, 2023

Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15.

Gay City News

Gay Liberation Front gathers for Martha Shelley’s memoir on early LGBTQ rights movement

Politics

Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot, but more votes are ahead

Posted on October 17, 2023

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QNS

Crook pistol-whips employee during robbery of Howard Beach smoke shop: NYPD

Arts & Entertainment

These five toys are finalists for National Toy Hall of Fame honors. Now fans can vote one in

Posted on October 17, 2023

Health

Are 3D mammograms better than standard imaging? A diverse study aims to find out

Posted on October 17, 2023

Politics

War in Israel: Biden will head to Israel and Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread

Posted on October 17, 2023

Charred e-bike and barrel with lithium ion battery after Brookklyn fire

Brooklyn

Brooklyn apartment fire that left three people critically injured may have been ignited by faulty lithium-ion battery: FDNY

Posted on October 17, 2023

With Donald Trump back at civil fraud trial, accountant testifies after key witness Michael Cohen postpones

Posted on October 17, 2023

News

Rangers, Ryan Lindgren Injury Update – Star defenseman returns to lineup after 1-game absence

Posted on October 16, 2023

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Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall."

Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’