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U.S. House committee holds hearing on Postal Service

Politics

U.S. Postal Service on ‘death spiral’ without urgent reform: chief

Posted on February 24, 2021

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Paperboy Love Prince aims to be youngest elected mayor in New York City

Posted on February 24, 2021

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QNS

Special City Council election in Queens too tight to call, will be first contest in NYC to use ranked-choice vote

Representative Grace Meng speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

Queens

‘These racist attacks must end’: De Blasio, Meng slam anti-Asian hate in New York City

Posted on February 23, 2021

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Lower East Side

Home sweet home: De Blasio helps NYC celebrate 1,000th veteran housed with Lower East Side celebration

Posted on February 23, 2021

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Judge rejects Public Advocate Williams’ suit against Cuomo administration on ballot petitions

Posted on February 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll arrives for her hearing at federal court

Politics

Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations under oath

Posted on February 23, 2021

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Assemblyman Ron Kim speaks out over public feud with Governor Cuomo over nursing home COVID deaths

Posted on February 23, 2021

Stanislawa Cybulski, 82, a patient at The New Jewish Home, a nursing home facility, receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni in the Manhattan borough of New York City

Cuomo to allow nursing home visitations while pols condemn ‘toxic’ conduct

Posted on February 22, 2021

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New York County Politics

A look at Manhattan DA candidate Dan Quart

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump departs on campaign travel to Minnesota at the White House in Washington

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court paves way for release of Trump’s tax returns

Posted on February 22, 2021

New York City Council Speaker Quinn speaks at a news conference in New York

Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn rules out run for mayor in 2021

Posted on February 22, 2021

U.N. Secretary-General Guterres speaks at Bundestag in Berlin

Politics

White supremacy a ‘transnational threat’, U.N. chief warns

Posted on February 22, 2021

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Lower East Side

Schumer is cooking up a bill to aid restaurants

Posted on February 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden visits the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland

Politics

Biden’s first month was a ‘honeymoon,’ but bigger challenges loom ahead

Posted on February 21, 2021

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EXCLUSIVE: Adams looks to create urban farming sustainability in NYC communities hardest hit by COVID-19

Posted on February 21, 2021

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Health

Cuomo, Zucker hit back at critics over COVID-19 nursing home death data controversy

Posted on February 19, 2021

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio deliver remarks at a news conference regarding the first confirmed case of coronavirus in New York State in Manhattan borough of New York City, New York

Cuomo chimes in on NYC mayor’s race by rattling off problems under de Blasio’s watch

Posted on February 19, 2021

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Bronx

AOC helps raise $1 million in 4 hours for storm-stricken Texas amid Ted Cruz’s Cancun fiasco

Posted on February 19, 2021

Where does NYC congestion pricing stand? MTA, feds are advancing toward an answer

Posted on February 18, 2021

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Zoom bombed: Hecklers crash elected officials’ online forum on tackling rent crisis

Posted on February 18, 2021

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New York City Politics

City’s Campaign Finance Board gives out largest public funds payment to date

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) walks along an unidentified person at the Cancun International Airport before boarding his plane back to the U.S., in Cancun

Politics

After blizzard of criticism, vacationing Senator Ted Cruz to fly back to frozen Texas

Posted on February 18, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with labor leaders at the White House in Washington

Politics

Democrats roll out Biden immigration bill without Republican backers

Posted on February 18, 2021

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Gay City News

Equality Act, meant to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act, brought before Congress

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‘I believe Ron Kim’: De Blasio blasts Cuomo as bully over feud with Queens assemblyman

Posted on February 18, 2021

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Politics

De Blasio ready to release officer’s disciplinary records at the court’s say

Posted on February 17, 2021

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Queens boys feud: Cuomo assails Assemblyman Kim over emergency powers, COVID-19 deaths and ‘pay-to-play’ politics

Posted on February 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump delivers remarks at the Turning Point USA

Politics

U.S. conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died

Posted on February 17, 2021

City Councilman Mark Levine [Photo provided by Jake Sporn]

Levine silent, but still leads big in Manhattan borough president fund-raising race

Posted on February 17, 2021

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Chelsea

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson eyes late entry into Comptroller’s race

Posted on February 16, 2021

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Politics

Adams, Stringer only mayoral candidates to cash in on matching funds payments

Posted on February 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden visits the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland

Biden urged to end Trump lawsuit blocking payments to Puerto Ricans

Posted on February 16, 2021

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani before their meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster

Politics

Trump, Giuliani accused in lawsuit of conspiring to incite Capitol riot

Posted on February 16, 2021

A woman smokes a joint on the day Canada legalizes recreational marijuana at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto

Health

High time or no time: Marijuana legalization faces make-or-break moment in New York

Posted on February 16, 2021

Coronavirus

‘The last thing we wanted to do’: Cuomo regrets New York nursing home death data ‘void’

Posted on February 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia

Politics

In NATO debut, Biden’s Pentagon aims to rebuild trust damaged by Trump

Posted on February 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City

Cuomo expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those with underlying conditions

Posted on February 14, 2021

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Politics

Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics

Posted on February 14, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Trump supporters protest during a Stop the Steal rally at the U.S. Capitol

Politics

Senate Republicans bail Trump out again, help former president avoid impeachment for Capitol coup

Posted on February 13, 2021

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

Politics

Trump lawyers use whataboutism as primary, brief defense in impeachment trial over Capitol assault

Posted on February 12, 2021

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Manhattan man busted for threatening to kill elected officials and cable newscasters

Posted on February 12, 2021

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De Blasio wants to ‘know more’ about ‘disturbing’ report on Cuomo nursing home death data

Posted on February 12, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in Washington

Politics

Georgia prosecutor says Trump probe will look at intent

Posted on February 12, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

Protesters block Midtown traffic with makeshift house as they demand tax on richest New Yorkers

Posted on February 11, 2021

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Politics

House managers rest case in second Trump impeachment, say Capitol attackers were ‘fighting’ for him

Posted on February 11, 2021

Members Of New York Police Department Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

Brooklyn lawmaker to introduce bill that would require vaccine outreach for homebound seniors

Posted on February 11, 2021

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Politics

New documentary explores legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted on February 11, 2021

More from around NYC

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Super Foodtown reopens under second-generation ownership in Throggs Neck

State Senator Kristen Gonzalez has proposed a number of policies to raise state revenue amid a threat of federal funding cuts.

Sen. Gonzalez calls for reform to state tax brackets to raise $20B amid threat of federal funding cuts

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Shootings, rape rose across Brooklyn in September, stats show, though overall crime dipped

(L to R) Ayo Edebiri as Maggie and Julia Roberts as Alma in "After the Hunt."

‘After the Hunt’ mistakes arbitrary plot twists for complex thought