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Politics

New year, new ballot: here’s how ranked choice voting will work in New York in 2021

Posted on January 3, 2021

Fauci, Redfield testify at U.S. Senate hearing on coronavirus response in Washington

‘That’s real:’ Fauci rejects Trump claim that U.S. coronavirus deaths overcounted

Posted on January 3, 2021

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Cuomo looks to reassure black New Yorkers on safety of COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on January 3, 2021

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U.S. appeals court rejects lawmaker’s bid to have Pence overturn Biden’s win

Posted on January 3, 2021

Campaign event before U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia

Politics

Trumpists in Senate vow to formally undermine democracy in America by challenging Biden’s election

Posted on January 2, 2021

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

Report shows that LGBTQ voters and allies key to Biden’s victory

Posted on January 2, 2021

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process, in Washington

Politics

Editorial | Time to hold Trump coup conspirators accountable

Posted on December 30, 2020

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Downtown

‘Put her in the grand jury’: Sharpton calls for justice in Arlo Hotel profiling incident in SoHo

Posted on December 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to journalists on Capitol Hill in Washington

Senate leader who favored Trump tax cuts for rich blocks $2,000 payments for struggling Americans

Posted on December 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Scenes of Washington, D.C., U.S.

Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate

Posted on December 29, 2020

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Politics

Schumer joins city pols to call for a wind turbine plant in Brooklyn

Posted on December 28, 2020

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‘Talk is cheap’: Schumer calls on Trump to start acting on COVID-19 relief funds

Posted on December 28, 2020

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BREAKING: Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, source says

Posted on December 27, 2020

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COVID-19: The story that defined New York City and the world in 2020

Posted on December 27, 2020

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Politics

‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

Posted on December 27, 2020

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Politics

A roundup of 2020 news not entirely centered around COVID

Posted on December 27, 2020

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U.S. saw summer of Black Lives Matter protests demanding change

Posted on December 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington

Politics

Outgoing president’s refusal to sign aid bill causes millions of jobless Americans to lose benefits

Posted on December 26, 2020

A vehicle burns near the site of an explosion in the area of Second and Commerce in Nashville

Politics

Police search for clues to mysterious motor home blast in Nashville

Posted on December 26, 2020

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Brooklyn

Party reformers walk out of Brooklyn Democrat meeting following removal of progressive proposals

Posted on December 24, 2020

Former Trump campaign chairman Manafort, exits after his arraignment in New York Supreme Court in New York

Politics

Outgoing ‘law and order’ president pardons associates/‌convicted felons Manafort and Stone

Posted on December 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: 4th and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee

Politics

Former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang files papers to run for NYC mayor

Posted on December 23, 2020

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US should test passengers arriving on international flights for COVID-19: Cuomo

Posted on December 23, 2020

‘Survival bill’ for country will pay for COVID-19 vaccines in New York, says Senator Chuck Schumer

Posted on December 22, 2020

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Health

Stringer audit finds hundreds of childcare violations in DHS homeless shelters

Posted on December 21, 2020

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Bronx

Podcast: Who is AOC? With US Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Posted on December 21, 2020

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De Blasio touts promise of COVID-19 vaccine at Sunday service visits in Queens

Posted on December 20, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce key members of their administration in Wilmington

Politics

Sanctions, cyber retaliation among Biden’s options for punishing Russian hacking

Posted on December 20, 2020

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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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Politics

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

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Rapes still rising in the Bronx, murders and burglaries plummet in September 2025

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Little boy found at Far Rockaway laundromat without adult supervision: NYPD

NY: A Night Against Censorship with George Takei

George Takei speaks out against censorship at BPL Banned Books Week event

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024.

Supreme Court appears likely to strike down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy