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NYC FLOODING | Mayor Adams defends speed of admin’s response to torrential rain, flash floods across city

Posted on September 29, 2023

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Experts say migrant woman, children are at increased risk of human trafficking during Bayside discussion

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90, sources tell the AP

Posted on September 29, 2023

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Mayor Adams says ‘I don’t believe’ right-to-shelter applies to migrant crisis

Posted on September 28, 2023

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Brooklyn City Council members battle over illegal donation allegation in New York City’s most competitive election this year

Posted on September 28, 2023

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Councilman Holden voices frustration with MTA’s response to letter requesting extended express bus service

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Migrant crisis: Texas Governor Abbott, who bussed thousands of asylum seekers to New York, deflects blame to Biden during Big Apple visit

Posted on September 28, 2023

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Former Bayside student Austin Cheng launches campaign to unseat Santos in Congress

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Adams admin asks court to revise its request to suspend right-to-shelter law; judge recuses herself from case

Posted on September 26, 2023

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NYC housing voucher recipients can now apply subsidies beyond city limits: Mayor

Posted on September 26, 2023

Governor Kathy Hochul addresses migrant crisis in Harlem

Migrant crisis: Hochul deploys 150 more National Guard troops to help NYC asylum seekers apply for work permits

Posted on September 25, 2023

US Capitol on verge of government shutdown

What happens if there’s a U.S. government shutdown next month due to right-wing gridlock? Here’s what you need to know

Posted on September 23, 2023

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Inside the Menendez indictment: New Jersey senator allegedly got gold bars, envelopes stuffed with cash in international bribery scheme

Posted on September 23, 2023

APTOPIX NYC Hotels Shelters Immigration

NYC will now cap shelter stays for adult migrants at 30 days: Mayor Adams

Posted on September 22, 2023

Mayor Adams, NYPD deploy ‘RoboCop’ for 2 month pilot in Times Square subway station

Posted on September 22, 2023

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NYC Council passes 9/11 resolution inspired by Belle Harbor students

Midtown Manhattan

Sliwa attempts to disrupt Mayor Eric Adams’ fundraiser with Midtown protest

Posted on September 22, 2023

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Mayor Adams rolls out bevy of zoning changes to promote housing development

Posted on September 21, 2023

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‘We’re empowered now’: Ocean Hill café The Daily Press becomes first unionized indie coffee shop in New York City

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‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

Posted on September 21, 2023

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Biden extends protective status for Venezuelans, allows many migrants in NYC to apply for work permits

Posted on September 21, 2023

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Borelli, House Republicans wield Mayor Adams’ migrant comments to attack President Biden

Posted on September 20, 2023

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Gov. Hochul signs bill allowing early voting by mail

Posted on September 20, 2023

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefs reporters following a closed-door Republican Conference meeting

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Posted on September 20, 2023

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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs

Posted on September 20, 2023

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Political newcomers rising through city government this fall

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As Biden visits Big Apple, Adams says NYC has done its part on migrant crisis, time for federal action

Posted on September 19, 2023

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All NYC businesses must containerize their trash by March 2024

Posted on September 19, 2023

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Op-ed | The importance of ‘The Farm Bill’ in the fight against hunger

Posted on September 19, 2023

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Biden tells a Broadway theater packed for fundraiser that Trump is determined to destroy the nation

Posted on September 19, 2023

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Cadre of mostly GOP pols, local leaders file suit to block Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter

Posted on September 19, 2023

Equal Rights Amendment forum speakers at Hunter College

Upper East Side

Equal Rights Amendment ratification push continues at Hunter College forum in Manhattan

Posted on September 19, 2023

City Comptroller Brad Lander

Comptroller weighs ‘revoking’ prior approval for Adams administration’s emergency migrant service contracts

Posted on September 18, 2023

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Midtown Manhattan

Taking to the streets: Thousands of climate protesters march to end fossil fuels in Midtown

Posted on September 17, 2023

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AOC, Espaillat shouted down by anti-immigrant protesters at press conference that descended into chaos

Posted on September 15, 2023

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Megyn Kelly welcomes Donald Trump for an interview 8 years after he erupted over her debate question

Posted on September 15, 2023

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Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams fires back at critics over his remark that influx would ‘destroy’ city

Posted on September 14, 2023

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City Council approves new trade-in program for uncertified e-bike batteries

Posted on September 14, 2023

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Broadway fundraiser for Biden to star Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Posted on September 14, 2023

Daniel O'Donnell represents Manhattan's District 69 in the New York State Assembly.

Assemblymember O’Donnell ordered to undergo retraining

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Loudspeaker message outside NYC migrant shelter warns new arrivals they are ‘not safe here’

Posted on September 14, 2023

Governor Kathy Hochul speaks about New York concealed carry law

Gun laws: Tougher New York concealed carry regulations take effect across Empire State

Posted on September 14, 2023

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Hochul contemplates special session in Albany as she weighs state work permit program

Posted on September 13, 2023

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Queens assemblywoman’s legislative proposals amplify NYC’s call for migrant crisis action and aid

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A damning case: Ex-Buildings Commish Eric Ulrich ‘lined his pockets’ throughout public service career, DA Bragg alleges

Posted on September 13, 2023

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Democrat Sam Berger wins special election to fill vacant eastern Queens Assembly seat

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Manhattan officials want The Theater at MSG razed to make way for Penn Station grand hall

Posted on September 12, 2023

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Adams’ latest proposed 15% budget cuts ‘overstate’ fiscal strain of migrant crisis: report

Posted on September 12, 2023

More from around NYC

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Week in Rewind: Royal Hotel migrant shelter proposal, 40 pounds of fentanyl tied to Bronx daycare, and Star Wars strikes Van Cortlandt Park

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Queens Public Library launches Banned Books Week celebrating freedom to read

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Green-Wood to honor Día de los Muertos with ‘Mictlán’ art installation and community altar

A man spewed homophobic remarks against patrons and staff at Pint, a gay bar in Jersey City.

Man allegedly assaults employee at Jersey City gay bar