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Uncovered! Hochul and lawmakers agree on public mask restrictions in new budget deal

Posted on April 29, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

25,000 runners race from Williamsburg to Prospect Park for NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at City Hall on 2025 NYC Mayor's Race

2025 Mayor’s Race

Adams unveils after-school expansion and effort to make it universal, following similar plans from mayoral rivals

Posted on April 29, 2025

Cops and protesters clash in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn pro-Palestine protesters and cops clash at march condemning violent assault caught on viral video

Posted on April 29, 2025

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QNS

NYC home prices rise 10% in early 2025, with Manhattan leading and Malba ranking highest in Queens: report

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Brooklyn Paper

Teen fighting for life after Brooklyn headshot, days after other fatal shooting

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber.

MTA gets the money for its five-year capital plan in late state budget agreement — thanks largely to ‘modest’ payroll tax hike

Posted on April 29, 2025

Adams administration announces advance payment of $5.4 billion to nonprofits.

Politics

FIRST ON amNY: Adams admin releases over $5 billion in advance payments to nonprofit providers

Posted on April 29, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brannan unveils plan to support small businesses faced with economic challenges

Suspected robbers who shot off-duty cop in Queens at perp walk

Robbers who shot off-duty Queens cop inside his luxury car booked on attempted murder charges

Posted on April 28, 2025

Rent Guidelines Board members speak as push for rent freeze continues

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams won’t commit to rent freeze, urges rivals to consider small landlords

Posted on April 28, 2025

Suspect in Harlem grandmother's shooting with detective entering car during perp walk.

Bronx man surrenders in murder of Harlem grandmother struck dead by stray bullet during shootout

Posted on April 28, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Open Stages music festival returns to Park Slope’s stoops and sidewalks on May 10

Actress Keyla Monterroso Mejia is teaming up with Hornitos for the first-ever Hornitos Mex Gala.

News

Hornitos Tequila launches fun twist on Met Gala with Hornitos Mex Gala on Cinco de Mayo

Posted on April 28, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx pol seeks more cops in community after violent carjacking

Detectives in the Bronx say the person depicted is responsible for shooting a 28-year-old man in the leg.

Bronx

Bronx cops seek suspect who shot man in leg outside tire shop

Posted on April 28, 2025

Over a hundred seventy five firefighters responded to a three alarm fire which heavily damaged a shoe store and apartments above, displacing 12 residents.

Brooklyn Paper

Three-alarm fire in Brooklyn shoe store displaces a dozen residents

Suspect who allegedly raped dead body on subway train in Manhattan

Alleged Manhattan subway creep who raped dead body on train turns himself in

Posted on April 28, 2025

A police officer rolls out crime scene tape at a subway station.

Subway crime continues to fall, even as high-profile cases make NYC headlines

Posted on April 27, 2025

Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns drives to the hoop against Detroit Pistons in NBA playoffs

New York Knicks

Knicks battle back to beat Pistons with fourth-quarter heroics from Towns, Brunson; can clinch first-round series Tuesday

Posted on April 27, 2025

Scene of Queens shooting where stray bullet struck woman

Man shot in leg at Queens housing complex: cops

Posted on April 27, 2025

Scene where Brooklyn man was stabbed to death

Brooklyn

Person of interest questioned in deadly Brooklyn stabbing near playground

Posted on April 27, 2025

Brooklyn police at crime scene

Brooklyn

Fake cops in Brooklyn stick up deli during morning robbery

Posted on April 27, 2025

Heavily armed cops investigate shooting of off-duty cop in Queens

Queens

Off-duty cop shot in Queens, two suspects cuffed after pursuit through borough

Posted on April 27, 2025

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Health

Staten Island hospital shuts down main parking lot, frustrating patients and visitors searching for spaces

Posted on April 27, 2025

Police in Manhattan investigate after woman shot dead

Manhattan shooting leaves man seriously wounded following early-morning attack

Posted on April 27, 2025

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with Mayor Eric Adams

Harlem man serving a possible life sentence for brutal murder of girlfriend’s son, DA announces

Posted on April 27, 2025

Marti Gould Cummings fires up the audience at a demonstration near Stonewall in February.

Gay City News

NYC Pride announces five grand marshals for 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Reworked Runway turns Brooklyn roller rink into sustainable fashion showcase

Woman typing message on her mobile phone.

QNS

Briarwood cop charged with allegedly sexting undercover officer posing as 14-year-old girl: DA

George Santos at court

Courts

George Santos gets 87 months in prison for fraud and theft

Posted on April 25, 2025

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QNS

Holden introduces bills targeting fire hydrant obstruction and rodeo animal abuse

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QNS

Grand Street Bridge public hearing to take place in Maspeth on April 28 for presentation on special project

Former NYS Assembly Member Michael Blake (79th District).

Caribbean Life

Mayoral candidates discuss Immigration Policy during local forum

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Bronx Times

In celebration of Arbor Day, Hochul awards nearly $1M for Bronx reforestation projects

Henry A. Garrido, executive director of District Council 37.

Caribbean Life

Workers at Brooklyn Museum get lifeline

Columbia University and South Bronx Unite have been working together to offer teens in the South Bronx opportunities to study environmental health science and climate justice.

Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Bronx teen program in jeopardy after federal grant cut by Trump administration

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News

Man stabbed to death inside bustling City Hall train station: cops

Posted on April 25, 2025

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QNS

Capoeira celebration brings three days of Afro-Brazilian culture to Queens

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QNS

New York’s biggest pickleball event returns to Queens next month

Luigi Mangione pictured being escorted by detectives at Manhattan Federal Court in December 2024.

News

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in federal court as prosecutors pursue death penalty

Posted on April 25, 2025

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QNS

Do you know what happened to Jeffrey Blackman? NYPD seeks tips for 1999 Queens cold case

Transportation in NYC - People riding CitiBikes on 2nd Avenue near East 30th Street on Jan. 12, 2025.

NYC Tomorrow: What does the future hold for transportation in the Big Apple?

Posted on April 25, 2025

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Gunman who allegedly started Harlem shootout that killed grandmother hides face from media at court

Posted on April 24, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

Congestion pricing: Memo blunder leads USDOT to boot federal lawyers who claimed Trump admin’s case is weak

Posted on April 24, 2025

Midtown attorney accused of raping, torturing women in apartment

Midtown attorney indicted on 116 counts of allegedly raping, torturing 6 women inside house of horrors

Posted on April 24, 2025

MTA Chair Janno Lieber speaks about Penn Station renovations

Federal takeover of Penn Station reconstruction? ‘That’s okay,’ says MTA boss Lieber

Posted on April 24, 2025

One of the central proposals sponsored by Council Member Tiffany Cabán, will require the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice to provide public information on legal protections available to TGNCNBI individuals.

Politics

City Council approves sweeping protections for trans and gender-diverse communities

Posted on April 24, 2025

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‘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