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QNS

Not over yet: Three votes are all that separate Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger in southern Queens Assembly race

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Lower Manhattan

DA Bragg moves to dismiss murder charges against Tracy McCarter, nurse accused of killing husband in self-defense

Posted on November 28, 2022

Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Culver El affordable housing development opens 20 years after planning began

Posted on November 27, 2022

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Bronx

MTA to pilot hydrogen-powered buses in the Bronx

Posted on November 27, 2022

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Op-ed | Supporting Manhattan’s LGBTQIA+ community by tackling hate crimes

Posted on November 27, 2022

Ron DeSantis speaks about alleged voter fraud

Politics

New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms

Posted on November 26, 2022

Midterms free of political chaos

Politics

Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024

Posted on November 26, 2022

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QNS

City Council passes Queens lawmaker’s bill to track opioid settlement fund and its related programs

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Brooklyn Paper

On heels of bid for House speaker, protesters call for Jeffries to be a ‘climate leader’

Politics

New York officials push for LGBTQIA+ bar and nightclub safeguards against hate crimes

Posted on November 23, 2022

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Politics

Local electeds mixed on proposal to bring a casino to the Coney Island Boardwalk

Posted on November 23, 2022

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Politics

Judge orders NYC to fund retired municipal workers’ supplemental health plans

Posted on November 22, 2022

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Politics

Speaker Adams says city can’t afford headcount cuts called for in Mayor’s latest fiscal belt-tightening move

Posted on November 22, 2022

Al Taylor (center) announces his bid for Council District 9 in Harlem.

Assemblyman Al Taylor joins primary against Kristin Richardson Jordan for Harlem Council seat

Posted on November 22, 2022

Midtown Manhattan

Hochul signs bill requiring hate crime convicts to undergo anti-bigot training and counseling

Posted on November 22, 2022

Donald Trump

Politics

Mar-a-Lago special master case goes before appeals court

Posted on November 22, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams signs domestic violence survivor grant law

Politics

Mayor Adams inks bill creating new NYC domestic violence survivor grant program, but balks at City Council’s desired price tag

Posted on November 22, 2022

City Council

Business

EXCLUSIVE | Package of new City Council bills would strengthen freelance worker protections

Posted on November 22, 2022

Discounted Election Day rides through Lime and Lyft

Politics

Op-Ed | Overwhelming support for racial justice ballot initiatives serves as a mandate from the people of NYC

Posted on November 21, 2022

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QNS

After ‘exhaustive negotiations,’ Won supports $2 billion Innovation QNS project in Astoria ahead of key City Council vote

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Politics

Gillibrand, Espaillat look to dedicate $300 million per year for transit resiliency

Posted on November 21, 2022

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis

Politics

The double-edged sword: Republicans line up to beat Trump – and spark fears of a 2016 repeat where he can’t be beaten

Posted on November 21, 2022

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer

Politics

In Pelosi, women admire a leader with calm, cool confidence

Posted on November 19, 2022

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Politics

AARP New York webinar features NYC Council Members talking major safety and other issues impacting seniors

Posted on November 18, 2022

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Gay City News

Schumer leads marriage rally at LGBT Center

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Politics

Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to be top House Democrat in letter to colleagues

Posted on November 18, 2022

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Politics

Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes

Posted on November 18, 2022

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Politics

Lorraine Grillo stepping down after year as Mayor Adams’ first deputy mayor

Posted on November 18, 2022

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Politics

Advocates launch campaign for 6-minutes-or-better service on all subways and buses

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Politics

Who is Hakeem Jeffries, the likely next House Democratic leader?

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Politics

Brooklyn’s Hakeem Jeffries poised to be next top Democrat in the House following Pelosi’s departure as leader

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Politics

Nancy Pelosi won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Iwen Chu elected first Asian woman state Senator in New York, will represent first Asian-majority state Senate district

Lower Manhattan

EXCLUSIVE | NYC agency leaders hear directly from homeless New Yorkers at first-of-its-kind symposium

Posted on November 16, 2022

Willets Point redevelopment vision unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams

Business

Goals for Willets Point: Mayor Adams rolls out plans for soccer stadium and 2,500 affordable housing units in transformed Queens neighborhood

Posted on November 16, 2022

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Politics

More budget transparency could bolster cash-strapped MTA’s case for new revenue streams: watchdog

Posted on November 16, 2022

GOP

Politics

McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader; Scott’s bid rejected

Posted on November 16, 2022

Donald Trump

Politics

Various criminal probes to continue against twice-impeached ex-president who fomented Capitol attack, and now seeks re-election

Posted on November 16, 2022

Civic education at the State of the Union

Politics

New York City Bar Association works to boost civic education among the public

Posted on November 16, 2022

Brooklyn

Nearly three dozen Brooklyn gang members busted in major gun takedown

Posted on November 15, 2022

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Politics

City approves increase in cab fares, first raise for taxi drivers in a decade

Posted on November 15, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams announces November fiscal plan

Politics

Across-the-board cuts will save NYC taxpayers $2.5 billion, help city ride out possible recession: Mayor Adams

Posted on November 15, 2022

Chuck Schumer

Senate won for Democrats, ‘It’s the year of Chuck Schumer’

Posted on November 15, 2022

Donald Trump

Politics

Twice-impeached former president who fomented Capitol insurrection making another run to capture White House

Posted on November 15, 2022

Adams

Politics

Adams announces reforms to NYC housing vouchers, launches pilot program to get more homeless into permanent housing

Posted on November 14, 2022

NYC climate law buildings

Politics

Hundreds turn out to hearing urging stricter rules for implementation of NYC landmark climate law

Posted on November 14, 2022

Rikers Island.

Politics

Legal Aid Society to file for federal takeover of Rikers Island

Posted on November 14, 2022

Jay Jacobs, Hochul

Politics

Hundreds call for NY Democrats party chair Jay Jacobs’ ouster in letter to Governor Hochul

Posted on November 14, 2022

More from around NYC

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Manhattan man, 26, charged with killing Bronx resident in Kingsbridge Heights last week identified

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Not over yet: Three votes are all that separate Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger in southern Queens Assembly race

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Merry and bright: Festive locals begin decking their halls for annual Dyker Lights display

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James in Centura Penrose Hospital

Colorado shooting victim ‘wanted to save the family I found’