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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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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

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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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Queens

Man stabbed to death during early morning Queens brawl

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Queens

Queens sicko attempts to offer 13-year-old girl $100 for sexual encounter: police

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Brooklyn murder: Woman shot and killed in middle of a crosswalk

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Landmark child data protection law by Gounardes and Rozic goes into effect

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Brooklyn Paper

‘An inspiration to us all’: Bay Ridge school renamed for Joanne Seminara

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

Brooklyn

Brooklyn arsonist wanted: NYPD ups reward to $30,000 for capture of suspect who set police vehicles ablaze

Posted on June 25, 2025

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News

Al Sharpton endorses Times Square casino bid to offer low-cost investment

Posted on June 25, 2025

Bronx suspect smiles after being accused of stomping cop in face

Bronx

Man who stomped on NYPD officer’s face during Bronx robbery did it because he was a cop: PBA

Posted on June 25, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

By the numbers: How and where Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayor’s primary

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Hold up: Verrazzano Bridge to get $249 million cabling rehab, MTA says

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

NYC Primaries | The results of the 2025 primary election in Brooklyn

The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted June 25, 2025, to raise pay and restrict app-based lockouts that had affected thousands of drivers

NYC Taxi Commission approves minimum pay hike, ‘lockout’ protections for Uber and Lyft drivers

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

The Ripped Bodice captures hearts in Park Slope, sparking Brooklyn’s romance revival

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News

Swedish midfielder Gustav Berggren in advanced talks with Red Bulls: Source

Posted on June 25, 2025

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QNS

District 30 Democratic race too close to call as candidates await RCV results

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Booze is back: MTA to once again feature alcohol ads on trains and buses

Posted on June 25, 2025

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QNS

Ty Hankerson emerges ahead in race to succeed Adrienne Adams in southeast Queens

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QNS

Cuomo and Mamdani split Queens in high-stakes primary that laid bare borough’s political divide

Shanel Thomas-Henry with her family at a District 21 election watch-party at Vibras Restaurant & Lounge on Astoria Boulevard. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Thomas-Henry leads race to succeed Moya in Queens’ District 21 Democratic primary

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QNS

Benjamin Chou secures Democratic nod in District 19, takes on GOP incumbent Vickie Paladino this fall

NY: NYC Comptroller Candidate Justin Brannan Watch Party

Brooklyn Paper

Santosuosso cruises to victory in South Brooklyn primary, GOP battle ‘neck-and-neck’

Shahana Hanif Election Watch Party

Brooklyn Paper

Hanif wins decisive re-election in closely watched District 39 council race

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QNS

Incumbent Shekar Krishnan cruises to victory in Council District 25 Democratic primary

Primary voter on Upper East Side

2025 Mayor’s Race

PRIMARY RESULTS: Unofficial tallies of how New Yorkers voted in key races

Posted on June 24, 2025

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QNS

Queens voters brave heat to cast ballots in high-stakes Democratic mayoral primary

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NYC heat wave: Scattered power outages as Con Edison urges residents to conserve energy

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Weather

NYC bakes in first major heat wave of 2025, but not everyone feels the heat equally

Posted on June 24, 2025

Suspected Manhattan subway creep who kissed woman's feet arrested with black eye

Alleged feet-kissing Manhattan subway creep sports black eye during perp walk for lewd behavior

Posted on June 24, 2025

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QNS

Queens lawmakers applaud passage of property tax exemption bill for fully disabled veterans

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Queens

Mayor Adams blames ‘illegal migrants’ for crime spike on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue, praises feds for gang takedown

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Machel Montano, Ludmilla, CupcakKe and more to headline first-ever Planet Brooklyn festival

Morris Park's Dark Comedy Queen, Adrienne Iapalucci has been touring around the country to promote her Netflix special, a dark and deeply funny social commentary on some of life's most politically charged topics.

Bronx Times

From Morris Park to Netflix: Adrienne Iapalucci delivers brutal laughs and Bronx realness

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News

MTA to purchase over 300 New York-built modern commuter railcars

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

How well do you know Brooklyn? Prove it at the Center for Brooklyn History’s inaugural spelling bee

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Politics

2025 Elections: Voters beat the heat as Primary Day sees record-breaking temperatures

Posted on June 24, 2025

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QNS

Akito Japanese Cuisine brings fresh flavors to Bell Boulevard in Bayside

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Brooklyn Paper

Team Hype seeks new performers for Brooklyn Nets’ 2025-26 home games

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QNS

Displaced tenants still locked out 18 months after Queens fire as lawmakers push accountability bill

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Photos: ‘Spit Fire Against Empire’ open mic event held at South Bronx Swap Meet

U.S. Rep Grace Meng (center) joined AARP volunteers at a celebration of Social Security's 90th anniversary in Corona.

AARP hosts Social Security anniversary celebration in Corona

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88th Precinct: Burglar busts into Fort Greene bar

A man and a woman's faces are close together in a black and white scene in “Who Killed Teddy Bear," directed by Joseph Cates, opens Aug. 8 at the Film Forum.

“Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum