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Firefighters in Chinatown battle flames

Chinatown

Seven firefighters injured in Chinatown as two-alarm fire rips through homeless shelter

Posted on January 14, 2025

Delivery trucks in microhub

NYC launching delivery ‘microhubs’ in 2025 to help reduce truck traffic further in congestion pricing era

Posted on January 14, 2025

fire in bath beach home

Brooklyn Paper

Two-alarm fire leaves Brooklyn home uninhabitable

flooding

QNS

Lawmakers Meng, AOC, Meeks and Schumer secure $190 million to address destructive flooding in Queens

QNS

Op-ed | New York’s ground lease co-ops: Our families can’t wait any longer

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QNS

German airline Condor joins elite roster of international carriers at JFK Terminal 6

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

Bronx

Bronx murder mystery: Cops find man dead and covered in blood in back of ambulette

Posted on January 14, 2025

EMS chief listens to NYPD radio

Politics

Over and out: NYPD radio encryption shuts out volunteer and EMS first responders

Posted on January 14, 2025

Housing New York City

News

Department of Housing Preservation and Development celebrates accomplishments in ‘Where We Live NYC’ fair housing initiative

Posted on January 13, 2025

park slope starbucks exterior

Brooklyn Paper

Park Slope Starbucks location to close at end of January, months after unionizing

Mayor Eric Adams appointed Tiffany Rasberry to Deputy Mayor of Interngovernmental Affairs.

Politics

Mayor Adams elevates two senior officials to deputy mayor posts

Posted on January 13, 2025

Health care and ambulance workers practice safety measurements needed when moving high risk patients.

Health

Bird flu: Bellevue Hospital enhances prep with $2 million in federal funding to guard against outbreaks

Posted on January 13, 2025

QueensLink

QNS

QueensLink receives $400K federal grant to advance transformative transit project

shelter

Bronx Times

New 2,200-bed migrant shelter opening in South Bronx amid citywide shelter closures

mta

QNS

MTA announces 265 zero-emissions buses and Jamaica Depot modernization in push for sustainable transit

Staten Island stabbing suspect arrested

Woman surrenders in fatal stabbing of Staten Island mother during brawl

Posted on January 13, 2025

Mayor Adams reacts to poll showing Cuomo with lead

2025 Mayor’s Race

‘Deja vu’: Adams says early Cuomo polling lead is repeat of Yang advantage in 2021

Posted on January 13, 2025

new york blood center

QNS

Mets and New York Blood Center hosting annual winter blood drive Jan. 15

stabbed

Bronx Times

Man fatally stabbed in Bronx building, person of interest in custody

housing

Bronx Times

Bronx housing lottery opens for 50 ‘affordable’ units in Westchester Square, studios start at $3,287

bed-stuy aquarium

Brooklyn Paper

Founders of now-empty Bed-Stuy Aquarium hope to install permanent fish pond

US Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Business

Bird flu outbreak sends egg prices soaring in NYC – and could crack New Yorkers hard if left unchecked, Schumer warns

Posted on January 13, 2025

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

Citi Bike increasing fees for regular and electric bikes, but New York bicyclists say they’re ready to pay up and pedal

Posted on January 13, 2025

NYPD officials address police shooting of Bronx man

Bronx

NYPD cops shoot Bronx man who called 911 for help after mistaking him for knife-wielding assailant

Posted on January 12, 2025

Suspect in Bronx teen stabbing

Bronx

Suspect who stabbed Bronx teen dead tells court the devil made him do it: ‘I’m with Satan!’

Posted on January 12, 2025

Brooklyn dollar van driver shot scene

Brooklyn

Brooklyn dollar van driver shot and killed, allegedly by competitor, in deadly dispute: cops

Posted on January 12, 2025

Police arresting the suspect

Man who was shoved in front of Manhattan train on New Year’s Eve speaks out for first time

Posted on January 12, 2025

A Train

Congestion pricing: LIRR and Metro-North see increased ridership since Jan. 5

Posted on January 12, 2025

Brendan Fraser on red carpet

Broadway

Broadway | Brendan Fraser leaves show amid financial woes at Signature Theatre; Lin-Manuel Miranda back at ‘BroadwayCon’ and more

Posted on January 12, 2025

Electric MTA buses at the agency's Jamaica depot.

Congestion pricing: MTA ‘unlocks’ an upgrade, adding 265 new electric buses to fleet

Posted on January 12, 2025

Brooklyn police at a shooting scene

Brooklyn shooting victim gunned down near brownstone; suspect who pulled trigger still sought

Posted on January 12, 2025

Bronx stabbing suspect yells at press

Bronx

Bronx teen stabbing: Suspect accused of killing has long rap sheet and history of mental illness, law enforcement says

Posted on January 11, 2025

Migrants at Floyd Bennett Field.

Politics

NYC to close massive Brooklyn migrant shelter as arrivals decline, 9 other sites scheduled to shut

Posted on January 10, 2025

Erden Arken, co-owner of KSK Construction Group

News

Turkish construction boss pleads guilty in Mayor Adams’ federal bribery case

Posted on January 10, 2025

Powerful Winds Fuel Multiple Fires Across Los Angeles Area

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn backs LA: Time Out Market launches fundraiser for wildfire relief

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Bronx Times

Landlord of fire-ravaged Bronx building has history of neglect, once topped NYC worst landlord list

macy's fulton street

Brooklyn Paper

Macy’s to close Brooklyn’s Fulton Street flagship and Sheepshead Bay Backstage as part of nationwide cutbacks

A man holding Donald Trump's banner.

News

Judge rules President-elect Trump will face no punishment in hush money case

Posted on January 10, 2025

bronx

QNS

Bronx driver pleads guilty to manslaughter for high-speed crash that killed Uber rider in Whitestone: DA

queens college

QNS

Queens College to host signature MLK celebration with Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis

bay ridge games and archade

Brooklyn Paper

From Bay Ridge to Japan: Brooklyn Games & Arcade faces closure, but supporters rally worldwide

Bronx Times

Five-alarm fire tears through Bronx apartment building, injuring seven

macy's backstage

QNS

Macy’s Backstage to close at Queens Place as part of nationwide downsizing

greater new york

QNS

Photos: Over 40 Greater New York high schools take part in robotics competition at Vaughn College

two people unveiling a congestion pricing sign at night

News

Will congestion pricing deliver promised NYC transit improvements or fall short? Take our poll!

Posted on January 10, 2025

NYPD congestion pricing enforcement operation

Congestion pricing: NYPD catching dozens of scofflaws, and even wanted criminals, in Manhattan toll enforcement operations

Posted on January 10, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald Trump

Politics

DA Bragg prepares for Trump hush-money conviction to fizzle out a day before sentencing

Posted on January 9, 2025

Mayor Adams delivers State of the City Address

Politics

Mayor Adams makes reelection pitch at State of the City address focused on families

Posted on January 9, 2025

More from around NYC

roads to success

CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services