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Arts & Entertainment

Applications are now open for $2 million in grants through the NYC Women’s Fund

Posted on July 29, 2022

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Suspects remain at large after robbery at Chelsea club turns into police-involved shootout

Posted on July 29, 2022

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Man who posed as food delivery person cuffed for deadly East Village shooting

Posted on July 29, 2022

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Queens

Firefighters take on blaze that broke out in basement of Queens synagogue

Posted on July 29, 2022

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Airbnb names NYC one of the most popular destinations for remote work

Posted on July 29, 2022

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QNS

Councilman cracks down on Queens smoke shop for allegedly selling unlicensed tobacco and cannabis to kids

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man gets three to six years in prison for fatally striking delivery driver

Gay City News

New York receiving 110k new monkeypox vaccine doses

News

Mega Millions jackpot now $1.1 billion, nation’s 3rd largest

Posted on July 28, 2022

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SEE IT: Lower Manhattan robbers pummel, slash victim for a few hundred bucks

Posted on July 28, 2022

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News

77-million-year-old Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton sells at auction for $6.1 million

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Arts & Entertainment

Lincoln Center to present a two-night dance festival this August

Posted on July 28, 2022

Early Voting set to run in the Jim Dandy Stakes

amNY at the Track: A ‘Jim Dandy’ of a Travers Stakes prep this weekend at Saratoga

Posted on July 28, 2022

Aqueduct Racetrack to host "Belmont at the Big A" meet

Sports

Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens to host Belmont Park’s fall racing meet due to construction

Posted on July 28, 2022

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New York City Districting Commission creates its own community mapping tool

Posted on July 28, 2022

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QNS

Three suspects sought in Queens shootout that left one gunman wounded: NYPD

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Staten Island man arrested in connection to Midtown recording studio shooting

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Politics

‘Housing, not shelters!’: Homeless New Yorkers and their supporters march on City Hall with demands for mayor

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Brooklyn

Shooting on Brooklyn street leaves one man wounded: NYPD

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Simply Skirt Steak tropical pop-up opens for business in Queens

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Lights, camera, (almost) action: NYC warns drivers that 24/7 speed cameras will go live August 1

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Ex-boyfriend indicted for alleged execution of young mom on Upper East Side

Posted on July 27, 2022

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QNS

LaGuardia Airport opens final gates and remainder of taxiway at new Terminal B

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Health

NYC Health + Hospitals/‌Metropolitan receives millions in funding

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Suspect sought for stabbing man multiple times in Washington Heights

Posted on July 27, 2022

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QNS

Two teens charged with hate crimes for assault on a grandmother in Woodhaven: NYPD

Governor Kathy Hochul (left) and Mayor Eric Adams (right) celebrated the end of the MLB lockout on Thursday.

Bronx

Adams, Hochul break ground on new affordable housing development in the Bronx

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Progress continues to be made on High Line X Moynihan Connector

Posted on July 27, 2022

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QNS

Queens brings the fire: Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival returning to Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Mets

Edwin Diaz for Cy Young? Making the case for Mets’ closer to be first reliever to win the award since 2003

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Creep sought for sexually assaulting woman on Upper East Side street: NYPD

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Queens

‘Rikers Island is a hellhole’: City pols, Corrections Department spar over surprise visit amid heatwave

Posted on July 27, 2022

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News

New York ranks first in labor productivity among states

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Sports

Chris Carson retires: Who is Seattle’s new starting running back?

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Politics

NYC businesses pledge $8m to support Breaking Ground homeless service

Posted on July 26, 2022

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LI Press

NYPD Officer Arrested for Alleged Road Rage Incident in Selden

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Junior’s Restaurant to celebrate National Cheesecake Day with food truck tour

Posted on July 26, 2022

Chelsea

New affordable housing in Chelsea scheduled for 2023 construction

Posted on July 26, 2022

News

Is this the night you win $830 million Mega Millions prize?

Posted on July 26, 2022

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New report shows how NYC renters are being priced out of their homes

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

SEE IT: Tremendous tree comes down on Brooklyn street

Mayor Eric Adams.

‘NYCBenefits’ program aims to connect eligible New Yorkers to billions in assistance

Posted on July 26, 2022

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‘Catch, release and repeat’: Mayor Adams fumes over release of teen who attacked cop in Harlem subway station

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Suspect sought for pushing man on Financial District train platform: NYPD

Posted on July 26, 2022

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New Russian airstrikes strike Black Sea regions of Ukraine

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Bronx Times

After Pride, the year-round fight for queer visibility and gender-affirming care continues for city’s LGTBQ+ providers

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Harlem

Horror in Harlem: Teenage suspect arrested for deadly shooting of 14-year-old boy

Posted on July 26, 2022

News

Study: Millennials didn’t stray far from where they grew up

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Bronx man arrested for allegedly shoving elderly woman into wall at Manhattan subway station

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Two Queens educators honored in Applebee’s teacher appreciation contest

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Hannibal Buress opens new venue, Isola Brooklyn, in former Knitting Factory space

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Q&A with ‘Things Like This’ director Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari