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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani leads with Jewish voters in new poll, but most worry his vision for NYC would make them less safe

Posted on August 1, 2025

Midtown Manhattan

Council member Tiffany Cabán among 50 protesters arrested in takeover of Schumer, Gillibrand’s Midtown offices

Posted on August 1, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams brushes off report that his campaign filed fraudulent signatures to get ballot line

Posted on August 1, 2025

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the project design kickoff for the Interborough Express in Brooklyn on Friday.

Brooklyn

Interborough Express: Gov. Hochul kicks off project design for long-awaited Brooklyn-Queens IBX

Posted on August 1, 2025

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn man indicted for loan fraud and election scheme: DA

Posted on August 1, 2025

NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos with Mayor Adams announcing additional early childhood funding

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Why did NYC Department of Education spend $745,000 at a single Brooklyn restaurant last fiscal year?

Posted on August 1, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams at the funeral of slain NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in a Midtown mass shooting on Monday, July 28. Thursday, July31, 2025.

2025 Mayor’s Race

Mayor Adams praises controversial NYPD unit that Mamdani vowed to dismantle during funeral for slain Bronx cop

Posted on July 31, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: A September surprise? Key voting date could be the day one of Mamdani’s moderate challengers drops out – or not

Posted on July 31, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

In wake of mass shooting, Mamdani says past NYPD-bashing posts ‘out of step’ with his mayoral bid

Posted on July 30, 2025

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MTA’s transition to outside workers’ comp firm result in thousands of payment delays for employees

Posted on July 30, 2025

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Politics

Upper East Side antisemitism town hall zeroes in on anti-Israel sentiment, hate crimes, and universities

Posted on July 30, 2025

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MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: How Nevada gun laws helped enable a killer to wreak havoc and death in New York

Posted on July 30, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani returns from Uganda trip without incident, immediately rejoins the campaign trail

Posted on July 30, 2025

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New Yorkers gather in Bryant Park to grief Midtown mass shooting victims, vow ‘we are stronger together’

Posted on July 30, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams smiling at campaign announcement

2025 Mayor’s Race

Is Adams’ relationship with Trump on the rocks? And will that help his longshot reelection effort?

Posted on July 29, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: New poll finds Mamdani’s support for Palestinian rights and criticism of Israel helped him win primary

Posted on July 29, 2025

The body of the NYPD officer killed during Monday’s mass shooting in Midtown was transferred from the hospital to the Chief Medical Examiner overnight in a dignified transfer.

QNS

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Southeast Asian community of Queens mourns loss of Bangladeshi immigrant NYPD officer

People walking into Bronx home of slain officer in Midtown mass shooting

Bronx Times

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Officer Didarul Islam’s Parkchester neighbors remember him as friendly, prayerful

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2025 Mayor’s Race

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Leading mayoral candidates offer condolences in wake of massacre that could impact the race

Posted on July 29, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo takes heat for claiming he ‘wasn’t in charge’ of building housing in NYC as governor

Posted on July 28, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Transport Workers Union threatens to sue GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa over ‘defamatory’ horse abuse comments

Posted on July 28, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo charges Mamdani’s plan to hike taxes on corporations, wealthy is ‘impossibility’

Posted on July 28, 2025

Disgraced Rep. George Santos surrendered himself into custody to begin his 87-month prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

LI Press

Ex-Rep. George Santos surrenders to begin 87-month prison sentence

NYC EMS units respond to a medical emergency.

Politics

Op-ed | It’s time for Mayor Adams to pay EMS workers what they deserve

Posted on July 27, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani shakes up campaign staff in pivot from primary to general election

Posted on July 25, 2025

Chaos and confrontation erupted on July 21 outside the Astoria office of Assemblymember and mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani, where dueling protests exposed deep political and cultural divides in one of New York City’s most contentious election cycles.

QNS

Dueling protests clash outside Zohran Mamdani’s Astoria office

Instacart is leading efforts to block a newly passed City Council bill that would establish minimum pay for grocery delivery workers

Politics

Instacart leads effort to kill minimum pay for grocery delivery workers, threatens legal action if Mayor Adams signs it into law

Posted on July 25, 2025

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Politics

Trump admin sues NYC to overturn sanctuary laws, arguing they are unconstitutional, days after Border Patrol agent shot

Posted on July 24, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

After fatal hit-and-run, local pols and street safety advocates slam delay of Third Avenue safety plan

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Mayor Adams again insists ‘we follow the rules’ in light of latest reported straw donations to his campaign

Posted on July 24, 2025

Senator Salazar and Assembly Solages read Section 500-J of the New York State Correction Law to East Meadow Jail facility officials, which permits them to tour the jail at their pleasure.

LI Press

State lawmakers visit Nassau jail to observe ICE detainee conditions

Person holds a sign at a rally reading "My clients deserve a lawyer who can pay rent"

Law

Legal Aid Society reaches tentative agreement with union ahead of strike deadline, keeping 1,100 attorneys on the job

Posted on July 24, 2025

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ICE in court: Feds snatch more immigrants as Lander, Williams demand safety inspection of detainment center

Posted on July 23, 2025

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Politics

Mayor Adams says he ‘wishes’ he could use executive orders to skirt laws he disagrees with

Posted on July 23, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams pictured visiting an off-duty federal law enforcement officer shot inside a Manhattan Park over the weekend

Politics

Mayor Adams defends masked ICE agents, calls it a matter of officer safety, in interview with amNY

Posted on July 23, 2025

woman walking past people voting in booths on election day in NYC mayor's race

2025 Mayor’s Race

In an already bizarre NYC mayor’s race, is there any chance of a write-in candidate finding success?

Posted on July 23, 2025

Former New York City Labor Council Chief of Staff Brendan Griffith will now lead the country's largest regional labor organization.

Politics

Brendan Griffith is elected President of the New York City Central Labor Council

Posted on July 23, 2025

ssembly Member Jessica González-Rojas pictured with city and state elected officials, supporters, and neighbors at her Senate race fundraiser at the Queensboro. Photo: Kisha Bari/González-Rojas campaign.

QNS

González-Rojas picks up high-profile endorsements after officially launching campaign for Ramos’ Senate seat

Meng has introduced legislation that would require ICE agents to display their badge and badge number.

QNS

Rep. Meng introduces legislation that would require ICE agents to display badge number

Man in suit stands in front of crowd holding signs and speaks to press.

NYC public school funding: Pols and advocates rally at Tweed Courthouse to condemn federal cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Posted on July 22, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Can Cuomo rebound after crushing primary defeat with reboot focused on hitting the streets and slick social media videos?

Posted on July 22, 2025

Secretary of State Kristi noem, woman with long hair and pantsuit, speaking into microphone

Politics

Noem, Homan vow ICE agent surge in NYC, slam Mayor Adams after off-duty Border Patrol shot in Manhattan park

Posted on July 21, 2025

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Bronx Times

AOC campaign office vandalized, apparently by anti-Israel protesters

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo threat to move to Florida ‘a joke,’ campaign says; Mamdani visiting Uganda this week

Posted on July 20, 2025

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Brooklyn

Pulling for votes? Mayor Adams does pull-ups off a Brooklyn street light in social media challenge

Posted on July 20, 2025

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Bronx Times

Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment: Bronxites say ‘let’s get it done’ at Borough President Gibson’s public hearing

Eric Adams stands with several individuals in front of Chinese dragon dancers.

Chinatown

‘AAPI for Mayor Adams’: Adams campaigns in Chinatown, earns support from local leaders

Posted on July 18, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

Politics

Every Block Counts: NYC expands targeted crime-reduction program to all five boroughs

Posted on July 18, 2025

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