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Mayor Eric Adams stands with law enforcement and sanitation union leaders during a rally on the steps of City Hall, Thursday.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race | Law enforcement unions back Eric Adams for re-election, unfazed by corruption allegations

Posted on July 17, 2025

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Rise Light & Power representatives, city officials and public advocates launch the Reimagine Ravenswood Neighborhood Plan on Thursday, July 17.

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BP Richards, city officials launch ‘historic’ community-driven ‘Reimagine Ravenswood’ plan

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking about FEMA funding cuts

‘Beyond unconscionable’: Hochul meets with cabinet to discuss ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ condemns Republicans who voted for it

Posted on July 17, 2025

An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn.

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FDNY EMT outrage: First responders now earn less than grocery delivery workers after NYC Council vote

Posted on July 17, 2025

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Open primaries plan gets shut down by NYC Charter Review Commission

Posted on July 17, 2025

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González-Rojas files to run against Ramos for western Queens state Senate seat, touts ‘bold leadership’

Queens City Council Member Vickie Paladino, pictured in a file photo. Paladino is facing legal threats and calls for an ethics investigation after being accused of making false and inflammatory statements about the partner of slain activist Ryan Carson.

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Partner of murdered Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson calls for ethics probe into Queens City Council Member Paladino’s online attacks

Posted on July 16, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams smiling and wearing suit as he walks near glass door

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams raises $1.5M over past month, on heels of CFB again denying him public funds

Posted on July 16, 2025

FILE PHOTO: New York State Attorney General Letitia James smiles during an endorsement for governor event

Letitia James leads national attorneys general coalition urging Congress to ‘protect Americans from masked ICE agents’

Posted on July 16, 2025

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

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Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

Posted on July 16, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Appeals court halts removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane

man in beard and suit speaks in microphone with green union sign with 37 in foreground at Mamdani rally

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani camp says he had ‘constructive’ meeting with Big Apple CEOs

Posted on July 16, 2025

An advocate holds up a sign reading "My clients deserve a lawyer who can pay rent"

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Making their case: NYC public interest attorneys rally for higher pay as hundreds go on strike

Posted on July 15, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in suit and tie at podium

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams to be endorsed by slew of law enforcement unions

Posted on July 15, 2025

man with beard and suit Mamdani speaking at podium with microphones in front of him

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani heads into talks with business, Democratic leaders with ‘desire for partnership’

Posted on July 15, 2025

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams fundraises in Florida with Trump-backed influencers

Posted on July 14, 2025

politicians rally outside MDC

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic mayoral primary debate, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: New poll shows Mamdani leading field, Adams gaining popularity among Republicans

Posted on July 14, 2025

man speaking in red tie at campaign rally

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo makes his independent bid for mayor official, says he’s ‘in it to win it’

Posted on July 14, 2025

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NYC Council expected to vote Monday on wage and workplace protections for delivery workers

Posted on July 13, 2025

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Politics

AG James fights Trump Justice Department over Violence Against Women Act rule changes

Posted on July 12, 2025

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: New Super PACs form for and against Mamdani as general election heats up

Posted on July 11, 2025

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Bronx Times

Displaced Allerton fire victims rally for third time for housing assistance and speedier repairs

US Rep. Adriano Espaillat urged the Democratic establishment to rally behind the party's mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani after endorsing him. Thursday, July 10, 2025.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Rep. Espaillat urges Democrats to coalesce around nominee Zohran Mamdani

Posted on July 10, 2025

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Council Member Won, husband Eugene Noh denounce ‘sexist’ scrutiny after he joins Adams campaign

A man holds a sign at a rally that reads "CityFHEPS Now!"

Law

Appellate court directs Adams to implement CityFHEPS reforms, administration reviews further legal options

Posted on July 10, 2025

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Holden slams Charter Revision Commission proposals as ‘City of Yes on steroids’

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani starting to make inroads with establishment Dems with Rep. Espaillat endorsement

Posted on July 10, 2025

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic mayoral primary debate, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York.

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Mamdani takes lead in general election poll while Adams is left behind

Posted on July 10, 2025

Primary voter with dog

As charter commission prepares to put five ballot proposals to voters, council members scramble to try to hold onto local power

Posted on July 10, 2025

The Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

Law

Legal Aid union notifies management of bargaining agreement termination as threat of strike looms

Posted on July 9, 2025

A handful of elected officials touted the MELT ICE bill on Wednesday, which would force Feds to unmask; however, its implementation inside immigration court remains murky.

Melting ICE? Pols tout bill to unmask Feds but its implementation inside court remains unclear

Posted on July 9, 2025

Demonstrators protest President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' across from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York, New York, on July 4, 2025.

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How will Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ impact New Yorkers?

Posted on July 9, 2025

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani rallies with United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew and union members after the group endorses him. Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani nabs support from nearly all major Big Apple unions with latest nod from UFT

Posted on July 9, 2025

domestic violence

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City Council launches $3M initiative to support immigrant survivors of domestic violence

Zohran Mamdani leading in NYC mayor's poll

Politics

Manhattan Democrats endorse Mamdani in latest sign of growing party support

Posted on July 9, 2025

Congressman Dan Goldman detailed on Tuesday the horrific conditions that detained immigrants say they are living in on the 10th floor of Federal Plaza.

‘They’re shackled by their arms, their legs and their waist’: U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman details horrific ICE conditions

Posted on July 8, 2025

man speaking at podium while wearing suit with sign reading ERIC adams for mayor

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams claims he’ll register 1M new voters in general election effort to overcome Mamdani

Posted on July 8, 2025

Big Beautiful Bill

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Queens lawmakers condemn Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as dangerous and unjust

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Adams urges Cuomo to exit general election amid centrist scramble to defeat Mamdani

Posted on July 7, 2025

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Mayor Adams hears community concerns on housing, e-bikes, education at Bayside town hall

woman in red dress looking at camera under canopy with lights

Politics

As ICE keeps up pressure in Lower Manhattan court, state AG James takes more legal action to defend immigrant rights

Posted on July 6, 2025

Man in green shirt arrested by police officer with word boycott spray-painted in green on Apple store window

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Activist arrested spray-painting Midtown Apple store in protest over climate change and Trump

Posted on July 6, 2025

Protesters lying on ground holding up cardboard tombstones outside building titled Trump Tower

Politics

July 4 protesters in Midtown sound the alarm against Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ now the law of the land

Posted on July 5, 2025

cuomo and mamdani on primary election night

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn’s Ballots: Breaking down the primary election vote

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Walden urges ‘free market’ mayoral candidates to unite against Mamdani

Posted on July 3, 2025

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QNS

Queens Council Members celebrate $2.5 million in funding for AAPI curriculum

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) delivers a marathon speech in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill, ahead of a vote on final passage of the legislation in the House of Representatives inside the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol, in this still image from video in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. U.S. House TV/Handout via Reuters

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House passes Trump’s policy bill after Hakeem Jeffries delivers record-breaking opposition speech

Posted on July 3, 2025

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BP Gibson hosts second installment of Bronx Summer Concert Series at Orchard Beach

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards released a 2025 Queens Community Board Demographic Report on Tuesday, July 13.

BP Richards appoints record number of new community board members in 2025 report

vickie paladino council member

Partner of slain Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson calls for ethics probe into Council Member’s online attacks

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón looks at the camera during a portrait with the American Flag in the background.

Puerto Rico restricts gender-affirming care for people under 21