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Those facing food insecurity received groceries from the West Side Campaign Against Hunger on Feb. 23 as COVID-era benefits hang in the balance.

Upper West Side

‘A hunger Grand Canyon’: Concerns surge in New York as COVID-era benefits are set to end on March 1

Posted on February 23, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

After-school attack: Three Coney Island teens indicted over death of 17-year-old

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Brooklyn Paper

Red Hook neighbors fume over 2-year library closure

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Harlem

‘It was an accident’ suspect says after Cops cuff him in deadly Harlem fish market stabbing

Posted on February 23, 2023

Godzilla the alligator found in Brooklyn

Bronx

‘Too weak to eat’: Alligator rescued from Brooklyn pond on feeding tube, has bath stopper lodged in stomach

Posted on February 23, 2023

A rendering of the new Warby Parker location.

Business

Warby Parker to open new Manhattan location with ‘Museum of the Blue-Footed Booby’

Posted on February 23, 2023

Nation

US to deny asylum to migrants who pass through another nation

Posted on February 23, 2023

News

As war in Ukraine rages on, Russia and China show off close ties

Posted on February 22, 2023

Brooklyn

Community mourns loss of Brooklyn cop who was gunned down earlier this month

Posted on February 22, 2023

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QNS

Queens Night Market to host free small business seminars in March

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New York

Take them down! Mayor Adams, MTA demand that social media companies remove subway surfing videos

Posted on February 22, 2023

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QNS

Wild video shows man clinging to roof of his car as three teens attempted to drive away with it before crashing in South Richmond Hill

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Bronx Times

Office-to-residential conversion plan gets backing from Bronx pols Torres, Espaillat

Police investigate where a woman was shot in Harlem.

Manhunt underway for gunman who critically shot neighbor in Harlem apartment building

Posted on February 22, 2023

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New York Family

Flaco: How to Find Updates on New York’s Latest Celebrity Bird

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QNS

Dead man discovered stuffed in vehicle parked at the Iron Triangle near Citi Field: NYPD

Brooklyn drive-by shooting

Harlem

Worker at Harlem eatery stabs two customers, one fatally: NYPD

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Gay City News

New Rainbow Flag goes up hours after Manhattan arson; suspect arrested

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Soho

Woman charged with arson, hate crimes, after burning of Prince Street Pride flag

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Gay City News

Linda Simpson’s ‘Drag Explosion’ recalls ’80s and ’90s scene

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QNS

Queens DA Katz gains more union support in re-election bid as former NYPD commissioner backs her challenger

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn U-Haul rampage: Bipartisan trio of NY Congress members seek visa for mother of Chinese immigrant killed by driver

Posted on February 21, 2023

A close up of Mayor Eric Adams lamenting the death of a a teen who was train surfing in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Mayor laments latest train surfing death, looks to tackle deadly trend

Posted on February 21, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

‘He came here because of his three children’: Bay Ridge community honors victim of U-Haul attack at candlelit vigil

An MTA A train pulls into 34th Street-Penn Station.

News

MTA says rider satisfaction is on the rise, cites survey

Posted on February 21, 2023

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Top Cop Sewell heads to Brooklyn neighborhood for chat on crime with local residents

Posted on February 21, 2023

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QNS

Mets owner releases community feedback from visioning sessions on future development of Citi Field parking lot

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Midtown Manhattan

Parents fume over Governor Hochul’s charter school expansion proposal

Posted on February 21, 2023

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QNS

MTA to begin renovations at 75th Street station platform in Woodhaven

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New York

Former Adams’ chief of staff to aid SL Green in its Times Square casino bid

Posted on February 21, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Four-alarm fire rips through Williamsburg building, setting lumber ablaze

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Politics

Adams inks bills aimed at closing pay gaps in city workforce

Posted on February 21, 2023

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Bronx

Cops seek suspects after shootout near Bronx high school

Posted on February 21, 2023

Two NYPD officers injured while pursuing suspects in Greenwich Village: sources

Posted on February 20, 2023

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QNS

Jamaica man sentenced for slashing girlfriend as she sat in Jamaica Hospital with their sick baby: DA

Surveillance photo of two sought for e-bike theft in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Cops seek violent thieves targeting e-bike owners in Brooklyn

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Midtown Manhattan

Police seek trio for Midtown assault and robbery

Posted on February 20, 2023

A close up of Pepper the Boston Terrier wearing a shirt and harness at Washington Square Park.

Greenwich Village

Who let the dogs out? National Boston Terrier Day brings flood of doggos to Washington Square Park

Posted on February 20, 2023

Lego makeover of Empire Diner in Chelsea

Chelsea

SEE IT: Lego gives iconic Empire Diner in Chelsea a family-friendly, block-by-block makeover

Posted on February 20, 2023

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New York

As Battery Fires Mount, Sanitation Department Scrambles to Deal with the Hazardous Aftermath

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Sunnyside Post

Man mugged by four suspects wearing ski masks in Sunnyside: NYPD

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Soho

Arsonist sought after burning of Pride flag outside SoHo restaurant

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Jackson Heights Post

Off-duty cop arrested for leaving scene of accident in Jackson Heights: NYPD

Politics

Steve Bannon’s lawyers say he stiffed them of nearly $500k

Posted on February 20, 2023

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News

‘End of an era’: Lenny’s Pizza, made famous in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ closes after 70 years

Posted on February 19, 2023

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One-week warning: Uber, Lyft drivers say they’re set to strike outside LGA

Posted on February 19, 2023

Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has become a celebrity in Central Park, but seems in no rush to return home to the zoo.

Freedom for Flaco! Central Park Zoo suspends attempted capture of escaped owl

Posted on February 19, 2023

Nation

Michigan State struggles with uncertain return to classes

Posted on February 19, 2023

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Andry Hernandez Romero, who was held for months in an El Salvador prison after the US alleged he was a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, talks with friends at his home following his release, in Tachira, Venezuela July 23, 2025.

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