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De Blasio urges Albany to permit 24/7 speed cameras near schools

Posted on October 8, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

New York City Council passes Safety in Our Shelters Act, protecting those guarding homeless centers

Posted on October 7, 2021

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City Council legislation tackles climate change & environment

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Opinion

Op-Ed | The private sector must stand up for voting rights

Posted on October 7, 2021

Scenes on the Capitol Hill during negotiations over the debt ceiling in Washington, U.S.

Politics

U.S. Senate rushes to advance $480 billion debt limit increase

Posted on October 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Trump holds a rally in Wellington, Ohio

Politics

U.S. Senate Democrats give new details on Trump’s bid to overturn election

Posted on October 7, 2021

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QNS

Protesters urge Gov. Hochul, lawmakers to add more money to Excluded Workers Fund

People take part in a protest to get rent relief or rent freeze in New York

New relief program offers New York landlords $125 million to recoup back rents

Posted on October 7, 2021

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Cuomo loyalist Schwartz to step down from MTA board as Hochul cleans house

Posted on October 7, 2021

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Politics

Investigators say de Blasio misused NYPD security on family matters; mayor’s office calls report ‘unprofessional’

Posted on October 7, 2021

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PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 38 – Tom DiNapoli, NYS Comptroller

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Sheinkopf Speaks: Hochul train rolls as governor’s race heats up

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No Sleep Till Brooklyn: Protesters sleep outside of Senator Schumer’s home demanding pathway to citizenship

Posted on October 6, 2021

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Politics

Mayor says city is on track to pre-pandemic crime levels; God Squad speaks

Posted on October 6, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Can’t buy freedom: Pols, justice activists call on DAs to end cash bail system for low-level offenders

Posted on October 6, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Hoylman sticks it to anti-vaxxer out-of-town performers

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House

Politics

Biden to meet top U.S. bank and business leaders as debt limit chaos looms

Posted on October 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington

Politics

Biden administration expands student loan forgiveness eligibility

Posted on October 6, 2021

Police probe for clues in a fatal shooting at Monroe Street and Classon Avenue.

NYPD touts drop in murders, shootings in September – but rates remains far higher than before COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on October 6, 2021

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Lower Manhattan pols hope to set boundaries with Open Restaurants program

Posted on October 6, 2021

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Caribbean Life

Immigrant New Yorkers double down on Schumer for pathway to citizenship

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Politics

Federal COVID advisor congratulates de Blasio on vaccine mandates

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Politics

Ethics panel seeks probe into its own approval of $5.1M Cuomo COVID-19 book deal

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Hochul, Queens pols call for alternatives to LaGuardia AirTrain

Posted on October 5, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill, seen during sunset in Washington

Politics

Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

City doubles investment in reconstruction of charred Chinatown building

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Chinatown

Clash in Chinatown: Activists spar with area landlord, cultural museum over city funding, alleged ‘quid pro quo’

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Politics

FBI raids NYPD Sergeants union HQ in Manhattan, boss’ Long Island home

Posted on October 5, 2021

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New York redistricting – changes, and more changes ahead?

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PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 36 – Linda Beigel Schulman, Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund

Posted on October 5, 2021

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Governor Hochul responds to Democratic endorsement debacle

Posted on October 4, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House

Politics

Biden says Republican stonewalling on debt ceiling risks U.S. default

Posted on October 4, 2021

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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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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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