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Zohran Mamdani leading in NYC mayor's poll

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani tops Cuomo via ranked-choice voting in final Emerson College primary poll

Posted on June 23, 2025

NY: Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2025

Brooklyn Paper

PHOTOS | Coney Island makes a splash at 43rd annual Mermaid Parade

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QNS

Flushing man presents symbolic pennant to Pope Leo XIV during Vatican Jubilee

Scene where man was stabbed at Brooklyn laundromat

Brooklyn

Man stabbed dead, son slashed during fight at Brooklyn laundromat: cops

Posted on June 23, 2025

Juneteenth 2025

Bronx Times

Juneteenth celebrations marks freedom and unity at Van Cortlandt Park

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Mahmoud Khalil recounts grim ICE detention conditions during rally after his release: ‘It’s so normal to see men cry’

Posted on June 23, 2025

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QNS

Unlicensed but essential: Street vendors seek reform amid enforcement fears

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Business

Winning bets: The potential economic impacts of full-service casinos in NYC

Posted on June 23, 2025

Fuming New Yorkers gathered in Times Square on Sunday afternoon to denounce President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran and pledged to march on the White House later this month.

Nation

Trump strikes Iran: Hundreds take to the streets of Midtown Manhattan to protest unilateral bombings

Posted on June 22, 2025

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MTA is evaluating new buses as part of its goal to have a more environmentally friendly fleet

Posted on June 22, 2025

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Politics

Ranked-choice voting: What you need to know about how to vote in NYC primary

Posted on June 22, 2025

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

Knife-wielding suspect stabs man to death in Brooklyn after prior argument: cops

Posted on June 22, 2025

Scooter on ground at scene in Brooklyn where boy was shot

Brooklyn

15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn

Posted on June 22, 2025

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NYPD deploying additional resources after Trump strikes Iran

Posted on June 22, 2025

WWE star CM Punk at Fanatics Fest

Road to WWE SummerSlam in New York begins at Fanatics Fest in Manhattan

Posted on June 21, 2025

New Yorker splashing water on face during extreme heat wave

Weather

Extreme heat warning in NYC: How to stay cool during the upcoming heat wave

Posted on June 21, 2025

Gay City News

Mayor Eric Adams on NYC Pride, his LGBTQ record, gender-affirming care, and more

hate crime

QNS

Repeat hate crime offender charged in anti-Muslim subway attack in Forest Hills: DA

NY: Jonathan Blum Art Show

Brooklyn Paper

‘Undeniably Jonathan’: Arts Gowanus celebrates artist Jonathan Blum’s 60th birthday with retrospective art show

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QNS

Hate Crimes Task Force investigating bomb threats against Mamdani: NYPD

Business

NYC restaurants form ‘Solidarity’ coalition to protect workers from immigration raids, low pay

Posted on June 20, 2025

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Bronx Times

Final phase of La Central breaks ground in Melrose after a decade in the making

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Bronx

Uniting the boroughs through Pride at the Highbridge Ball

Posted on June 20, 2025

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QNS

Meeks hosts town hall in Jamaica, slams Trump-era policies and backs Cuomo for mayor

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Brooklyn Paper

City moves to landmark two new historic districts in Flatbush

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QNS

Bayside cool: Momo Ashi’s bubble tea and charm keep customers coming back

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Bronx Times

Police seek suspect who robbed 67-year-old man at gunpoint on Bronx subway platform

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Brooklyn Paper

City opens ‘mini forest’ filled with native trees and grasses on Williamsburg waterfront

rent

QNS

Queens rents rise 2.63% year-over-year, with Woodside, Maspeth and Ridgewood leading increases: Report

The NYPD is investigating a shooting that left two injured in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Cops investigating shooting that left two injured in Brooklyn in broad daylight

Posted on June 20, 2025

Images of public artwork at five libraries across three boroughs were displayed at Hunts Point Library Wednesday when the city announced their completion.

Bronx Times

New public artworks unveiled at Hunts Point and Melrose Libraries

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QNS

Queens Defenders founder charged with stealing nonprofit funds as second scandal unfolds

Democratic NYC Mayor candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Leading Democratic mayoral candidates hit the trail to trade barbs as primary looms

Posted on June 19, 2025

NYPD Quality of Life teams at work on the Coney Island boardwalk

The Q-team: New NYPD Quality of Life unit in Brooklyn has responded to over 10,000 complaints since April, and is set to go citywide

Posted on June 19, 2025

Lightning over Manhattan

Person struck by lightning in Central Park during afternoon thunderstorm: Cops

Posted on June 19, 2025

Person participating in Juneteenth events

Shabazz Center celebrates Juneteenth with musical performances, specialty vendors, and fireside chats

Posted on June 19, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Coney’s keepers: Meet the generations of families keeping boardwalk businesses alive

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QNS

Gonzalez advances landmark legislation on artificial intelligence oversight

Rendering of the Avenir tower in Hudson Yards

Business

Planned Avenir casino complex near Hudson Yards to partner with Hyatt as developers seek operating license

Posted on June 19, 2025

Suspects who beat Queens bar worker

Queens

Five men brutally beat Queens bar worker after he asked them to leave: cops

Posted on June 19, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Setting ourselves backwards’: EPA terminates $3M grant for El Puente, jeopardizing environmental justice project

women's night

QNS

Mets to celebrate Women’s Night at Citi Field with exclusive giveaway

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

Brooklyn

Police say alleged arsonist who torched 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn is pro-Palestine protester

Posted on June 18, 2025

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Bronx

NYS legislature’s inaction on pension reform bill leaves slain Bronx cop’s family feeling ‘sick’

Posted on June 18, 2025

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Bronx

Bronx nanny cuffed for allegedly whipping children with belt nearly 60 times smiles for the camera anyway

Posted on June 18, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Early voting turnout in NYC doubles since 2021 as mayor’s race ramps up

Posted on June 18, 2025

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Bronx Times

MTA begins major accessibility upgrades at three Bronx Metro-North stations

Man in mask looks back at man in suit, with latter providing a stern gaze and hands on hips

‘Just following orders’: ICE denies two New York Congress members entry to inspect immigrant detention center where people are sleeping on floors

Posted on June 18, 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