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Intersection where deadly Bronx hit-and-run occurred

Bronx

Woman found dead in the Bronx after hit-and-run: cops

Posted on August 26, 2025

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Bronx Times

L Train Vintage opens first Bronx store in Wakefield

a memorial to the victims of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001

IBX Stop by Stop: Maspeth has small-town charm in America’s most crowded city

Posted on August 26, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Now is the time’: Locals demand full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after bribery allegations

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ICE in courts: New York Attorney General Letitia James files brief seeking to halt immigration court arrests

Posted on August 25, 2025

Mayor Adams in sunglasses on steps of city hall with business owners

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Is recently 5-time indicted ex-Adams aide still volunteering on his reelection bid? He won’t say

Posted on August 25, 2025

officers applaud wounded cop as he leaves hospital after being hit with friendly fire

Queens

NYPD detective shot by ‘friendly fire’ while responding to Queens carjacking released from hospital as suspect is charged

Posted on August 25, 2025

90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a supportive and affordable housing building where a man was found dead Monday morning.

Brooklyn

Man found dead with head trauma at Brooklyn site where supportive housing is located, police say

Posted on August 25, 2025

Suspected dog abuser taping canine in park

Queens

NYPD Quality of Life Team cuffs man who allegedly duct-taped dogs in Queens park

Posted on August 25, 2025

David Luciano, 27, was arrested after police said he attacked two men in Central Park in the early hours of Monday morning.

Man arrested after choking, biting victims in random Central Park attacks: NYPD

Posted on August 25, 2025

JFK’s New Terminal One will be the new home for Qatar Airlines.

QNS

Qatar Airlines to build lounge space at JFK’s New Terminal One

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Two teens among four charged in Bronx basketball court shooting that killed one and injured three

Posted on August 25, 2025

Deputy Chief of the NYPD Intelligence Division Courtney Nilan shows amNewYork two different kinds of ghost guns.

‘New Second Amendment:’ How the NYPD, Manhattan DA are fighting radical online ghost gun manufacturers

Posted on August 24, 2025

Queens

Exclusive: Family of Queens bartender demands answers after she was set on fire and severely burned during lounge show

Posted on August 24, 2025

Khris Davis (center) and members of the ensemble in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Twelfth Night,' directed by Saheem Ali, which has reopened the revitalized Delacorte Theater and runs through Sept. 14.

Broadway

amBroadway: ‘Twelfth Night’ a starry night at refurbished Delacorte Theatre

Posted on August 24, 2025

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Multiple people injured after MTA bus crash in Canarsie

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD Police car

Queens

Man fatally struck by NYPD cruiser while lying on the ground near US Open remains unidentified

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD officers at the scene of a shooting

Bronx

One dead, four injured in shooting at Bronx basketball game: cops

Posted on August 24, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

Inmate found dead in cell at Rikers Island: DOC

Posted on August 23, 2025

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani posts strong general election fundraising haul, while Cuomo and Adams lag behind

Posted on August 22, 2025

2025 Mayor’s Race

Mayor Adams says ‘hell no’ to stepping down amid latest bribery charges against ex-top aides

Posted on August 22, 2025

The overturned tour bus along Interstate 90 in Pembroke, N.Y., on Friday after crashing while bound for New York City.

News

5 dead after tour bus bound for NYC overturns in Western New York

Posted on August 22, 2025

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Gay City News

City Council bolsters training and transparency for LGBTQ care, but gay Republican votes ‘no’

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Health

Queens resident hospitalized with West Nile virus as city confirms first cases of season

Posted on August 22, 2025

NY: Woodhull Hospital Groundbreaking of Labor and Birthing Suite

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Beep, Woodhull Hospital break ground on $20M birthing suite upgrade

Arden Cho, May Hong and REI AMI of "K-Pop Demon Hunters" at the Empire State Building.

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters Golden Weekend’ kicks off at the Empire State Building

Posted on August 22, 2025

Jo Fox, Rosalyn Durant, Denise Pellegrini, Tina Thornton, Rita Ferro, Judy Agay, Jimmy Zasowski, Elle Duncan, Adam Smith, Chara-Lynn Aguiar, Burke Magnus, ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro and notable tri-state area mascots take the inaugural ride of ESPN’s "E" train takeover celebrating the launch of the new ESPN app on August 21, 2025 in New York City.

ESPN unveils revamped app with mascot takeover on New York City’s ‘E’ train

Posted on August 22, 2025

A man stole a yellow cab in Kips Bay on Thursday night, taking it on a joyride and colliding with a cyclist in a hit-and-run before abandoning the vehicle, authorities said.

Man steals yellow cab in Manhattan before colliding with cyclist in hit-and-run, cops say

Posted on August 22, 2025

Law enforcement shut down an illegal cannabis operation out of Mott Haven on Thursday, seizing about 2,000 lbs of cannabis products and arresting 11 people.

Bronx Times

NYC Sheriffs bust massive Bronx illegal cannabis operation for the second time, seize $5 million in product

Mayor Eric Adams looks up at the sky

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams’ leading rivals pounce on latest swirl of corruption scandals

Posted on August 21, 2025

CEO of WIN Christine Quinn stood alongside fellow service providers and homeless and immigrant rights advocates on the steps of City Hall in January 2025 and denounced President-elect Trump’s promise of mass deportations and cuts to shelters and other social services allegedly a part of what has become widely known as Project 2025.

News

Court upholds order to continue unit-hold incentive for homeless New Yorkers

Posted on August 21, 2025

More than 40 community members and local leaders testified at the first public advisory hearing for Resorts World NYC's casino gaming license bid.

QNS

First public hearing on Resorts World’s casino gaming license bid draws community support

arrested Ingrid Lewis-Martin talks to reporter after her arrest

Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin ‘feeling good’ despite latest corruption indictment

Posted on August 21, 2025

Jeremiah Program Brooklyn

Brooklyn Paper

‘We can’t survive on grit alone’: Jeremiah Program helps mothers and children while confronting poverty and policy cuts

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Bronx Times

First hearing of Bally’s Community Advisory Council shows majority support amid lingering concerns

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Brooklyn Paper

Broadway Stages owners allegedly bribed city official to scuttle McGuinness Boulevard redesign

woman in handcuffs escorted by detectives after corruption indictment

Politics

‘Classic bribery’: Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin, power brokers at center of alleged pay-to-play schemes indicted

Posted on August 21, 2025

Melissa Gorga, Robin Thicke, Lisa Blanco and Katie McEntee at the Second Chance NYC Hamptons Gala.

Sun-kissed evenings and golden hearts: The Hamptons gala that lit the season aflame for Second Chance Rescue

Posted on August 21, 2025

suspect accused of shooting border patrol agent bows before camera

Men accused of shooting Border Patrol agent in Manhattan park arraigned on state attempted murder charges

Posted on August 20, 2025

Mamdani speaking to microphone about amNY report

2025 Mayor’s Race

amNY report of NYPD staffing crisis stirs up conversation in NYC Mayor’s race

Posted on August 20, 2025

Cops are looking for the suspect who allegedly stole a wallet dropped by a younger man as he passed through the turnstile at the Broadway/North Boulevard station in Woodside.

QNS

Suspect snatches cash-packed wallet from man at R train station in Woodside: NYPD

ICE agents in federal plaza apprehending immigrants

Lower Manhattan

ICE arrests appear to slow at Lower Manhattan immigration court – but masked agents still stalk the halls

Posted on August 20, 2025

person wearing a backpack jumping a sturnstile in a Brooklyn subway station

‘Fare hikes not fair’: Riders at MTA hearing rally against fare hikes, rail against evasion

Posted on August 20, 2025

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Man in federal prison charged with 2017 stray bullet slaying of beloved Bronx mother

Posted on August 20, 2025

Suspects behind assault at Bronx laundromat where man was stabbed

Bronx

Bronx man stabbed, beaten at laundromat after argument over restroom key: cops

Posted on August 20, 2025

Rockaway Beach, along with all other city beaches, will close on Wednesday and Thursday due to dangerous conditions linked to Hurricane Erin.

QNS

All Queens beaches to close for two days as Hurricane Erin tracks northward

One of the many food trucks along Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights.

QNS

Can Queens’ food scene thrive with both trucks and restaurants?

Zohran Mamdani speaks

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: New poll shows Mamdani comfortably ahead, but without majority, in 5-way race

Posted on August 19, 2025

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The Bronx Chamber of Commerce board members saluted its 2017 Veterans Luncheon honorees.

Bronx Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for annual veterans luncheon honoring local heroes

Unity Hall as it once stood on Myrtle Avenue near Cypress Hills Street in Glendale.

This Glendale hall had a rocky history steeped in local politics: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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