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Gay City News

Queer Ukrainians Band Together in the Face of War

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Greenwich Village

New Yorkers continue their public pleas for peace while rallying for Ukraine

Posted on February 27, 2022

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The Brooklyn Game

Goran Dragic settling into role with Nets after debut in Milwaukee

Governor Kathy Hochul announces record school funding in state budget

Politics

New York state mask mandate in schools ends March 2; city set to lift requirements March 7

Posted on February 27, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

New York City’s first floodgate arrives on the East River waterfront

Posted on February 27, 2022

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Bronx Times

What’s in a (street) name? Bronx’s Albanian American community protest delay of Fan Noli renaming

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News

UK’s Harry and Meghan win NAACP’s President’s Award for public service

Posted on February 26, 2022

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Allegedly drunk man struck by 6 train on East Side: sources

Posted on February 26, 2022

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Health

New York Blood Center teams up with Feeding New York State for Save 1, Feed 1 campaign

Posted on February 26, 2022

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COVID-related diabetes may be temporary; racial disparities widen with Omicron infections

Posted on February 25, 2022

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Politics

‘There is no comfort in war’: Pols pledge to stand by Ukrainian New Yorkers

Posted on February 25, 2022

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Bronx Times

A second chance: How the parole justice movement has gained steam in New York state

FILE PHOTO: Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington

Politics

Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as historic U.S. Supreme Court nominee

Posted on February 25, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

‘It is a beautiful place:’ Sheepshead Bay synagogue joins in prayer for Ukraine at peace vigil

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Queens

Suspect bashes woman in head with hammer before robbing her in Queens subway station

Posted on February 25, 2022

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Outdoor mask mandate at New York City schools to end next week

Posted on February 25, 2022

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PoliticsNY

City Council Says Let Them Eat Cake – Outdoors!

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QNS

Three busted in raid of Woodside heroin, fentanyl mill: Prosecutor

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‘It breaks my heart’: East Village’s Little Ukraine prays for peace

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn’s ‘Little Odessa’ reacts as Ukraine endures Russian invasion

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Politics

‘Stop Putin now!’ Hundreds march in Manhattan demanding end of Russia’s Ukraine invasion

Posted on February 24, 2022

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France says Putin needs to understand NATO has nuclear weapons

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Gay City News

Tony Simone Aims to Be Chelsea’s First LGBTQ Assemblymember

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New York Family

The New Omicron Variant BA.2 (what you need to know as NYC Plans to Drop Mask and Vaccine Mandates)

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Bronx Times

Unions, small biz owners rally behind antitrust legislation to rein in big tech’s anticompetitive monopoly

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Politics

Unions testify during City Council civil service and labor hearing for improved workers’ rights

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Nation

Vladimir Putin sends threat to US, NATO allies should they interfere with Russia invasion of Ukraine

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Brooklyn

Woman with face trauma found dead in her Brooklyn apartment: NYPD

Posted on February 24, 2022

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Nation

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Man who fatally stabbed Greenpoint playwright sentenced to 20 years in prison

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Nation

British PM Boris Johnson maintains ‘massive’ economic sanctions set for Russia after invasion of Ukraine

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Politics

Russia invades Ukraine in Europe’s ‘darkest hours’ since WWII

Posted on February 24, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

City reaches $2.25M settlement with Crown Heights “eco-yogi slumlords”

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Gay City News

Yet Again, LGBTQ Groups Rejected From Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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News

Elderly woman dies a day after hit by driver in Brooklyn crash

Posted on February 23, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

‘Stop pushing us out of school’: New York City students protest overzealous discipline

Posted on February 23, 2022

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Bronx Times

Impending foreclosure crisis hits particularly hard for Bronx homeowners

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People

EXCLUSIVE: Fly with three of the NYPD’s top aviation pilots, and see some incredible New York scenes

Posted on February 23, 2022

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Bronx

Dept of Consumer and Worker Protection holds ‘Day of Action’ to raise awareness of tax credits eligible for New Yorkers

Posted on February 23, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Betting on New York: Sports Wagering a Win-Win for the State

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Upper East Side

Menin calls on GoPuff delivery service to halt its hazardous business practices in Upper East Side

Posted on February 23, 2022

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Big Apple Buzz | Hochul celebrates Broadway, Lady Di’s nieces at Fashion Week, Megan Thee Stallion rocks the Village and more

Posted on February 23, 2022

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move Feb. 23, 2022

People

Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop of Washington D.C., celebrates Black history month in Queens

Posted on February 22, 2022

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EXCLUSIVE: amNY followed the NYPD around on public safety sweep of New York City’s subways

Posted on February 22, 2022

News

Ground broken on new Bronx school that’s part of area rezoning plan

Posted on February 22, 2022

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Business

Hochul green-lights licensing program for growing weed

Posted on February 22, 2022

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Politics

New York City is about to redraw its City Council districts; how fair will it be?

Posted on February 22, 2022

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