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City Council Speaker Julie Menin speaks about outdoor dining

Speaker Menin says she will revive year-round outdoor dining program

Posted on February 5, 2026

City Council Speaker Julie Menin points to language in a report about 9/11 air quality

Health

‘Shameful’ secrets: City Council leaders, firefighters demand to know why City Hall hid post-9/11 air quality reports for 25 years

Posted on February 5, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and pick to head Office to Combat Antisemitism

Politics

Mamdani taps progressive Jewish leader to head Office to Combat Antisemitism, sparking controversy

Posted on February 5, 2026

Politics

Mayor Mamdani endorses Gov. Hochul for reelection, praises their results-driven partnership

Posted on February 5, 2026

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Law

Law Department nominee tells City Council he’ll be lawyer for entire city, not just Mamdani

Posted on February 4, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $38.4 million investment in eco-friendly electric heating pumps for NYCHA's Beach 41st Street development in Edgemere Wednesday morning. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell.

QNS

Mamdani announces $38 million investment in electric heating pumps for NYCHA Beach 41st Street development in Edgemere

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking to people

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor says AI-generated Epstein images ‘incredibly difficult’

Posted on February 4, 2026

people bundled up for winter in NYC during the nurses strike

Health

NURSES STRIKE: City council’s progressive members visit nurses on NewYork-Presbyterian picket line

Posted on February 4, 2026

Speaker Adrienne Adams speaking at debate

Politics

Yo Adrienne! Hochul names former NYC Council Speaker Adams as ‘fighter’ running mate

Posted on February 4, 2026

Police bodycam footage of man wounded in Queens police shooting

Queens

Queens police shooting: NYPD releases bodycam footage of cop opening fire on man in mental health crisis

Posted on February 4, 2026

Democrats who won special elections, Erik Bottcher and Keith Powers

Democrats Erik Bottcher and Keith Powers easily win special elections for state Senate, Assembly seats in Manhattan

Posted on February 4, 2026

Erik Bottcher will represent District 47 in the State Senate.

Gay City News

Erik Bottcher wins special election to fill Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s State Senate seat

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor pushes free tax filing program, accelerates opening of contested homeless shelter

Posted on February 3, 2026

Bronstein tenants Sonu Kumari and Yvette Janis-Allen speak at a rally outside 42-09 47th Ave. to demand repairs in the building. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Tenants rally at Sunnyside building to demand repairs from Bronstein real estate firm

Officers outside the Chakraborty family home on Jan. 26 following the shooting of 22-year-old Jabez

Queens

Queens police shooting of man in mental health crisis shows need for ‘Community Safety’ reform, Mamdani says

Posted on February 3, 2026

Diana Moreno casts her vote in the D36 special election at PS 166Q. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.

QNS

Queens voters head to the polls for Assembly District 36 special election to fill Mamdani’s old seat

The Nassau County Bar Association has called for an open investigation into shootings by federal immigration enforcement agents.

LI Press

Bar association says investigation needed into Good, Pretti shootings

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking in snow

Politics

2026 Governor’s race: Hochul surges to record favorability in new poll; GOP rival Blakeman struggles with name recognition

Posted on February 3, 2026

Council Member Julie Won speaks at a press conference celebrating the passage of the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan on the steps of City Hall Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Queens Council Member Julie Won announces run for New York’s 7th Congressional District

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor says Trump threat to strip federal funds over sanctuary city policies misses deadline

Posted on February 2, 2026

Virginia Maloney sworn in to City Council

Like mother, like daughter: Virginia Maloney celebrates inauguration to same City Council seat her mom Carolyn Maloney once held

Posted on February 2, 2026

Stonewall president Gabriel Lewenstein (left) with Mateo Guerrero and Kenny Agosto.

Gay City News

LGBTQ leaders, candidates join Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC’s 40th anniversary party

Nicole Malliotakis

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis

Mayor Mamdani in a suit at a podium

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor makes key appointments, continues to respond to deadly cold

Posted on February 1, 2026

two men, including Mayor Mamdani, wearing suits at a podium

Politics

Mamdani appoints formerly incarcerated and jail reform advocate Stanley Richards to head Department of Correction

Posted on February 1, 2026

Former Council Member Eric Ulrich was accused of accepting bribes and illegal gambling across five indictments in September 2023. Photo via NYC Council Flickr/John McCarten.

QNS

Judge drops one bribery case against developer tied to former Council Member Eric Ulrich

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking at microphone

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: $5M settlement for cheated deliveristas as mayor pledges zero tolerance for corporate exploitation

Posted on January 30, 2026

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meek calls for ICE to be defunding at a press conference at Queens Borough Hall Thursday afternoon. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.

QNS

Reps. Meeks, Meng join BP Richards to demand ICE accountability following fatal Minnesota shootings

ICE agent at Federal Plaza in New York

Hochul moves to ban ICE from deputizing New York police, calls it a move to stop Trump ‘tyranny’

Posted on January 30, 2026

Nurses hold candles for Alex Pretti at vigil

Health

New Yorkers hold candlelight vigil at VA Hospital to honor Alex Pretti, Minneapolis nurse shot dead by ICE agents

Posted on January 30, 2026

NY: Indivisble Brooklyn Rally Chuck Schumer

Brooklyn Paper

41 City Council members call on Schumer to oppose ICE funding as shutdown looms

Rally attendee speaks on bill to improve wages for security guards

Politics

City Council override brings pay and protections to 60,000 private sector security guards, relief to family of slain officer behind namesake bill

Posted on January 29, 2026

Uber and Lyft drivers rally in support of bill banning unfair deactivations

Uber, Lyft drivers celebrate as City Council overrides Adams’ veto of ‘unfair deactivations’ ban bill

Posted on January 29, 2026

Street vendors rally at City Hall

Business

City Council enacts sweeping street vendor reform package after overriding last of Mayor Adams’ vetoes

Posted on January 29, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking with sanitation workers

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor’s latest executive order requires agencies to designate ‘Chief Savings Officers’ to eliminate waste

Posted on January 29, 2026

City Council Julie Menin press conference on overridding vetoes.

Politics

The Council strikes back: 17 Adams-era vetoes overridden in historic legislative sweep

Posted on January 29, 2026

New York state comptroller tom dinapoli

Politics

ICE-linked Palantir investment becomes flashpoint in rarely-contested New York state comptroller’s race

Posted on January 28, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking about city budget deficit

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: With NYC facing $12B budget hole, mayor blames Adams for mismanaging city’s finances

Posted on January 28, 2026

Assembly Member Claire Valdez speaks at a campagin event at Brooklyn's Macri Triangle. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Claire Valdez puts union advocacy front and center in bid to succeed Velázquez in NY-7

Homeless man in subway train

Politics

Hochul allocates $43 million to psychiatric services as the debate over involuntary hospitalization rages on

Posted on January 28, 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul waving at REBNY gala

Politics

‘Build, baby, build’: Hochul comes to REBNY Gala, says construction key to city’s future

Posted on January 28, 2026

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso at a campaign event earlier in January. Photo courtesy of Reynoso campaign.

QNS

Antonio Reynoso touts experience in race to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez

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Brooklyn Paper

Malliotakis appeals court decision to toss existing NY-11 district map

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Deadly extreme cold claims 10 New Yorkers’ lives, mayor says while expanding ‘Code Blue’ response

Posted on January 27, 2026

Mayor Mamdani speaking about winter storm response

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

WINTER STORM: How’d he do? Experts weigh on Mamdani’s first blizzard response as NYC mayor

Posted on January 26, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiles during press briefing

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: After the winter storm, mayor focuses on school reopening and cold-related deaths

Posted on January 26, 2026

a NYC snow plow

Mamdani’s First 100 Days

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor faces first nor’easter in office, responds to deadly Bronx fire, condemns second ICE killing in Minneapolis

Posted on January 25, 2026

New Yorkers protest against ICE

ICE agents’ killing of Minneapolis protester sparks emergency march in NYC demanding feds back off

Posted on January 24, 2026

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EXCLUSIVE: Bronx Brewery closing South Bronx location after Feb. 8

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Op-Ed | Championing the QueensWay in the mayor’s first 100 days

NY: Hip Hop Exhibition Brooklyn Borough Hall

Borough Hall exhibit honors Brooklyn’s hip-hop legends for Black History Month

After gradually rolling out episodes, the full second of "The Boyfriend" is now available on Netflix.

A second date with ‘The Boyfriend’: Gay Japanese reality show returns to Netflix for Season 2