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Governor Kathy Hochul speaks about bail reform

Hochul’s latest effort to tweak bail reform could again upend pursuit of on-time state budget

Posted on March 22, 2023

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Queens legislators urge governor to include MTA fare freeze, free bus funding in final state budget

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TRUMP INDICTMENT WATCH: Grand jury meeting postponed, Bragg tells them to be ready for evidence hearing Thursday

Posted on March 22, 2023

Feds must address rise in underreported hate crimes in America, Meng and Gillibrand say

Posted on March 22, 2023

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Cashing out: Banks across NYC cut ATM hours, boost security to ease customer fears

Posted on March 22, 2023

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Councilmember Stevens, nonprofits decry proposed cuts to youth services, beds for homeless youth

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Exclusive | HPD starts hunt for nonprofits to run expanded $4M-a-year tenant organizing program

Posted on March 22, 2023

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NYPD investigating two incidents of antisemitic vandalism in Rego Park, Forest Hills

Protest over impending Trump indictment

EXCLUSIVE | NYC pols condemn Trump for trying to incite unrest over possible indictment

Posted on March 21, 2023

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Make America gripe again: Few Trump supporters answer their leader’s protest calls as criminal indictment looms

Posted on March 21, 2023

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TRUMP INDICTMENT WATCH: Protesters gather in Manhattan as world awaits grand jury’s decision

Posted on March 21, 2023

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Council education budget hearing highlights city’s biggest priorities: school safety, immigrant youth, 3-K education

Posted on March 21, 2023

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Top NYPD official claims cops park on sidewalks because there’s nowhere else to park on the streets

Posted on March 20, 2023

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell testifies at City Council hearing

Spending spree: NYPD has already surpassed annual overtime budget by $100M in current fiscal year

Posted on March 20, 2023

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‘Not a radical idea’: Students, staff, supporters march over Brooklyn Bridge for CUNY funding

Posted on March 20, 2023

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Trump challenges possibility of ‘friendly’ NYPD slapping the cuffs on him, should he be indicted

Posted on March 20, 2023

‘Hate has no home in New York’: Chaos ensues at West Village Drag Story Hour Read-A-Thon

Posted on March 19, 2023

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‘Constant’ readiness: NYC law enforcement prepared after Trump calls for protests

Posted on March 19, 2023

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Subways saw pandemic record of 3.94 million rides on March 16

Posted on March 19, 2023

Joe Biden

Biden seeks tougher penalties for executives of failed banks

Posted on March 18, 2023

Lucky to be alive: Queens Assemblyman Vanel survives emergency landing of plane he piloted on Long Island

George Santos

Santos refuses to step down, ignores continued calls for him to quit

Posted on March 18, 2023

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Trump claims he’ll be arrested in Manhattan Tuesday in porn star hush money case; seeks to incite another ‘PROTEST’

Posted on March 18, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams with Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and FDNY officials

Adams doubles down on support for controversial FDNY boss, marches with her in St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Posted on March 17, 2023

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Bronx pols slam elephant captivity bill, citing impact to Bronx Zoo

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Near the strike zone? NYC Transit union seeks legislation allowing them to walk off job as labor deal with MTA approaches expiration date

Posted on March 17, 2023

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Trump and DeSantis: Rivals with different styles

Posted on March 17, 2023

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‘Get Stuff Done, Get Rikers Closed’: Citywide pols demand mayor close Rikers Island by 2027 deadline

Posted on March 16, 2023

Former Jewish Press editor Elliot Resnick at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

Ex-newspaper editor from Manhattan booked for participating in Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection

Posted on March 16, 2023

Mayor Adams, top cop Sewell and MTA boss Lieber commute with subway riders during morning rush event touting drop in crime

Posted on March 16, 2023

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‘Devices of death’: Major illegal ghost gun, drug bust of Queens-based crime ring results in three indicted

Posted on March 15, 2023

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Mayor Adams breaks ground on delayed $1.6B Gowanus Canal sewage overflow tanks, public space project

Posted on March 15, 2023

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Editorial | Missing a golden opportunity to build more affordable housing in New York

Posted on March 15, 2023

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State budget: Albany lawmakers reject Hochul’s bail and charter school proposals, as well as key parts of her housing plan

Posted on March 14, 2023

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Albany legislators dismiss Hochul’s MTA rescue plan, present their own

Posted on March 14, 2023

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Editorial | New York state should deliver newspapers a front-page rescue

Posted on March 14, 2023

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State Senate passes bill to establish ‘scramble’ crosswalks outside NYC schools

Posted on March 14, 2023

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George Santos may seek re-election, FEC filing shows

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Adams pens bills to support, hold accountable, nonprofits in city violence interruptor network

Posted on March 14, 2023

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Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

Posted on March 14, 2023

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Councilmember Salamanca challenged far-left Dems to ask his South Bronx district about policing. So we did.

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Mayor Adams says more affordable housing impossible without renewal of developer tax incentive program

Posted on March 13, 2023

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City Council Caucus proposes solutions to address early childhood care crisis in NYC

Posted on March 13, 2023

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New York’s Signature Bank taken over by state government, FDIC to protect depositors’ assets

Posted on March 12, 2023

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg likeness to be carved into ‘Million Dollar Staircase’ at State Capitol

Posted on March 12, 2023

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George Santos orchestrated ATM fraud, his former roommate tells feds

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Trump invited to testify before Manhattan grand jury over hush money payments made to porn star

Posted on March 10, 2023

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More help coming: NYC making mental health services available in family shelters

Posted on March 9, 2023

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Borough president’s office to celebrate Irish Heritage Month in Woodlawn

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Far Rockaway man sentenced to 17 years in fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy

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The day the pie survived: Miss American Pie won’t say ‘bye-bye’ to Park Slope

New Hope (pictured) is preparing for a month-long schedule of Pride festivities.

New Hope Celebrates prepares for month-long Pride slate in May