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2025 Mayor’s Race

amNY ‘The Third Rail’: Talking with 6 train riders about the NYC Mayor’s Race and more

Posted on September 28, 2025

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Business

Filtered out: These 34 NYC Starbucks locations are closing as nationwide coffee giant makes massive cuts

Posted on September 28, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at event

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams quits reelection campaign after sagging in polls

Posted on September 28, 2025

Man plays billiards on pool table found through Chalkysticks

Upper West Side

Right on cue: From Manhattan to Madrid, ChalkySticks maps pool tables across the world

Posted on September 28, 2025

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IBX Stop by Stop: A ride through Bushwick, an oasis of art, quirky bars, community spaces and a hipster vibe

Posted on September 27, 2025

Police at the scene in Jamaica, where a shootout between police and an armed robbery suspect on Nov. 19, 2024 ended with the perpetrator dead and an officer wounded.

QNS

No charges against NYPD officers involved in fatal 2024 shootout with career criminal in Jamaica: AG

Midtown shooter Shane Tamura pictured on Jult 28 entering 345 Park Ave., which houses the NFL headquarters.

Midtown mass shooter Shane Tamura had CTE, medical examiner finds

Posted on September 26, 2025

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QNS

South Jamaica teen held without bail for allegedly shooting 13-year-old boy to death in Cambria Heights: DA

Brooklyn Basketball Training Center Ribbon Cutting

Brooklyn Paper

‘This isn’t just a building’: Brooklyn Basketball unveils new 18,600-square-foot training center

‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally as security guard legislation introduced

Posted on September 26, 2025

A St. Albans cyclist was struck and killed after allegedly riding through a red light in Cambria Heights, according to the NYPD.

QNS

St. Albans cyclist struck and killed by driver after failing to stop at red light in Cambria Heights: NYPD

ICE agent who shoved mother at Federal Plaza

ICE supervisor relieved of duties after shoving weeping mother to floor in NYC immigration court

Posted on September 26, 2025

Roscoe Danielson was convicted of murder on Sept. 25 for killing his mother and brother in the home they shared and dumping his brother's corpse in a garbage bag at the curb.

QNS

East Elmhurst man found guilty of killing mother, brother in family home in 2023: DA

Movement Gyms offer fitness through rock climbing, bouldering and yoga.

Brooklyn

Movement Gyms build community across New York City through rock climbing

Posted on September 26, 2025

Looking for a spot to celebrate National Dumpling Day? Give Lanzhou 1915 Hand-Pulled Noodles and Dumplings a try!

Lanzhou 1915 Hand-Pulled Noodles and Dumplings: the perfect hidden gem in Manhattan for National Dumpling Day

Posted on September 26, 2025

A rendering of an Interborough Express (IBX) stop on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.

QNS

New York Community Trust grants $150K to Regional Plan Association for IBX advocacy work

Queens medical examiner team loading human remains into van

Queens

Human remains found in Queens park belonged to unknown woman missing arms, legs: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

The FDNY battled a three-alarm fire at the H Mart on Union Street in Flushing and inspectors from the city's Department of Building issued a full vacate order due to the fire damage.

QNS

FDNY battles 3-alarm fire at H Mart’s flagship store in Flushing, DOB issues full vacate order

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Bronx Times

City Council approves Just Home housing project despite objections from Mayor Adams, Council Member Marmorato

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QNS

Resorts World earns CAC approval, moves toward final hurdle in bid to win state gaming license

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QNS

Beyond stigma: The life-saving shift in how we talk about suicide

Christopher Ward was arrested Wednesday and charged in Manhattan federal court

Courts

Queens first grade teacher federally charged with possessing, distributing child sex abuse images

Posted on September 25, 2025

Osbert Orduna, CEO of The Cannabis Place in Queens, has been one of the lead organizers of the movement to protect dispensaries impacted by New York’s revised school-distance rule and is among 12 licensees suing to block the change.

Cannabis

Judge temporarily halts school-distance rule change, letting cannabis dispensaries stay put for now

Posted on September 25, 2025

Police say they have identified the shooter as 16-year-old Jason Sykes, who goes by the nickname Flex and is known to cause trouble in the area. Police say he is being hunted by the Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Queens

Teen identified as shooter who gunned down 13-year-old boy in Queens: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

A Richmond Hill man is charged with attempted murder for an unprovoked stabbing of a 25-year-old man on a 7 train at the Mets-Willets Point subway station on Sept. 22.

QNS

Richmond Hill man charged with attempted murder for unprovoked 7 train stabbing in Corona: DA

Mayor Eric Adams.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams slams Mamdani and Sliwa, claims there’s a ‘coordinated effort’ to ‘undermine’ his campaign

Posted on September 25, 2025

US President Donald Trump talks to the press as he departs the South Lawn of the White House for the U.S. Open, in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2025.

Gay City News

Trump administration cuts millions in education funding from NYC and other cities over trans-inclusive policies

Police officers investigate Penn Station police shooting

Penn Station police shooting: Homeless man wounded in alleged robbery attempt of off-duty cops charged

Posted on September 25, 2025

police at Penn Station near scene of police shooting

Police shooting at Penn Station after off-duty cop involved in robbery, sources say

Posted on September 24, 2025

A 13-year-old Springfield Gardens boy who was shot in the head at a Cambria Heights Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot on Sept. 22 died two days later, according to authorities.

QNS

Springfield Gardens boy dies two days after gunman shot him in the head in Cambria Heights: NYPD

Photo shared by the family of Dylan Lopez Contreras, a Venezuelan-born student at Ellis Prep High School in the Bronx, taken before his detention by ICE in May

Bronx

Judge orders deportation of Bronx high school student in ICE custody, lawyers say

Posted on September 24, 2025

A driver was arrested after a horrific hit-and-run in Midtown left a woman decapitated.

Midtown Manhattan

Horrific Midtown hit-and-run crash leaves woman decapitated; suspect drove van with novelty plate, cops said

Posted on September 24, 2025

ICE agents in masks detain immigrant in court

ICE in court: More immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza hours after Texas shooting, reports of judge firings

Posted on September 24, 2025

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly assaulted a 74-year-old woman on board a bus on Main Street in Flushing on the morning of Sept. 6.

QNS

Senior woman assaulted by a fellow rider on bus on Main Street in Flushing: NYPD

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Woman charged with killing 3 men using fentanyl-laced drugs, Manhattan DA says

Posted on September 24, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

2025 Mayor’s Race

amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?

Posted on September 24, 2025

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15-year-old boy arrested in machete, pepper-spray attack on Queens bus: cops

Posted on September 24, 2025

Fumes are emitted from the Green Asphalt plant in Blissville.

QNS

DEC fines Green Asphalt $25K over ‘nuisance conditions’ as Blissville community continues to voice concerns

firefighter in Brooklyn looks up at scene where man was found dead

Brooklyn

Man dies in Brooklyn after being set on fire and falling from rooftop: sources

Posted on September 24, 2025

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Homeless man busted for allegedly sucker-punching cop onto Manhattan subway tracks during dispute: NYPD

Posted on September 24, 2025

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber welcomed Woodsiders to the new elevators at the Northern Boulevard subway station.

QNS

MTA opens new elevators at the Northern Boulevard M/R subway station in Woodside

NYC e-bike riders must slow down starting Oct. 24 under the city’s new speed rules

NYC e-bike speed limit will take effect next month; how fast will riders be able to go?

Posted on September 24, 2025

An NYPD officer on the beat

Bleeding blue: Why active NYPD cops say police response times for New Yorkers in need are getting longer

Posted on September 23, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams is continuing to push back on inclusive bathroom policies amid pressure from the Trump administration.

Gay City News

Adams continues attacking trans-inclusive bathroom policies, but concedes he can’t change them

Lakisha Plowden, holding her 6-year-old daughter Brooke, speaks alongside attorney Ben Crump during a press conference at the House of Justice in Harlem on Sept. 23

Health

‘Medical non-practice’: Wrongful death claims filed as Harlem Legionnaires’ victims’ families demand answers

Posted on September 23, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Nets bring back famous Notorious B.I.G.-inspired jerseys, plan Biggie-themed games

people in suits at a podium inside a train station

New super-express trains launch on Metro-North, shaving minutes from daily commutes: Hochul

Posted on September 23, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

New York Liberty part ways with coach Sandy Brondello after four seasons

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Protesters voiced their concerns about the proposed Metropolitan Park development at Corona Plaza on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Ramy Mahmoud.

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