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QNS

Five years post-COVID, Queens nurse visits ICU where colleagues saved her life

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Brooklyn Paper

Flower Bed-Stuy celebrates 15 years of neighborhood beautification and civic pride

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Courts

Man charged with choking boss to death with zip ties at Tribeca jewelry store eight years ago

Posted on May 5, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul can't agree on funding a popular childcare voucher program which could end affordable childcare for tens of thousands of families unless City Hall and Albany can close the funding gap.

Bronx Times

Childcare voucher crisis puts over 60,000 families in limbo amid NYC-Albany budget feud

Subway train pulls into station in Queens on 7 line

Queens

Subway psycho beats straphanger bloody with butt of knife aboard 7 train in Queens: cops

Posted on May 5, 2025

Police officer in Times Square investigating arson attack

FIRST ON amNY | Three teens arrested for attacking cops in Times Square during brawl, Mayor Eric Adams says

Posted on May 4, 2025

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100 years behind the lens: Iconic camera brand Leica celebrates a century of moments during Manhattan event

Posted on May 4, 2025

Denzel Washington as Othello and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago in "Othello" on Broadway.

Broadway

Snubbed! These 13 Broadway shows left out of the Tony Award nominations

Posted on May 4, 2025

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Congestion pricing rakes in $159 million for MTA in first quarter of 2025

Posted on May 4, 2025

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NYC Neighborhoods

Harlem woman hit with stray bullet weeks after neighborhood grandmother killed in similar incident

Posted on May 4, 2025

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Politics

‘Never go back!’ Hundreds united on Staten Island for 50-year celebration of Willowbrook State School closure decree

Posted on May 4, 2025

Smiling Staten Island sicko opens fire on woman with pellet gun

Smiling sicko on Staten Island shoots woman with pellet gun as she held baby

Posted on May 4, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Adams accuses Campaign Finance Board of ‘poisoning atmosphere’ with release of letter charging his campaign broke the law

Posted on May 2, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters battle two-alarm fire at Park Slope apartment

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QNS

Hard Rock CEO outlines vendor opportunities for $8B Metropolitan Park casino project

Michael Blake joined the race for mayor last November, he's hoping to pick up momentum in these last two months before the primary

2025 Mayor’s Race

Rent freeze and a comeback? Michael Blake bets on affordability pitch to revive NYC Mayoral campaign

Posted on May 2, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Staten Island man sentenced to 15 years in prison after shooting pregnant woman on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

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QNS

A legacy cemented: Queens Hospital renames pavilion in honor of former Borough President Claire Shulman

Pigeons in NYC

Birdman accused of stealing pigeons in East Village park winds up caged again on assault charge

Posted on May 1, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Mirage cancels much-anticipated reopening after failing to meet city standards

Nurses

QNS

LIJ Forest Hills nurses reflect on purpose, passion ahead of National Nurses Week

Mayor Adams with officials walking in school hall announcing the NYC budget amid Trump turmoil

Politics

NYC budget: Adams admin not worried about Trump tariffs and funding cuts sparking ‘doomsday’ for NYC economy

Posted on May 1, 2025

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QNS

Citi Field ranks among the most Instagram-worthy MLB stadiums in the U.S.

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MTA audit on subway self-evacuations finds agency must do more to keep passengers in cars during delays

Posted on May 1, 2025

Members of the New York State Tenant Bloc rally outside the Rent Guidelines Board meeting at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center on April 30, demanding a rent freeze

Housing

RENT WARS: NYC board’s proposed hikes of up to 7.75% for stabilized apartments draw tenant fury, landlord support

Posted on May 1, 2025

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QNS

Homes entering contract climb for 7th straight month in NYC, rental inventory up in Queens and Brooklyn: report

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Subway safety: More cops, better lighting in stations highlighted in New York’s $254 billion budget

Posted on May 1, 2025

Police check scene where bicyclist was struck and killed by truck driver in Soho

Soho

Bicyclist in Soho struck and killed by truck driver: cops

Posted on May 1, 2025

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Cindy Crawford, Billy Porter, David Schwimmer and other celebs in new photo book that battles Holocaust misinformation

Posted on May 1, 2025

Manhattan sexual abuse suspect freed

Courts

Alleged Manhattan sexual abuse suspect turned loose on supervised release despite upgraded charges

Posted on May 1, 2025

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QNS

Rockaway Theatre Company to debut world premiere of new dark comedy ‘The Value’

Times Square shooting suspect escorted by cops during perp walk

Times Square shooting suspect claims he wounded food vendor out of ‘self-defense’

Posted on May 1, 2025

Manhattan subway rapist caught on camera sniffing fingers

Manhattan subway rape suspect who allegedly forced man to perform oral sex on him caught: cops

Posted on May 1, 2025

Celebrity fashion stylist honors late husband with fashion line, raising awareness on dementia care.

News

How this celebrity fashion stylist is honoring late husband and raising awareness for NYC dementia care

Posted on May 1, 2025

EXCLUSIVE | Cops cuff Pennsylvania man for catching pigeons in Manhattan park; had truck full of birds

Posted on April 30, 2025

Suspect in City Hall stabbing escorted from NYPD stationhouse by detectives

Bronx man surrenders in deadly City Hall subway station stabbing sparked by stepped-on shoes

Posted on April 30, 2025

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QNS

Assembly Member Raga mourns with Filipino community following tragic Lapu Lapu Day festival crash in Canada

NYPD officer Miosotis Familia in uniform

Politics

Slain NYPD cop’s daughter continues fight for mother’s death benefits — and to keep her legacy alive

Posted on April 30, 2025

A member of the legal aid society sues the NYPD over gang database

Lawsuit seeking to end NYPD’s gang database says list leaves Black and Brown New Yorkers afraid for their safety

Posted on April 30, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Cancer survivors and patients push for state policy change in Albany, honor Brooklyn pol

Kentucky Derby morning line favorite Journalism galloping over the Churchill Downs main track.

Sports

Kentucky Derby preview 2025: Odds, analysis and picks to play in this Saturday’s big race

Posted on April 30, 2025

Scene of Times Square shooting

Times Square shooting: Three suspects now in custody after food vendor shot in arm

Posted on April 30, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at NYPD briefing

Politics

FIRST ON amNY: NYPD’s recruitment changes bring hundreds of new academy candidates amid staffing crisis

Posted on April 30, 2025

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TD Five Boro Bike Tour through NYC: What you need to know about the Big Apple’s biggest cycling event

Posted on April 30, 2025

Cops at scene of Brooklyn police shooting in which driver was killed

Brooklyn

Brooklyn cops shoot and kill driver after he nearly strikes lieutenant with vehicle, NYPD says

Posted on April 29, 2025

Cardinal Dolan speaking at St. Patrick's Cathedral

Faith

Will NYC’s Cardinal Dolan or another American become pope in the next conclave? Not likely, say experts

Posted on April 29, 2025

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Ruff on the rails: MTA police celebrate K-9 graduation at Grand Central Terminal

Posted on April 29, 2025

Scene of parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan

Deadly Lower Manhattan parking garage collapse was preventable and caused by illegal repairs, DOB says

Posted on April 29, 2025

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Bronx man sentenced in NYCHA corruption case

The Glendale honor roll, on the site of the former St. Pancras School on Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street, was erected during World War II to honor local men who went off to fight overseas.

Glendale honor roll recognized local war heroes: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: Rally to Save United Senior Center of Sunset Park

‘It’s our second home’: Sunset Park seniors fight to save cherished center facing rent hike

Stonewall House, a residence for LGBTQ older adults, is based in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.

Report suggests pathways to sustainable, lower-cost housing for LGBTQ older adults