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QNS

Op-ed: Time for a rain ready New York

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QNS

Long Islander criminally charged for manslaughter in fatal road rage crash on Long Island Expressway: DA

The exterior of the closed Essex Market Line entrance

Business

What’s next for the closed Market Line on the Lower East Side? The community weighs in.

Posted on October 23, 2024

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Times Square safe despite ‘Little Devils’ street gang activity, NYPD brass stresses in effort to dispel public fear

Posted on October 23, 2024

Liberty wins WNBA Championship but the journey to this monumental win was marked with triumph and tribulation.

Brooklyn Paper

Long awaited victory: Liberty’s championship win marks history and spurs controversy

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QNS

Late Council Member Paul Vallone honored with Flushing street and Bayside school co-naming

trans

QNS

Ridgewood writer brings trans-femme play ‘Clay Mommy’ to the stage in Brooklyn this November

Police at a shooting scene in Queens.

Midtown stabbing leaves migrant wounded outside hotel; group of suspects sought

Posted on October 23, 2024

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QNS

Queens restaurant aspires to be ‘Korean Chipotle’

FILE - Police at a Brooklyn shooting scene

Brooklyn

40-year-old man shot in the back on residential street in Brooklyn

Posted on October 23, 2024

Roosevelt Avenue sex workers protest in Queens

Queens

War on Roosevelt Avenue: Sex workers push back as NYPD, City Hall cracks down on prostitution and illegal vendors in Queens

Posted on October 22, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams refused to disavow former GOP President Donald Trump's supportive comments toward him. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

Politics

Mayor Adams refuses to disavow Donald Trump’s support following his federal indictment

Posted on October 22, 2024

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QNS

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center raises funds for new Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at gala in Queens

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Brooklyn Paper

Lighten up: Loafers, a new gay cocktail bar, set to open on Court Street

Upper East Side man accused of killing mother through neglect

Upper West Side

Deadly neglect: Man accused of abusing, then killing octogenarian Upper West Side mother, prosecutors say

Posted on October 22, 2024

A 4 train enters a station in Manhattan

75-year-old woman shoved onto the ground of East Harlem subway platform

Posted on October 22, 2024

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Bronx

Man shot dead inside Bronx bodega, gunman still at large: NYPD

Posted on October 22, 2024

Brooklyn Paper

Halfway there: East Flatbush’s Shirley Chisholm Rec Center on track for 2025 opening

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Business

Maggie’s Place: An Irish bar in Midtown to enjoy a Guinness — or an espresso martini and pizza

Posted on October 22, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Brooklyn is the vibe’: How the move to Barclays transformed the New York Liberty

Daniel Penny arrives at Manhattan court for jury selection in trial

Courts

Daniel Penny trial: Jury selection underway in case surrounding subway performer Jordan Neely’s chokehold death

Posted on October 21, 2024

Adams admin member Dan Garodnick testifies about City of Yes

Politics

Adams admin officials try to calm council members’ fears around City of Yes housing plan

Posted on October 21, 2024

Gavel and handcuffs

Brooklyn Paper

‘I own this block’: Man sentenced for vicious Brooklyn slashing and assault

The New York Liberty celebrate after winning the 2024 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images

Sports

What to know about the New York Liberty championship ticker tape parade this Thursday

Posted on October 21, 2024

Flatbush Avenue bus lane protest

Brooklyn Paper

‘Slower than a chicken!’: Activists renew call for expanded bus lane along Flatbush Avenue

NYC crime scene at night

Man slashed in arm inside Lower East Side train station

Posted on October 21, 2024

New York Comic Con cosplayers

SEE IT! New York Comic Con brings out amazing cosplayers and pop culture icons

Posted on October 20, 2024

A police officer at a crime scene.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn stabbing leaves man wounded near public housing complex

Posted on October 20, 2024

The New York City skyline.

News

SURVEY: Vote for New York causes that are in need of more financial support

Posted on October 20, 2024

Brooklyn police investigate scene where teen was shot

Brooklyn

Brooklyn teen shot steps away from subway station; suspect still at large, police say

Posted on October 19, 2024

Mayor Adams arrives to court.

Politics

Federal prosecutors ask judge to deny Adams’ request to toss bribery charge

Posted on October 18, 2024

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QNS

Queens most influential individuals honored at Powers List event

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Brooklyn Paper

Coney Island dreamin’: Rescued sea otters find new home at New York Aquarium

Kathy Hochul

New York colleges waive application fees during College Application Month

Posted on October 18, 2024

Rock N’ Roll band Fozzy drew hundreds of both music and wrestling fans at the iconic Gramercy Theatre as the group celebrated two and a half decades on stage.

Arts & Entertainment

Rock and wrestling connection: AEW’s Chris Jericho and Fozzy play Gramercy Theatre during band’s 25th anniversary tour

Posted on October 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump, as shown during the Al Smith Dinner in Manhattan on Oct. 17, 2024.

Politics

Trump sympathizes with Mayor Adams at Alfred E. Smith dinner amid legal battles and indictment

Posted on October 18, 2024

uber driver

QNS

Uber driver assaulted in violent Bellerose carjacking, female suspect remains at large: NYPD

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the campus of Columbia University, on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in New York City, U.S., October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar

News

New film spotlights campus unrest, antisemitism at NYC colleges

Posted on October 18, 2024

food pantry

QNS

Queens College opens expanded food pantry with added clothing center to support CUNY students in need

Upper East Side man accused of killing mother through neglect

Upper West Side

Son charged for the murder of his 84-year-old mother on the Upper West Side

Posted on October 18, 2024

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News

Charity, Laughs, and Politics: The Al Smith Dinner Extravaganza

Posted on October 17, 2024

gowanus canal superfund cleanup

Brooklyn Paper

National Grid says it pays ‘more than its fair share’ for Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup in federal suit

Donald Trump in tent outside Bronx barber shop

Bronx

Donald Trump visits Bronx barbershop, but former president doesn’t get a trim, owner says

Posted on October 17, 2024

A floodgate in the completed section of the East Side Resiliency project on Oct. 17, 2024.

News

First phase of East Side storm protection complete; popular playground reopens

Posted on October 17, 2024

NYCHA housing complex

Politics

NYC public housing residents could have up to 18 months of back rent covered by $185M in new funds

Posted on October 17, 2024

The Department of Transportation released limited edition commemorative "Stan Lee Way" street signs.

Bronx Times

DOT announces limited sale of commemorative ‘Stan Lee Way’ street signs to honor Bronx-born comic book legend

four people at a reopened Burberry flagship store in Midtown

Cher, Tyra Banks and other stars celebrate Burberry’s reopened flagship store in Midtown

Posted on October 17, 2024

Dr. Ashwin Vasan standing with Mayor Eric Adams and other City Hall officials for a January 2024 announcement about relieving medical debt.

Politics

Outgoing Health Commissioner Vasan says early resignation not related to federal City Hall probes

Posted on October 17, 2024

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Housing lottery closing soon for 11 units in Mount Hope building with rents starting at $2,027

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Masked man wanted for allegedly pistol-whipping worker before robbing Briarwood convenience store: NYPD

Adam Sandler birthday message for Kerin Martucci

‘It would be everything’: Local mom seeks birthday wish from Brooklyn-born Adam Sandler for daughter battling breast cancer

Darwin DelFabro looks in the camera during a portrait, with a gray background. The picture is black and white.

Darwin Del Fabro channels Lili Elbe in one-woman show