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Politics

New York’s schools and students would suffer major economic and academic losses if Trump erases Department of Education, pols warn

Posted on February 9, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

National Pizza Day | ‘The real Brooklyn Slice’: How Luigi’s Pizza became a Park Slope staple

A police officer at a crime scene in Harlem.

Brooklyn mother charged after 6-year-old daughter found dead in bathtub

Posted on February 9, 2025

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QNS

St. John’s University lacrosse team travels to Newark to take on NJIT in highly-anticipated season opener

City Council Member Joann Ariola (Queens) was elected as the body's new Republican minority leader on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

Politics

Ariola elected council GOP minority leader after Carr’s election not recognized

Posted on February 7, 2025

QNS

Flushing woman and Bronx accomplice indicted in deadly U-Haul hit-and-run and identity theft scheme: DA

Gay City News

‘Do not be complicit’: Pols speak out at NYU Langone after hospitals restrict gender-affirming care

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QNS

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: Rapes rise while robberies and grand larcenies decline

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Adams faces fierce backlash over city guidance that workers should yield to ICE if they feel ‘threatened’

Posted on February 7, 2025

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QNS

Dead man found along Clearview Expressway identified, investigation reclassified as homicide: NYPD

Rally cries! Disgruntled advocates call out careless landlord, Shea Sigal.

Brooklyn

Sunset Park tenants rally against alleged ‘slumlord,’ demand urgent repairs and better living conditions

Posted on February 7, 2025

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QNS

Man fatally struck by 7 train at Junction Boulevard station Friday morning: NYPD

The NYPD is seeking this individual in connection with an assault on a 74-year-old man on a BX9 bus in the Bronx.

News

NYPD seeks suspect who pushed elderly man off Bronx bus after dispute over seat

Posted on February 7, 2025

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QNS

Grammy Awards

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QNS

Two Queens basketball coaches named as semi-finalists for 2025 Jr. Knicks Coach of the Year award

The fourth annual Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show is Feb. 8.

Governors Island to host annual Ice Sculpture Show this Saturday

Posted on February 7, 2025

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Politics

NYC mayoral race: Another poll has not-yet-candidate Andrew Cuomo far ahead of primary pack

Posted on February 6, 2025

Ben's, burgers and Black History. Hamburger historian partners with D.C. staple to celebrate Black History Month.

Feeding into history! Hamburger America features D.C. staple, Ben’s Chili Bowl, for Black History Month

Posted on February 6, 2025

a bus on Queens Boulevard that will soon offer more bus service if a plan is approved

Slow ride: NYC buses painfully sluggish as city falls short of bus lane goals

Posted on February 6, 2025

Immigrants rally in East Village over ICE raids

‘I am fearful’: Immigrants at East Village church voice angst and anger over ICE raids, and whether they’re next to be targeted

Posted on February 6, 2025

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Bronx Times

Wakefield native releases documentary on Black maternal health disparities

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QNS

York College Men’s Volleyball players sweep CUNY Athletic Conference Honors for the first time since 2016

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QNS

Billy Joel and Sting to rock Citi Field for a historic one-night-only concert this summer

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Bronx Times

NYPD seeks suspects in Bronx home invasion that left 88-year-old man injured

Suspect in Manhattan subway stabbing

Manhattan subway stabbing stemmed from fight between homeless men over blanket: DA

Posted on February 6, 2025

NYS Attorney General Letitia James

Sports

NYS Attorney General Letitia James demands refunds for Optimum customers facing network blackouts

Posted on February 6, 2025

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QNS

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NYPD Harbor Unit on the East River.

Human torso found floating in the East River inside a suitcase: sources

Posted on February 6, 2025

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QNS

Port Authority announces record-breaking 2024 travel numbers at Tri-State airports

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QNS

AG’s Office clears NYPD officer in death of Valley Stream man struck on Van Wyck Expressway

Brooklyn gang shooting takedown

Brooklyn

Gangs of Brooklyn: 14 reputed members indicted for rash of shootings that terrorized borough

Posted on February 5, 2025

Protesters rail against Elon Musk, Project 2025 in Manhattan

City Hall demonstrators slam Elon Musk’s involvement in Trump White House, demand end to Project 2025

Posted on February 5, 2025

Brooklyn man arrested on manslaughter charges for delivering punch that killed victim

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man hit with manslaughter charges for deadly punch that put man in fatal coma

Posted on February 5, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

First six Brooklyn organizations chosen for BP Reynoso’s Community Baby Shower Fund

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News

New York’s Secretary of State touts Hochul’s affordability agenda to help bring costs down

Posted on February 5, 2025

Police are searching for the suspects behind a triple shooting in the Bronx that left two people dead and another injured on May 24, 2024.

Bronx Times

Bronx man arrested, charged with murder in New Year’s Day shooting

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Brooklyn Paper

Reynoso endorses Atlantic Avenue plan, calls for stronger tenant protections

Edward Josephson, supervising attorney with the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society, speaks at a Feb. 4, 2025 rally over a legal battle impacting housing vouchers in NYC.

Housing

Housing advocates rally against Mayor Adams’ block of CityFHEPS housing voucher reforms as legal battle intensifies

Posted on February 5, 2025

NWSL

Soccer

NWSL ordered by New York AG James, others to pay $5 million settlement to abused payers

Posted on February 5, 2025

Jun Jin Yang was crossing the intersection of West 1st St. and Avenue P when he was pinned between the Cadillac and another vehicle.

Brooklyn Paper

Driver gets up to six years for Brooklyn crash that killed 65-year-old pedestrian

Andrew Cuomo

News

Should Andrew Cuomo run for mayor? Take our poll and tell us!

Posted on February 5, 2025

Police at scene of Manhattan stabbing

Midtown Manhattan

Manhattan stabbings leave men wounded in separate attacks: cops

Posted on February 5, 2025

Queens subway stabbing suspect

Queens subway stabbing: Mad assailant attacks man during argument on platform, cops say

Posted on February 5, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks about migrant aid

Politics

Mayor Adams holds out ‘tin cup’ seeking another $1.1 billion in migrant aid after Hochul refuses to give any

Posted on February 4, 2025

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Bronx Times

South Bronx residents protest new 2,200-bed migrant shelter

CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and Macaulay Scholars Council President Shania Persaud open the food pantry.

CUNY unveils new food pantry at Macaulay Honors College to combat student food insecurity

Posted on February 4, 2025

NYPD Police Man

NYPD stop-and-frisk tactics became unconstitutional a decade ago – but are still happening today, monitor says

Posted on February 4, 2025

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QNS

Rajkumar gains strong endorsements from Queens officials in Public Advocate race

More from around NYC

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Bronx Defenders reach tentative deal to end brief strike, but other nonprofit legal services remain in jeopardy

Massachusetts resident Minliang Zhen was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting a woman in Flushing over her relative's unpaid financial debt.

Gunman gets 12 years in prison for shooting woman in Flushing over a relative’s debt: DA

child holding sign at street safety rally

After fatal hit-and-run, local pols and street safety advocates slam delay of Third Avenue safety plan

A teenager looks into the camera while facing the sun in a close-up view.

‘Diciannove’ captures a 19-year-old’s journey to adulthood