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City Council members with administrators announce passage of new budget

Politics

Anxieties over federal funding cuts cloud approval of NYC fiscal year 2026 budget

Posted on July 1, 2025

A modular Portland Loo restroom is delivered to Hoyt Playground in Queens, one of five installed across the city as part of a pilot program to expand public bathroom access

Million dollar potties: Five new modular restrooms open in NYC parks topped $1 million each to install

Posted on July 1, 2025

Three men (Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams and Donald Trump) speaking in suit and ties

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Trump says he’ll ‘arrest’ Mamdani over potential ICE interference, praises Adams’ reelection bid

Posted on July 1, 2025

Man in beige shirt looks concerned while being arrested by masked ICE agent

ICE raids continue in Lower Manhattan court as immigrant advocates rail against ‘Trump’s personal army’

Posted on July 1, 2025

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QNS

California man found shot to death in car near Aqueduct Racetrack on Sunday: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

Why is Brooklyn the best large U.S. city for biking? Here’s how it pedaled to the top

The federal courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.

Law

Legal Aid Society, attorneys to continue contract negotiations as union considers strike

Posted on July 1, 2025

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Harvey Epstein, Virginia Maloney win City Council Democratic nominations in Manhattan districts 2 and 4

Posted on July 1, 2025

Democratic Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters at a rally in Sunset Park.

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani wins Democratic primary with largest vote total in 36 years after ranked-choice vote count

Posted on July 1, 2025

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Bronx

Bronx man cuffed for allegedly stabbing girlfriend to death while 2-year-old niece was home

Posted on July 1, 2025

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Housing

Going up: Rent Guidelines Board approves rent hikes on city’s stabilized units

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Rolling the dice: City Council approves Coney Island casino rezoning as state begins to consider gaming licenses

City Council members with administrators announce passage of new budget

Politics

City Council unanimously approves $116 billion budget that moves away from cuts, expands spending on services

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Greenwich Village

Bear spray attack: Suspect caught for wounding 50 people in post-Pride assault at Washington Square Park

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Courts

Man who allegedly beat pregnant woman with pipe in Manhattan grins at arraignment

Posted on June 30, 2025

Woman smiling at podium as people hold union signs

New York State increases unemployment benefits by more than $300 per week, pays off federal unemployment trust loan

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Law

Legal Aid union authorizes strike as midnight contract deadline approaches

Posted on June 30, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Board of Elections to run ranked-choice tabulations in primary on Tuesday

Posted on June 30, 2025

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QNS

Addabbo praises start of downstate casino license process, calls for transparency and economic focus

Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalk

Greenwich Village

Stonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations

Posted on June 30, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory sparks debate over Israel, antisemitism, and NYC’s future

Posted on June 30, 2025

Police commissioner and groups of plain-clothed officers under pride flag

NYPD fumes over gay officers’ group’s ‘disgraceful’ exclusion from Pride March

Posted on June 29, 2025

Woman in tanktop and cowboy hat using bubble gun with rainbow Pride flag waving in the background.

PRIDE MARCH: Thousands celebrate beauty and diversity in Manhattan

Posted on June 29, 2025

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Sports

Hardy Boyz talk exciting new plans for their future as they head into TNA Slammiversary at UBS Arena

Posted on June 29, 2025

Two officers at crime scene with camera taking images in front of police car

Brooklyn

Man shot dead in Brooklyn following text message converstion, cops say

Posted on June 29, 2025

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Bronx

Woman stabbed to death in the Bronx; boyfriend sought for slaying, police sources said

Posted on June 29, 2025

Linda May Han Oh performed at the Village Vanguard.

Music

PHOTOS: Bassist Linda May Han Oh takes the stage at Village Vanguard

Posted on June 28, 2025

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Queens

Queens pervert cuffed for offering 13-year-old girl $100 for sex act

Posted on June 27, 2025

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QNS

Queens lawmakers denounce Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s birthright citizenship order

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QNS

Resorts World officially submits bid to expand Queens casino into $5.5B full-scale resort

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QNS

Metropolitan Park team officially submits application to New York State ahead of deadline

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Bronx Times

First time homebuyers: City offering affordable co-op units in Soundview

Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Elon Musk and the Trump administration on Feb 14.

‘A profound and disappointing setback’: AG James criticizes SCOTUS ruling on birthright citizenship

Posted on June 27, 2025

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QNS

‘Devastating’ blow for immigrant advocates as New York for All Act fails to advance

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Brooklyn Paper

Children’s Museum of Manhattan, WIN unveil interactive learning hub at Brooklyn family shelter

Police released these surveillance images of two suspects wanted in connection with the theft of a senior’s debit card and more than $6,000 in unauthorized charges.

Upper East Side senior robbed of $6K in ATM scam: NYPD

Posted on June 27, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx man indicted for murder after allegedly throwing 2-year-old son into Bronx River

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Bronx Times

South Bronx student going from Highbridge to Harvard

New Yorkers celebrate Mamdani's apparent win in the NYC Mayoral Primary

2025 Mayor’s Race

Gen Z and first-time voters played a key role in Mamdani’s primary victory. Here’s how the youth vote is reshaping NYC politics.

Posted on June 27, 2025

Eric Adams launches independent reelection bid

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams officially kicks off independent reelection bid, taking aim at Mamdani

Posted on June 27, 2025

Greenwich Village deli at heart of lawsuit

Greenwich Village

Deli drama: Greenwich Village eatery partner accused of harassing female workers and launching secret rival store

Posted on June 26, 2025

Suspect in pepper spray attack on mom and baby in Queens subway station arrested and escorted. by cops

Queens

Alleged pepper spraying perp who attacked mom and baby on Queens subway train gets locked up

Posted on June 26, 2025

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QNS

Hochul celebrates expansion of Healthy Terminals Act at LaGuardia Airport

ICE agents arrest immigrants in Manhattan

ICE hardens: Masked agents intimidate reporters while seizing more immigrants at Lower Manhattan court

Posted on June 26, 2025

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DOT picks landscape team for Park Avenue redesign, but fate of driving lanes remains unknown

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

New Bed-Stuy bar, Selune, pairs natural wine with fresh oysters and sake

Kel Mitchell in two side by side photos pictured holding burgers to promote Kel's Burger Fest

Brooklyn

Kel Mitchell and Bucket Listers to bring ‘Kel’s Burger Fest’ to Brooklyn this summer

Posted on June 26, 2025

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With billions in federal holdbacks looming, MTA may have to scale back transit improvement: NYS comptroller

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Danielle Mastrion drew many elements from Queens culture, including the bamboo earrings, and Unisphere pictured in the young girl's gold chain.

Brooklyn artist paints towering mural to Queens at new affordable housing site

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Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project.

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