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Bronx Times

Bronx non-profit and local elected official launch scholarships for Dominican students to study in NYC

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Bronx Times

Final report finds faulty engineering plans caused 1915 Billingsley Terrace building collapse

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News

NFL Week 13 odds: Parsing through the post-Thanksgiving slate

Posted on November 29, 2024

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2025 Mayor’s Race

2025 mayoral challengers attack Andrew Cuomo amid fresh reports he will soon enter the fray

Posted on November 27, 2024

City restaurants wave goodbye to this semester of outdoor dining. All sheds must be taken down by the end of the week.

Business

Outdoor dining: Time running out for NYC restaurants to dismantle roadway setups by Friday deadline

Posted on November 27, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Baby, it’s cold outside: Cat lovers build shelters to help Brooklyn’s feral felines face winter weather

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News

2024 saw a record number of visits to food pantries in NYC, report shows

Posted on November 27, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

City Council approves ambitious Brooklyn Yards development plan

Rev. Michael Blake announced he will join the race to be NYC Mayor in 2025.

Bronx Times

Former Bronx Assembly Member Michael Blake announces 2025 NYC mayoral run, criticizes Eric Adams

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Politics

Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver

Posted on November 27, 2024

QNS

City of yes for housing faces fierce pushback in Queens ahead of vote

Legal Services NYC responds to Mayor Eric Adams's claims that the city's delayed payments plans are "not worse than they've ever been." Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

News

NYC nonprofits demand urgent action on City Hall payment delays as Mayor Adams dismisses severity of oversights

Posted on November 27, 2024

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NYC expands public locker program ahead of holiday season deliveries

Posted on November 27, 2024

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Harlem

Maserati driver shot multiple times while filling up car in Harlem gas station: sources

Posted on November 27, 2024

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QNS

NYC remains the most expensive city for rent in the U.S., with 39 zip codes in top 100 list: report

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Metro-North stays on a festively fun track with debut of Holiday Lights Train

Posted on November 27, 2024

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QNS

Queens Together to host third annual International Food Expo in Corona next week

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protestors demonstrated at Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn on Nov. 19, 2024.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn officials speak out after hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators rally outside Jewish center

Posted on November 27, 2024

Rockefeller Center tree lighting

Rockefeller Center tree lighting: Everything you need to know about the grand holiday celebration

Posted on November 27, 2024

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Politics

‘Working’ not ‘warring’: Mayor Adams says he desires cooperation with incoming Trump administration

Posted on November 26, 2024

Thanksgiving travel in NYC transit

Thanksgiving travel: What you need to know about NYC transit service changes for the four-day weekend

Posted on November 26, 2024

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QNS

NYC leads United States in spaces being converted into self storage: report

Governor Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz unveiled on Tuesday a takedown of suspects allegedly responsible for $2 million in stolen retail goods.

Queens

Fashion police: Queens couple busted for stealing and dealing $2 million in hot retail merchandise ahead of Black Friday

Posted on November 26, 2024

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QNS

Fundraiser honors fallen NYPD detective Jonathan Diller with scholarship for high school students on Long Island

To help support young New Yorkers’ literacy, the New York Community Trust invested $150,000 in Literacy Academy Collective, a nonprofit that helps underserved children receive a fair education.

New grant looks to boost literacy effort for New York City’s students struggling to read

Posted on November 26, 2024

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Politics

Mayor Adams defends response to mental health crises following Torres’ letter of criticism: ‘We can’t be revisionist’

Posted on November 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Red Hook welcomes Spring Bank, the neighborhood’s first local bank in 10 years

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QNS

President Biden and First Lady arrive at JFK Airport for Friendsgiving event with service members

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‘Point’-less: Over 1,000 emergency calls went unanswered through MTA ‘Help Points’ subway intercoms, report finds

Posted on November 26, 2024

File image: The three defendants allegedly received over $500,000 in illegal kickback payments from a vendor selected to install security cameras at city homeless shelters

Brooklyn Paper

Ex-staffers of homeless nonprofit indicted in alleged kickback scheme

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QNS

Attorney General’s office opens investigation into NYPD-involved shooting of alleged career criminal in Jamaica

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QNS

Parents speak out as DOE proposes new school for recently immigrated students at Ridgewood’s IS 77

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Midtown Manhattan

Subway slashing: Man attacked during argument at Bryant Park station, cops say

Posted on November 26, 2024

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Bronx groups are just saying ‘no’ to Cross Bronx Expressway expansion

Posted on November 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Registration opens to brr-ing in the new year at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

Police are looking for the individual involved in an attempted cell phone robbery.

Brooklyn

Stranger danger: Brooklyn cops seek robber behind violent subway robbery

Posted on November 26, 2024

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QNS

North Shore woman killed after jumping out of Uber on the Long Island Expressway in Flushing: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklynites split on amended ‘City of Yes’ housing proposal as affordability crisis continues

CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez spoke with members of the New York City Council Higher Education Committee during the hearing.

City Council hearing focuses on antisemitism at CUNY, and efforts to keep all students safe

Posted on November 25, 2024

Michael Sullivan, chief of staff to Steve Cohen, delivers a Metropolitan Park presentation to CB 3 on Thursday night. Photo: Shane O'Brien

QNS

Queens CB 3 approves zoning changes for $8 billion Metropolitan Park development amid heated debate

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QNS

Port Authority urges JFK travelers to use public transit ahead of record Thanksgiving holiday travel

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Queens subway stabbing leaves teen injured, cops hunt for suspect: NYPD

Posted on November 25, 2024

Jessica Tisch officially became the 48th police commissioner in NYPD history on Monday, as Mayor Eric Adams swore in the second woman ever to hold the post during a ceremony at One Police Plaza.

Politics

Jessica Tisch sworn in as second-ever female New York police commissioner

Posted on November 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

As Gowanus rezoning takes shape, locals move to form BID to protect biz, longtime residents

NY: Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway

Brooklyn Paper

Harvesting hope: Busta Rhymes headlines Thanksgiving celebration in Brooklyn

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Business

Well done: Remaining butchers leaving the block of nearly meatless Meatpacking District

Posted on November 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn jury convicts Queens man, real estate mogul in $2.4M mortgage fraud

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QNS

Japanese airline selects JFK Terminal 6 as its future home at JFK International Airport

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Adams uses first land use veto to override City Council rejection of Bally’s application

Two Brooklyn men are charged with staging a motor vehicle accident for orchestrating this notorious 2024 crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale after several scammers were caught on the victim's dashcam, which was posted to TikTok, where it was viewed by millions worldwide.

Brooklyn men charged with orchestrating staged car crashes on Queens highways for insurance scams: DA

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Man struck, killed by train at Prospect Park station after argument on platform

The sun rises behind the Empire State Building and the New York City skyline as a person stands along the riverfront in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S., July 25, 2025.

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