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Mayor-elect criticizes Robert Moses-era as racist infrastructure

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City reports surge in NYC firefighters meeting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and returning to work

Posted on November 11, 2021

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AG James releases trove of evidence from Cuomo sexual harassment investigation

Posted on November 10, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

‘East New York is not for sale’: Community Land Trust movement sees hope in Racial Justice Commission

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Bronx Times

Schumer and Torres announce support for federal dollars to cap Cross Bronx

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Politics

Reporters may be kept away from de Blasio’s City Hall press briefings through end of his tenure

Posted on November 9, 2021

U.S. House Natural Resources Committee hearing on “The U.S. Park Police Attack on Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square”, on Capitol Hill

Politics

Pelosi urges investigations over Gosar video

Posted on November 9, 2021

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Politics

U.S. is back with a new approach to climate policy, says lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez

Posted on November 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Trump holds rally in Iowa

Trump advisers illegally campaigned while in office, U.S. government report finds

Posted on November 9, 2021

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New York public transit gets nearly $11 billion in federal COVID relief after months-long dispute with New Jersey, Connecticut

Posted on November 9, 2021

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Politics

Schumer, Velazquez look to Hispanic Federation for Build Back Better support ahead of Congress vote

Posted on November 8, 2021

Protestor call for the end of solitary confinement

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‘Rescind your deadly order’: Activists blast de Blasio for apparent return to solitary confinement in NYC jails

Posted on November 8, 2021

People wear masks around Times Square, as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York

Business

Hochul announces almost half a billion in tourism industry funding

Posted on November 8, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Skye’s SOMOS Scoop: Recap of the Political Insider Weekend

An airbag of a Renault Zoe electric car is seen after collision with an oncoming Volvo V70 car in a controlled crash test from insurer AXA in Duebendorf

Politics

Used car dealers banned from selling vehicles without airbags

Posted on November 7, 2021

‘I look forward to getting rid of the masks’: Mayor-elect Adams eyes cautious end to mask mandates in NYC schools

Posted on November 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the October jobs report at the White House

Business

Analysis | With infrastructure vote, Congress gives Biden long-needed jolt of good news

Posted on November 6, 2021

PoliticsNY

Hochul, Adams unite and vow to fight for New York together

U.S. President Biden speaks briefly with reporters at the White House in Washington

PoliticsNY

Eric Adams supports Biden’s “Build Back Better” in CNN opinion

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Gay City News

Overdue diversity for council’s LGBT caucus

U.S. Senate Democrats hold weekly policy lunch at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Tax arbiter raises doubts about $1.75 trln Biden bill, Democrats say it’s paid for

Posted on November 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccines at the White House in Washington

Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector workers to begin Jan. 4

Posted on November 4, 2021

PoliticsNY

Skye’s SOMOS Scoop: Day 1

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Politics

‘I’m not interested in driving people out’: Hochul says she does not want to raise taxes on New York’s wealthy residents

Posted on November 4, 2021

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Politics

Reporter’s notebook: Why do New York City’s voters keep staying home on Election Day?

Posted on November 4, 2021

Politics

NYC taxi workers celebrate after medallion debt relief agreement reached; hunger strike over

Posted on November 3, 2021

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PoliticsNY

The Eric Adams parade: Highlights from the future mayor’s victory

COP26 in Glasgow

Politics

After sobering Virginia upset, Biden to push Democrats to pass spending plans

Posted on November 3, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court hears major case on carrying concealed handguns

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court conservatives take aim at New York gun limits

Posted on November 3, 2021

Republican Glenn Youngkin holds election night event in race for Virginia governor

Politics

Republicans jolt Biden with Virginia win, fall just short in New Jersey

Posted on November 3, 2021

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Bronx Times

Vanessa Gibson eager to fight for the Bronx as next borough president

New York City Mayor Bloomberg campaigns with former mayors Giuliani and Koch

Reporter’s notebook: Curses! de Blasio looks to buck 150 years of NYC mayors failing to find a higher calling

Posted on November 3, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Republican Inna Vernikov wins southern Brooklyn Council seat amid strong GOP showing citywide

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Mark Levine to succeed Gale Brewer as Manhattan borough president

Posted on November 3, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

ELECTION NIGHT RECAP: Dems win big across the borough, some southern Brooklyn races too close to call

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Gay City News

LGBTQ City Council Candidates Coast on Election Night

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Brooklyn Paper

Jumaane Williams celebrates reelection as public advocate

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Midtown Manhattan

Clipped wings: Sliwa concedes to Adams in mayoral race

Posted on November 2, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Antonio Reynoso cruises to victory in borough president’s race

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Brooklyn Paper

Slope Councilmember Brad Lander secures victory in Comptroller’s race

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QNS

POLLS CLOSED: BOE releases unofficial election results for races in Queens

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Bronx

ELECTION RESULTS: Big night for Adams, Lander, Williams; Dems sweep Manhattan races

Posted on November 2, 2021

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‘Anything is better than de Blasio’: Manhattanites ready to pass the torch to next mayor

Posted on November 2, 2021

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Bronx Times

What were Bronxites voting for on Tuesday?

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QNS

LIVE UPDATES: Queens residents head to the polls to vote in general election

FDNY holds news conference at Ladder 24 on city’s Covid vaccine mandates

NYC firefighters union opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandate evolves into political attack on de Blasio

Posted on November 2, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Mayor de Blasio casts his ballot in Park Slope

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Politics

He’s not done yet: Mayor de Blasio all but declares run for governor

Posted on November 2, 2021

More from around NYC

More than 100 students from Zeta Charter Schools in the Bronx and Manhattan got a special tour of the Capitol from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Bronx, Manhattan students navigate D.C. amid fed gov closure

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Forest Parkway’s rich history in Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Bay Ridge’s John Paul Jones Park reopens after $1.4M renovation

Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.

Guide to queer Halloween events in NYC this October