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Girl Scouts will start selling their beloved cookies starting Feb. 1.

Brooklyn Paper

Come and get your cookies! Brooklyn’s Girl Scouts kick off 2024 selling season

Midtown police officers violently beaten by migrants

Midtown Manhattan

Five migrants charged in violent Midtown beating of police officers; three suspects still wanted, cops say

Posted on January 31, 2024

Randall’s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center/File Photo.

Courts

Three men indicted for stabbing fellow asylum seeker to death at Randall’s Island migrant shelter: DA

Posted on January 30, 2024

Queens College

QNS

Queens College professor among 24 laid off in recent CUNY staff reductions, not surprised by decision

City Council Member Yusef Salaam in tears during How Many Stops Act debate

Politics

City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of ‘How Many Stops Act’ police transparency bill

Posted on January 30, 2024

How Many Stops Act police encounter

Politics

How Many Stops Act requirements could have grave consequences on police response times, NYPD legal department says

Posted on January 30, 2024

City Council Member Shahana Hanif and City Comptroller Brad Lander hug at Ayat Shabbat dinner.

Brooklyn Paper

‘Most amazing thing ever’: Ditmas Park Palestinian restaurant Ayat hosts Shabbat dinner

Brooklyn City Council Member Crystal Hudson

Politics

How Many Stops Act: Brooklyn lawmaker and NYPD in dispute over ride-along opportunity

Posted on January 30, 2024

Police at the scene of the fatal shooting in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

21-year-old fatally shot in Brooklyn; suspect still at large

Posted on January 30, 2024

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A father’s quest for justice: New York father calls for justice after his son was killed by police

Posted on January 29, 2024

NYPD and FDNY compete in basketball game

Brooklyn

SEE IT: NYPD and FDNY square off in annual basketball game at Barclays Center

Posted on January 29, 2024

Actress Eleanor Reissa at reading of Night to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Faith

Reading of Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’ at Museum of Jewish Heritage commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day, and fight against rising antisemitism

Posted on January 28, 2024

City Council members

Politics

City Council members ride along with Harlem cops, Mayor Adams ahead of ‘How Many Stops’ veto override vote

Posted on January 28, 2024

Upper West Side

Museum of Natural History closes two ‘severely outdated’ exhibits depicting Native Americans

Posted on January 28, 2024

Police search Brooklyn shooting scene

Brooklyn

Cops probe Brooklyn shooting that left two men seriously injured

Posted on January 28, 2024

Harlem City Council Member Yusef Salaam

Harlem

Harlem Council Member Yusef Salaam pulls out of Mayor Adams’ police ride-along after getting stopped by cop

Posted on January 27, 2024

News

Jury orders Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll an extra $83 million in defamation lawsuit

Posted on January 26, 2024

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Politics

Justice Department settlement finds Cuomo created ‘sexually hostile’ environment for at least 13 women

Posted on January 26, 2024

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News

Six companies forced to pay almost $3 million for violating city labor laws: DCWP

Posted on January 26, 2024

Cops raid brothels in Queens

Queens

‘We are done with this:’ Cops raid brothels in Queens in first wave of crackdowns

Posted on January 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Surge in Brooklyn foreclosures: One building bears brunt with over double the cases last year

Israel

UN’s top court refrains from ordering Gaza ceasefire, Urges Israel to limit civilian casualties

Posted on January 26, 2024

New Pride Agenda executive director Elisa Crespo cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of the new space at West 29th St.

Gay City News

New Pride Agenda opens drop-in space with resources for LGBTQ New Yorkers

Courts

Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets a 4-month sentence for defying a House Jan. 6 subpoena

Posted on January 25, 2024

Journalists at the Daily News have walked off their respective beats for the first time in three decades on Thursday morning and are picketing in the heart of Manhattan.

Midtown Manhattan

Daily News reporters go on strike for the first time in 30 years over budget cuts

Posted on January 25, 2024

ronx Community Board 7 Chair Yajaira Arias, right, speaks alongside District Manager Karla Cabrera-Carrera during the body's full meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2023 at Monroe College.

Bronx Times

Nixed Jerome Avenue cannabis dispensary is at least the 25th location slashed by Bronx community boards since October

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Queens

Queens gunman cuffed for allegedly shooting four people, one fatally, in South Jamaica last month: NYPD

Posted on January 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

City to invest $100M in new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

Congressman Goldman and Brooklyn beep sat down with gun violence survivors for a roundtable discussion.

Brooklyn Paper

Gun violence survivors unite at Brooklyn roundtable to advocate for local, federal solutions

Alleged Taylor Swift stalker arrested for Tribeca trespassing

Tribeca

Taylor Swift’s alleged dumpster-diving stalker rants and raves after trespassing singer’s Tribeca townhouse again

Posted on January 25, 2024

Protesters at Mayor Adams State of the City address

Bronx

State of the City | Protesters deliver Mayor Adams an airing of explicit grievances in the Bronx

Posted on January 24, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx immigration lawyer scammed clients out of thousands in yearslong scheme: AG

a candy stand set up by an immigrant worker at Jay Street

Brooklyn Paper

Immigrants turn to selling snacks at Jay Street subway station while waiting on backlogged work permits

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Brooklyn Paper

Ben & Scary! Knife-wielding crook nabs $150 worth of ice cream from Brooklyn bodega

Police in Queens combat shoplifters on patrol

Queens

On the shoplifting beat: How this team of Queens cops is looking to stop the five-finger discount on a major strip

Posted on January 24, 2024

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Man stabbed in Times Square after denying perp a cigarette

Posted on January 24, 2024

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn man who allegedly stabbed senior parents to death in shocking rampage had suffered job loss, mental health issues: cops

Posted on January 24, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters in Manhattan

Harlem

Columbia University chemical mystery: Police continue to probe foul-smelling attack on protesters

Posted on January 24, 2024

Chinatown's Kimlau Plaza

FIRST ON amNY: Chinatown plaza getting $55 million makeover, Mayor Adams set to announce

Posted on January 24, 2024

Scene where Brooklyn mom was slashed and stabbed to death

Brooklyn

Brooklyn mom was fatally slashed and stabbed 55 TIMES allegedly by enraged son after pet dog bit him: cops

Posted on January 23, 2024

"No justice, no peace": Crown Heights tenants are fighting to take control of their building after years of no repairs by slumlord and city agencies.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn tenants rally for control of their building after years of no repairs

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks about How Many Stops Act

Mayor Adams-City Council feud over How Many Stops Act police accountability bill spills into press conference tug-of-war

Posted on January 23, 2024

Brooklyn Museum to welcome new Paul McCartney exhibition

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Museum to ‘come together’ for new Paul McCartney photo exhibition

crown heights bodega shooting

Brooklyn Paper

Cops arrest 20-year-old suspect in fatal March shooting outside Brooklyn bodega

midwood apartment building

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn family seek support after death of 11-month-old son in defective radiator incident

Brooklyn apartment building

Brooklyn

Firefighters take out fire in Brooklyn apartment building

Posted on January 23, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Suspect sought for violent robbery inside Atlantic Avenue subway station

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QNS

New Gandhi statue unveiled outside South Richmond Hill temple, replaces statue destroyed in hate crime

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