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QNS

AM Rajkumar applauds new bills signed by Gov. Hochul to modernize NYC procurement process

New Yorker voting in judicial elections

Law

2024 Judicial Elections: Democrats sweep across NYC boroughs

Posted on December 1, 2024

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo

2025 Mayor’s Race

2025 mayoral challengers attack Andrew Cuomo amid fresh reports he will soon enter the fray

Posted on November 27, 2024

Rev. Michael Blake announced he will join the race to be NYC Mayor in 2025.

Bronx Times

Former Bronx Assembly Member Michael Blake announces 2025 NYC mayoral run, criticizes Eric Adams

Rikers Island

Politics

Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver

Posted on November 27, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about Trump administration

Politics

‘Working’ not ‘warring’: Mayor Adams says he desires cooperation with incoming Trump administration

Posted on November 26, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz unveiled on Tuesday a takedown of suspects allegedly responsible for $2 million in stolen retail goods.

Queens

Fashion police: Queens couple busted for stealing and dealing $2 million in hot retail merchandise ahead of Black Friday

Posted on November 26, 2024

Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams defends response to mental health crises following Torres’ letter of criticism: ‘We can’t be revisionist’

Posted on November 26, 2024

Biden emerges from Air Force One at JFK. Photo Erica Price

QNS

President Biden and First Lady arrive at JFK Airport for Friendsgiving event with service members

brooklyn construction

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklynites split on amended ‘City of Yes’ housing proposal as affordability crisis continues

Jessica Tisch officially became the 48th police commissioner in NYPD history on Monday, as Mayor Eric Adams swore in the second woman ever to hold the post during a ceremony at One Police Plaza.

Politics

Jessica Tisch sworn in as second-ever female New York police commissioner

Posted on November 25, 2024

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams

Politics

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, currently leading prosecution of Mayor Adams, resigning post ahead of replacement by Trump

Posted on November 25, 2024

Met Council and pols with Thanksgiving food items donated to needy

Giving back: Met Council, pols pack Thanksgiving meals for those in need in Kips Bay

Posted on November 24, 2024

Ritchie Torres speaking

Bronx

Is Ritchie running? Bronx Congress member Torres slams Hochul online, calling for Democratic challenger to governor in 2026

Posted on November 24, 2024

rajkumar

QNS

Rajkumar officially launches campaign to be NYC’s first South Asian Comptroller

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Politics

Altered City of Yes Housing plan passes 2 key City Council committees despite some vocal objections

Posted on November 21, 2024

Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing

Politics

DEVELOPING | City of Yes for housing deal takes shape as crucial Thursday council committee vote gets pushed back

Posted on November 21, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg inset in front of Staten Island Bakery

Politics

Whoopi Goldberg responds on Instagram to Staten Island bakery backlash

Posted on November 21, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams named Jessica Tisch, his current Sanitation commissioner, as his new NYPD commissioner. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Politics

Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch named by Mayor Adams as new NYPD commissioner

Posted on November 20, 2024

Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams restores last of NYPD academy classes he cut last year with budget update

Posted on November 20, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams rallying with officials in his administration, union members and advocates for the launch of the public review period for his 'City of Yes: Zoning for Housing Opportunity" plan in April 2024.

Politics

City Council committee set to vote on controversial City of Yes residential zoning overhaul

Posted on November 19, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks

Politics

Mayor Adams not worried about Trump’s anti-climate change stance amid record drought and troubling wildfires

Posted on November 19, 2024

Howard Lutnick

Dan’s Papers

Trump taps LI native Howard Lutnick for Secretary of Commerce

man preparing food in a kitchen

Politics

11% of working New Yorkers need NYC food pantries just to be able to eat. One report explains why.

Posted on November 19, 2024

Mayor Adams reacts to Manhattan stabbing spree

Manhattan stabbing spree: Mayor Adams says justice system ‘continues to fail’ after learning suspect is career criminal

Posted on November 18, 2024

Virginia Maloney running for City Council seat

Virginia Maloney, daughter of ex-Rep. Carolyn Maloney, launches bid for East Side City Council seat

Posted on November 18, 2024

NYC bakery exterior that was criticized by Whoopi Goldberg

Politics

Staten Islanders line up in droves to support NYC bakery criticized by Whoopi Goldberg

Posted on November 17, 2024

Out gay Assemblymember Tony Simone of Manhattan speaks to the crowd at a post-election town hall at the LGBT Community Center in New York City on Nov. 13.

Gay City News

LGBT Center’s post-election town hall outlines quest to ‘Trump-proof’ New York

Mayor Eric Adams with the hosts of ABC's The View. Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

Politics

Mayor Adams avoids criticizing Trump’s pick of RFK Jr. as health secretary while on ‘The View’

Posted on November 15, 2024

Motorists crossing the Queensboro Bridge may soon have to pay a $9 congestion pricing toll if they are traveling below 60th Street in Manhattan (Photo via Shutterstock)

QNS

Mixed reactions in Queens over Gov. Hochul’s revised congestion pricing plan

hakeem jeffries

Brooklyn Paper

Jeffries says House Democrats ‘overperformed’ in general election despite losing majority, says party will push back on right-wing extremism

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Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks about NYPD radio encryption

Politics

Public Advocate Williams blasts Mayor Adams as becoming the ‘Trump of Brooklyn,’ questioning where his allegiance lies

Posted on November 14, 2024

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Politics

New Charter Commission bill is latest chapter in City Council’s running feud with Mayor Adams

Posted on November 14, 2024

City Council Member Chi Ossé rallies with council members and advocates before the passage of his bill to relieve tenants from having to pay broker fees in most cases.

Politics

City Council votes to relieve renters from paying broker fees with veto-proof majority

Posted on November 13, 2024

Airport workers rally for better wages

Labor

NYC-area airport workers set to get annual wage increases starting in January

Posted on November 13, 2024

LI Press

What happened on Long Island in 2024 election

LI Press

Trump Led the Way to Nassau Republican Victories in 2024

NYPD drones used to catch subway surfer

Politics

NYPD says its drones have transformed crime-fighting and saving lives over last two years

Posted on November 13, 2024

NYC Council holds hearing on tenants' rights bills

Politics

NYC Council eyes bills to protect tenants from illegal evictions

Posted on November 13, 2024

Donald Trump at rally in NYC

Politics

Tens of thousands of working-class New Yorkers shifted toward Trump in 2024. Here’s why.

Posted on November 13, 2024

Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams raises concerns over real estate broker fee bill set to get City Council vote Wednesday

Posted on November 12, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm paralyzed after horse riding accident, thousands raised for recovery

Donald Trump outside courtroom

Politics

Sentencing in Trump hush money case postponed indefinitely as judge weighs president-elect’s conviction

Posted on November 12, 2024

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin addresses his supporters on Nov. 8, 2022.

Politics

Former GOP Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin tapped as Trump’s EPA head

Posted on November 11, 2024

right

QNS

Queens sees significant rightward shift as Trump support surges in 2024 election

Inside his rally in Crotona Park, former President Donald Trump takes aim at Democrats and the media on May 23, 2024.

Bronx Times

Bronx conservatives energized after Trump’s win, see chance to build momentum and diversify

Congestion pricing cameras in Manhattan in March 2024.

Hochul mulling revival of congestion pricing as Trump’s second term looms, reports say

Posted on November 10, 2024

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Woman fatally shot in broad daylight on Merrick Boulevard, suspect still at large

NY: Summer Heat

The heat is on! Brooklyn braces for first heat wave of summer 2025

Ingrid (Vicky Krieps) holding Sofia (Emma Mackey) in "Hot Milk."

Mother-daughter drama ‘Hot Milk’ is a film to endure, not embrace