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Metro Philadelphia

How and why the US Senate could thwart Trump’s cabinet picks

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Jets

Jets head coach, general manager tracker: Latest on interviews, requests, more

Posted on January 7, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

First lottery opens for affordable artist studios in Gowanus

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QNS

Thieves caught on camera stealing ATM from East Elmhurst store, one of nearly 50 heists by same crew: NYPD

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Bronx Times

All Hallows Catholic high school on financial brink, launches urgent fundraising campaign

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Bronx Times

Bronx tax preparer known as the ‘magician’ admits to $145M fraud in decade-long IRS scam

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QNS

Nonprofit partners with Elmhurst Hospital for 5K rowing event training in NYC

Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, appeared before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on Jan, 7 on murder charges for a brutal killing that shocked the city. Zapeta-Calil is accused of using a lighter to set Debrina Kawam, 57, on fire on Dec. 22 as she slept aboard a Coney Island F train.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway arson murder: Suspect in horrific F train killing of homeless woman arraigned on first-degree murder indictment

Posted on January 7, 2025

Cars pass under the toll gantries at the Manhattan Bridge amid congestion pricing in New York on Jan. 7, 2025.

Congestion pricing: Where you will pay (and not pay) to drive in Manhattan

Posted on January 7, 2025

Teen suspect sought for beating woman in Chelsea

Teen beats 79-year-old woman outside her Chelsea home: cops

Posted on January 7, 2025

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QNS

Lektrik brings dazzling light displays to Queens Botanical Garden through March

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PHOTOS: Real estate magnate’s $15 million home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side hits the market

Posted on January 7, 2025

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Politics

Over and out? Emergency medical crews denied NYPD radios in move that unions say endangers the public | EXCLUSIVE

Posted on January 7, 2025

PBR Unleash the Beast captivates rodeo lovers at MSG over the weekend.

Record-setting PBR Unleash The Beast Rodeo thrills crowds in Madison Square Garden

Posted on January 6, 2025

Man arrested for deadly stabbing at Times Square Dave & Buster's

Man gets 15 years for deadly stabbing at Times Square Dave & Buster’s

Posted on January 6, 2025

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Congestion pricing: What MTA projects will your $9 daily drive into Manhattan help pay for?

Posted on January 6, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Politics

NY families with children under 4 could receive $1,000 per child under Hochul’s new proposed tax credit expansion

Posted on January 6, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

New York Mavericks bull riding team to move from Barclays Center to UBS Arena

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Brooklyn Paper

Cops searching for serial arson suspect after three fires in Brooklyn

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QNS

Queens native Adrien Brody wins Golden Globe for Best Actor for performance in ‘The Brutalist’

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QNS

Council Member Holden accuses Gov. Hochul of ‘gaslighting’ over mental health crisis plan

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QNS

Flushing Bay’s temporary docks to shut down, leaving dragon-boating community adrift

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New York

Snowy conditions could hamper Monday’s evening commute

Posted on January 6, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Two-alarm blaze displaces 14 people, 2 dogs in Brooklyn: FDNY

NYC firefighters unions rail against congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: FDNY unions, MTA trade verbal jabs over lack of exemptions for first responders

Posted on January 6, 2025

MTA platform railings at Washington Heights subway station

Spate of violence in NYC subways prompts call for more platform barriers

Posted on January 6, 2025

A homeless man with over 50 prior arrests has been charged with stabbing a man aboard a Lower Manhattan subway on New Year’s Day, police said.

Man arrested for New Year’s Day subway stabbing in Manhattan had over 50 prior arrests: cops

Posted on January 5, 2025

“It sucks, take them down!” a driver yelled as he passed under the congestion pricing cameras by the Queens Borough bridge.

People

Congestion pricing: New Yorkers react to first day of Manhattan tolls with anger, angst and faint hope of change

Posted on January 5, 2025

Cars operating at congestion pricing gantry

Congestion pricing launches ‘smoothly’ as MTA sets sights on ‘getting projects done’ with new cash flow

Posted on January 5, 2025

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IT’S ON: NYC opens first-in-the-nation congestion pricing toll program in Manhattan

Posted on January 5, 2025

A congestion pricing toll gantry in Manhattan

Congestion pricing set to begin at midnight Sunday as federal judge clears path for Manhattan toll

Posted on January 4, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Co-creator of Bed-Stuy Aquarium sentenced to prison for attempted murder

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Politics

Trump’s conviction upheld; sentencing set for Jan. 10 in hush money case

Posted on January 3, 2025

The American Red Cross sent dozens of responders to serve meals, provide blankets and other essentials to Bronx residents of Webster Avenue following a water main break that caused massive flooding in December.

Bronx Times

American Red Cross spent almost two weeks on Webster Avenue, serving over 4,000 meals to Bronxites after massive flood

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QNS

Sidewalk e-bike charging comes to Queensbridge: DOT opens applications for property owners

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Bronx Times

Parkchester native to appear on “Deal or No Deal Island,” starts Jan. 7

Gov. Kathy Hochul rides the subways in December 2024. The governor proposed expanding involuntary commitments of mentally ill people to stem violent incidents on the subways. Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.

Politics

Hochul to push for involuntarily hospitalizing more severely mentally ill amid rash of subway violence

Posted on January 3, 2025

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QNS

Queens kids score big at Mets annual holiday party with gifts and new coats

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QNS

Central Queens waste zone rollout: What businesses need to know

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Business

Optimum customers unable to watch NY sports teams amid dispute with MSG over fees

Posted on January 3, 2025

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QNS

Inventory of homes for sale decreased across NYC in November 2024, thanks to rising contracts: report

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QNS

Queens honors African American heritage with annual Kwanzaa celebration at Borough Hall

Cops are looking for a creep who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in Brooklyn on Thursday.

Brooklyn

Suspect sought for attacking and sexually assaulting woman in Brooklyn

Posted on January 3, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Police seek gunman in teen shooting near Brooklyn school

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Secret Service hated this: An Ex-President’s historic week in NYC’s East Village

Posted on January 3, 2025

Probationary firefighters graduate from Queens College on Dec. 27. Photo: FDNY Flickr.

QNS

New York’s Bravest: FDNY graduates 289 probationary firefighters at Queens College

Woman accused of stabbing postal worker dead in Harlem

Harlem deli murder: Woman accused of stabbing postal worker dead over sandwich order

Posted on January 3, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

PHOTOS: Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge kicks off 2025 with an icy splash

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NYC Parks unveils $2.6 million turf field upgrade at popular park in northwest Bronx

Forest Hills Green Team

Forest Hills Green Team endorse Paul Pogozelski for District 30 City Council seat

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Man wounded, perp on the run after shooting at Crown Heights nail salon

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement trans military ban