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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in Albany, New York

Brooklyn

Hochul signs law to expand SNAP benefits to restaurants

Posted on October 4, 2021

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Hochul seeks ‘alternatives’ to LaGuardia AirTrain

Posted on October 4, 2021

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Long Island Press

Jacobs endorses Gov. Hochul for re-election in 2022

The first members of the Hassebroek family are vaccinated in New York

NYC gave out $25 million on $100 ‘cash for vax’ bonus

Posted on October 4, 2021

A general view of the Supreme Court building at the start of the court’s new term in Washington

Health

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies

Posted on October 4, 2021

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Business

Curbside enthusiasm: Report finds NYC food scraps pickup must get buy-in to work financially

Posted on October 4, 2021

Lower Manhattan

‘Rikers equals death’: Street demonstration symbolic of growing public pressure on city to close jail for good

Posted on October 3, 2021

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Politics

Give up the ghost guns! Schumer calls on feds to speed up crackdown on phantom firearms

Posted on October 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters after meeting with Democratic lawmakers to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats will be ‘disappointed’ as party pares agenda: White House

Posted on October 3, 2021

Nationwide Women’s March in the U.S.

Politics

Texas law sparks hundreds of U.S. protests against abortion restrictions

Posted on October 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators rally in front of the Supreme court before oral arguments on Benisek v. Lamone in Washington

As redistricting gets under way, Democrats’ prospects looking brighter

Posted on October 2, 2021

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Derailed Biden infrastructure package could mean loss of $10B for New York Transit

Posted on October 2, 2021

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Supreme Court’s Sotomayor allows New York school vaccine mandate

Posted on October 2, 2021

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Politics

State assembly dissects Rikers in questioning; inmate families speak

Posted on October 1, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Sheinkopf Speaks: Speaking out for Rikers’ blue-collar workers

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin faces reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

One crisis averted: House, Senate approve spending bill to avoid government shutdown

Posted on September 30, 2021

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Bronx

City launches Community Guide position at NYPD precincts

Posted on September 30, 2021

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest in Washington

Politics

De Blasio vows ‘full investigation’ into NYPD officers linked to militant right-wing Oath Keepers

Posted on September 30, 2021

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Gay City News

Advocates criticize city shelter conditions for homeless LGBTQ individuals

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City

Politics

Analysis | Debt ceiling worries start to rattle Wall Street

Posted on September 30, 2021

The U.S. Capitol seen through a skylight window at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington

Politics

Congress seeks to ward off government shutdown as Biden agenda at risk

Posted on September 30, 2021

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Health

City develops new public health corps for post-COVID wellness initiatives

Posted on September 29, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

‘Resignation isn’t accountability’: Kim, Williams press Hochul to seek ‘justice’ for COVID-19 nursing home victims

Posted on September 29, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte tour Rikers Island where he met with Correction Officers and held a press conference

Politics

De Blasio suggests he’s not responsible for rash of Rikers Island inmate deaths this year

Posted on September 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: SOMOS Community Care administers Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at pop-up site in New York

DOE administers thousands more shots ahead of vaccine mandate deadline

Posted on September 29, 2021

Hochul names NYC’s former top doc Mary Bassett as state health commissioner

Posted on September 29, 2021

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Politics

Senate working to fund gov’t until early December, avoid shutdown -Schumer

Posted on September 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington

Politics

Senate Republicans, Democratic divisions put U.S. on the brink of government shutdown

Posted on September 29, 2021

Politics

de Blasio touts faster inmate processing time on Rikers Island as sign of easing crisis

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Politics

Williams eyes possible run for governor; de Blasio dubious on his political future

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Politics

Top U.S. general Milley staunchly defends calls with China

Posted on September 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill

Business

Senate Republicans set to block debt-limit hike again, steering country toward default

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Politics

Hochul allows more virtual court hearings to free up Rikers Island staff

Posted on September 28, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill

Politics

Biden’s fellow Democrats scramble to prevent shutdown, default

Posted on September 28, 2021

Yellen testifies about Treasury budget request

Politics

Yellen warns lawmakers U.S. Treasury to hit debt limit Oct. 18

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Bronx

Shea breaks with de Blasio on decarcerating Rikers Island, says inmates ‘deserve to stay’

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Politics

‘I’ve always been upset’: de Blasio tours Rikers Island, touts progress, points fingers of blame

Posted on September 27, 2021

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Politics

Suozzi fights for full reinstatement of SALT deduction

Posted on September 27, 2021

Governor Hochul Announces $27 Million in Relief for Undocumented Hurricane Ida Victims

QNS

Hochul announces $27 million in Hurricane Ida relief aid for undocumented immigrants

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Politics

Press excluded from joining de Blasio on promised tour of Rikers Island this evening

Posted on September 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in Albany, New York

Hochul signs executive order for National Guard to fill hospital shortages due to vaccine hesitancy

Posted on September 27, 2021

First day of New York City schools

NYC public schools implementing vax/test policy after judge temporarily halts full vaccine mandate

Posted on September 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. flag flies outside of the Capitol dome in Washington

Politics

Moment of truth for U.S. Congress on government funding, debt, Biden agenda

Posted on September 27, 2021

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PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 33 – Meisha Porter, Chancellor, NYC Schools

Posted on September 27, 2021

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Nolita residents rally behind Elizabeth Street Garden amidst lease termination

Posted on September 26, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte tour Rikers Island where he met with Correction Officers and held a press conference

Bronx

The week ahead: de Blasio on the clock for promised trip to problem-plagued Rikers Island

Posted on September 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Pelosi holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Pelosi says U.S. infrastructure bill will pass, eyes smaller social spending bill

Posted on September 26, 2021

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New York may tap National Guard to replace unvaccinated healthcare workers

Posted on September 26, 2021

More from around NYC

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Family of Montrell Williams announces $60 million claim against NYPD for negligence in toddler’s murder

The Juniper North Playground at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village as it was being constructed in October 1940.

Juniper Valley’s journey from swampland to parkland in Middle Village: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Proposed Coney Island casino could bring heavy traffic, overwhelm parking, according to environmental impact study

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025.

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data