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Politics

From A to ‘Zombie’: Hochul deal to revive ‘zombie’ charter schools hailed and panned by education advocates

Posted on April 27, 2023

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Sunnyside Post

Good Samaritan robbed by man he stopped to help in Woodside: NYPD

Inside Crime Stoppers’ office as new van is unveiled in Lower Manhattan

Posted on April 27, 2023

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QNS

City reaches deal with lifeguard union for better pay to address workforce shortages at beaches, pools

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Personal finance class for students at Stuyvesant HS proves popular, NY lawmakers call for financial courses to be mandatory at all high schools

Posted on April 27, 2023

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QNS

Long Island man cuffed after shooting turns to drug bust in Flushing

Man overdoses in Harlem

Harlem

Reporter’s Notebook: Witnessing an overdose, and a lack of humanity, on a spring morning in Harlem

Posted on April 27, 2023

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Bronx Times

Creatives, NYC’s hip-hop royalty is seeking a logo for genre’s golden anniversary. Here’s how to enter.

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Midtown Manhattan

Animal rights activists demand retirement of injured carriage horses, passage of ‘Ryder’s Law’

Posted on April 27, 2023

Nation

Jerry Springer, a former mayor and talk show host, dies at 79

Posted on April 27, 2023

Jackson Heights Post

Jackson Heights man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing wife in 2020: DA

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Harlem

Police arrest 19-year-old wanted for the shooting death of a man at Harlem NYCHA complex: NYPD

Posted on April 27, 2023

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Brooklyn

Man shot in Crown Heights Tuesday, police release photo of suspect

Posted on April 27, 2023

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QNS

Police arrest crook who put 81-year-old woman in a chokehold during bank robbery in Glendale

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QNS

Far Rockaway man busted by FBI for sexual exploitation of children: Feds

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell looks over the expanded memorial wall in Battery Park City.

Lower Manhattan

‘Never forget’: NYPD unveils expanded Memorial Wall in Battery Park

Posted on April 26, 2023

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News

Several councilmembers call for a study of city’s industrial zones in attempt to grow manufacturing

Posted on April 26, 2023

Brooklyn

‘I owe you my life’: Watch this NYPD Transit officer meeting kidney donor for the first time

Posted on April 26, 2023

Nation

Disney files lawsuit against DeSantis, calls Republican park takeover ‘retaliation’

Posted on April 26, 2023

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QNS

Two Jamaica men get 50 years to life for fatal 2017 shooting in Richmond Hill: DA

Bronx

Bronx police pursuit ends with chaotic crashes, totaled SUV

Posted on April 26, 2023

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Bronx Times

Bronx lawmakers aim to codify legal counsel for New Yorkers under 18 prior to interrogation

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News

Teenager stabbed to death on Brooklyn street: NYPD

Posted on April 26, 2023

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East Village attacker sought for stabbing man in butt in broad daylight

Posted on April 26, 2023

News

Ryan 1st to 5 wins, Twins beat Yankees 6-2, take season series

Posted on April 26, 2023

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News

GET THE PICTURE: Disadvantaged focused on photography with mentors

Posted on April 26, 2023

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Bronx Times

Revel mopeds (partially) return to the Bronx following more than year-long suspension

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Politics

State budget could be finalized by week’s end with talks stuck on cannabis, charter schools: Hochul

Posted on April 25, 2023

New York City, NYC, USA

Latest ‘True Cost of Living in NYC’ report shows 50% of working families can’t afford basic needs

Posted on April 25, 2023

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QNS

Homeless man sentenced to more than two decades in prison for gunning down Ozone Park deli worker in 2020: DA

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LIC Post

Rep. Velazquez, HUD secretary tour Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City

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Brooklyn Paper

Cops cuff fugitive for brutal Dyker Heights murder

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Health

Mayor Adams revives campaign against lead exposure

Posted on April 25, 2023

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QNS

Teenager with gunshot wound to chest stumbles into Middle Village urgent care seeking help: NYPD

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QNS

Forest Hills’ 112th Precinct honors late NYPD detective with street co-naming ceremony

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QNS

Two busted, 30 pounds of cannabis seized in multi-agency raid on Ridgewood smoke shop

Movies

Harry Belafonte, civil rights leader and groundbreaking entertainer, dies at 96

Posted on April 25, 2023

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Midtown Manhattan

Extinction Rebellion activists arrested for spray painting Citibank branches

Posted on April 25, 2023

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71-year-old Staten Island man fatally stabs wife during domestic dispute: NYPD

Posted on April 25, 2023

Biden officially announces that he seeks reelection

Posted on April 25, 2023

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QNS

Armpit stabbing suspect sought for injuring teen in Forest Hills

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New York Family

9 Best Ramen Spots In and Around NYC

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Gay City News

Police officers in Kawaski Trawick case begin NYPD disciplinary trial

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LIC Post

Shuttered Water’s Edge restaurant in Long Island City will take eight months to tear down after city gets funding

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Politics

Governors Island to be home to $700 Million climate education and jobs hub: Mayor

Posted on April 24, 2023

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Gay City News

Reclaim Pride unveils theme for fifth annual Queer Liberation March

NYC Housing

Bronx Times

Bronx heavily represented on HPD’s list of 250 ‘worst’ apartment buildings

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QNS

Environmental advocates join Queens lawmakers in the waters off Rockaway Beach for ‘Tuvalu Challenge’ on Earth Day

More from around NYC

U.S. Respresentative Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson State Assembly Member Landon Dais and nonprofit partners and small farms gathered to warn about the potential devastating impacts that the proposed $300 million in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on families in the Bronx.

Bronx leaders rally against proposed $300B SNAP cut, warn of devastating local impact

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Micro units account for over 40% of NYC’s rental supply pipeline: report

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Brooklynites urge Malliotakis to reject Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ fearing cuts to Medicaid, social services

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024.

Advocates, electeds reaffirm commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive education after controversial Supreme Court ruling