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‘McConnell is irrelevant’: Cuomo turns up heat on Trump over COVID-19 relief bill

Posted on December 19, 2020

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AOC updates on COVID-19 stimulus progress, outlines Bronx priorities for 2021

Posted on December 18, 2020

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Buttigieg could push major projects forward as Transportation Secretary: RPA

Posted on December 17, 2020

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Health

Biden poised to name EPA chief, to get COVID-19 vaccine in public to build support

Posted on December 17, 2020

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington

U.S. Congress ‘closing in’ on $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill

Posted on December 16, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg attends the Ministers’ Breakfast hosted by National Action Network in North Charleston

President-elect Biden selects Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary

Posted on December 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is reflected on a marble seating area following a rainstorm at the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington

Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages

Posted on December 15, 2020

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Politics

Trump says Attorney General Barr resigns

Posted on December 14, 2020

Electoral College

U.S. Electoral College formally confirms Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’ win

Posted on December 14, 2020

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Politics

Cuomo denies sex harassment allegations made by former aide Lindsey Boylan

Posted on December 14, 2020

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New York prisons and jails remain COVID-19 death traps, advocates say

Posted on December 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: View of a digital sign advertising early voting for the Jan. 5, 2021 Senate runoffs in Georgia at the First Baptist Church, in Nahunta

Politics

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia as U.S. Senate showdown enters final weeks

Posted on December 14, 2020

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Politics

Op-ed | Saving Lives Starts With Community

Posted on December 13, 2020

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‘Unbought, unbossed, I’m unbound’: Ray McGuire readies for mayoral run

Posted on December 13, 2020

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Sports

Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Transphobic Sports Bill in Congress

Posted on December 13, 2020

People cast their vote inside the Brooklyn Museum during the 2020 election.

Queens

Queens lawmakers sue city to stop ranked choice voting in 2021, claims we’re not ready for it

Posted on December 12, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump carries an umbrella while boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Politics

Supreme Court swiftly dismisses Trumpists’ power grab ‘lawsuit’ to throw out election results

Posted on December 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City

‘Where’s the check?’ Restauranteurs blast Cuomo’s New York City indoor dining ban

Posted on December 11, 2020

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Politics

‘Walking while trans’ repeal resolutions pass City Council; eyes turn to Albany for action

Posted on December 11, 2020

Restaurants resume indoor dining at limited capacity due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan

Cuomo to ban New York City indoor dining as of Monday due to rising COVID-19 rates

Posted on December 11, 2020

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Schumer speak to reporters during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

Politics

Editorial | Time for Schumer to ditch Mitch McConnell from Senate leadership

Posted on December 11, 2020

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Brooklyn

Congressman Max Rose opens account for mayoral bid

Posted on December 11, 2020

Pictures of the Year: U.S. election

Politics

Biden and Harris win another honor: Time’s Person of the Year

Posted on December 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London

Cuomo, New York leaders keep pressure on feds for equitable COVID-19 vaccine plan

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Former Sanitation boss Kathryn Garcia joins list of candidates running for New York City mayor

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Second wave having killer impact on Staten Island, with 25% of city’s COVID-19 deaths: Cuomo

Posted on December 9, 2020

Andre Johnson, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient, sits in his isolation room at Roseland Community Hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

U.S. inches closer to vaccine approval, economic relief as pandemic rages on

Posted on December 9, 2020

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With vaccine deliveries come questions of layoffs, raising taxes, Cuomo says

Posted on December 9, 2020

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Politics

Biden pick for defense secretary in spotlight amid concerns over military background

Posted on December 9, 2020

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U.S. House to take up one-week stopgap bill as COVID-19 talks drag on

Posted on December 9, 2020

Donovan, director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, answers a question during the Reuters Global Climate Change Summit in Washington

Politics

Shaun Donovan, former HUD secretary, officially jumps into 2021 mayoral race

Posted on December 8, 2020

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Lower East Side

Lower East Side protesters say anti-pol poster not offensive, take aim at development issues

Posted on December 8, 2020

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Senate’s McConnell urges dropping liability, state aid in COVID-19 deal; Schumer rejects

Posted on December 8, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers pre-Thanksgiving speech at transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

Biden outlines COVID-19 vaccine goal: 100 million shots in 100 days

Posted on December 8, 2020

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U.S. Speaker Pelosi backs putting $1,200 checks for people in next COVID-19 bill

Posted on December 8, 2020

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Politics

‘The people have spoken’: Judges reject two more U.S. election challenges

Posted on December 7, 2020

FILE PHOTO: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a media conference in Los Angeles

Health

Biden picks Becerra as health secretary as he builds team to battle COVID-19

Posted on December 7, 2020

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Downtown

Rally outside of City Hall to re-open schools for middle and high school students

Posted on December 6, 2020

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New Queens borough prez Richards promises better day for renters in swearing in ceremony

Posted on December 6, 2020

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Manhattan pols seek to close indoor dining, non-essential offices amid COVID-19 rise

Posted on December 6, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump participates in a medal ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

Politics

Outgoing president presses Georgia governor in blatant attempt to ignore election results and usurp voters

Posted on December 5, 2020

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Eight NYC mayoral hopefuls talk tenant protection and housing policies at forum

Posted on December 5, 2020

FILE PHOTO: People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Trump administration’s bid to end the DACA program in Washington

Politics

U.S. government ordered to reinstate protections for ‘Dreamers’

Posted on December 5, 2020

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Brooklyn Democrats sued for consolidating vacancy appointments to party leadership

Posted on December 4, 2020

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Chinatown

Chinatown, Lower East Side advocates press mayor to stop high-rise vision for area

Posted on December 4, 2020

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Business

Pipe dream? De Blasio announces opposition to Brooklyn pipeline, but critics say it’s too little, too late

Posted on December 3, 2020

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Brooklyn

Progressives accuse Brooklyn Dems of using nonbinary gender rule for power grab

Posted on December 3, 2020

FILE PHOTO: White House coronavirus task force holds a briefing at the White House in Washington

White House coronavirus adviser Fauci to meet with Biden transition team: CBS

Posted on December 3, 2020

More from around NYC

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Lincoln Hospital hosts blood drive, takes part in multiple community celebrations

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly shot a man in Far Rockaway in broad daylight on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Gunman wanted in Far Rockaway shooting, victim ‘uncooperative’ with detectives: Source

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Red Hook Pool expected to reopen Sunday after weeks-long repair

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative