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Brooklyn native Dr. Anthony Fauci who received a presidential pardon

Brooklyn

Biden’s last act: Pardoning Brooklyn’s Dr. Anthony Fauci and other likely targets of Trump retaliation

Posted on January 20, 2025

Sen. Salazar presented The New York Foundling CEO Melanie Hartzog and residents of 8 Schenck Court with a $500,000 cheque Friday

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn group home receives $500K for upgrades from local pol

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Politics

New York Attorney General’s office adds Director of Muslim Affairs to the team

Posted on January 20, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams to attend Trump’s inauguration, bailing on schedule of NYC MLK Day events

Posted on January 20, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Op-ed | January budget plan makes NYC safer, more affordable to raise a family

Posted on January 20, 2025

Senator Chuck Schumer tears up photo illustrating SALT cap

Politics

Getting SALT-y: New York pols call on Trump, Republicans to tax deduction ‘problem they created’

Posted on January 19, 2025

Donald Trump at rally in NYC

Politics

President Trump’s Inauguration Day: How to watch, what to expect and more

Posted on January 19, 2025

New Yorkers participate in the People's March on Jan. 18, 2025 vowing to fight for democracy.

Politics

‘People’s March’ in NYC rallies for social justice as second Trump inauguration nears

Posted on January 19, 2025

Former Comptroller Scott Stringer (left), Mayor Eric Adams (center), and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right).

2025 Mayor’s Race

Stringer poll has him leading current Dem mayoral field, but throws win to Cuomo if he jumps in

Posted on January 17, 2025

Mayor Adams announces $80 million in medical debt forgiveness for low income New Yorkers through historic debt relief program.

Health

Mayor Adams launches historic medical debt relief program, 35,000 New Yorkers forgiven of debt worth $80 million

Posted on January 17, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul shakes hands with subway transit officers

NYC subway safety: Hochul promises $77M to put cops on overnight trains – but is the NYPD stretched too thin?

Posted on January 16, 2025

NYS Attorney General Letitia James

Politics

AG Letitia James urges Senate to reject Laken Riley Act, citing threats to due process and public safety

Posted on January 16, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams

NYC budget: Mayor Adams paints rosier financial picture in $114.5B preliminary spending plan

Posted on January 16, 2025

Former City Comptroller Scott Stringer

2025 Mayor’s Race

FIRST ON amNY: Stringer releases plan to build 20,000 affordable homes in 5 years as he officially launches mayoral bid

Posted on January 16, 2025

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Bronx Times

South Bronx officials push back against city’s plan for massive migrant shelter

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QNS

Trump’s second term sparks fear among New York’s immigrant communities as deportation plans loom

2025 election mayoral candidates fundraising

2025 Mayor’s Race

2025 ELECTION | Lander takes the lead in mayoral money race as Adams gets back in fundraising game

Posted on January 15, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Politics

Mayor Adams outlines ‘Bridge to Home’ mental health program aiming to help stop subway violence, chronic homelessness

Posted on January 15, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her fourth State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Politics

State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus

Posted on January 14, 2025

the hub

Bronx Times

Bronx congressman demands action to dismantle open-air drug market in the Hub

flooding

QNS

Lawmakers Meng, AOC, Meeks and Schumer secure $190 million to address destructive flooding in Queens

EMS chief listens to NYPD radio

Politics

Over and out: NYPD radio encryption shuts out volunteer and EMS first responders

Posted on January 14, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams appointed Tiffany Rasberry to Deputy Mayor of Interngovernmental Affairs.

Politics

Mayor Adams elevates two senior officials to deputy mayor posts

Posted on January 13, 2025

Mayor Adams reacts to poll showing Cuomo with lead

2025 Mayor’s Race

‘Deja vu’: Adams says early Cuomo polling lead is repeat of Yang advantage in 2021

Posted on January 13, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Lander seeks ‘housing first’ plan to resolve street homeless, mental health and subway safety crises; gets rebuke from Mayor Adams

Posted on January 13, 2025

Child and parent holding up sign seeking universal childcare

Lower Manhattan

Universal childcare push at City Hall park sees hundreds of parents and tots urge City Hall to lift economic hardships, provide free programs

Posted on January 13, 2025

George Santos

LI Press

Is George Santos lying about needing more time to pay restitution?

Migrants at Floyd Bennett Field.

Politics

NYC to close massive Brooklyn migrant shelter as arrivals decline, 9 other sites scheduled to shut

Posted on January 10, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald Trump

Politics

DA Bragg prepares for Trump hush-money conviction to fizzle out a day before sentencing

Posted on January 9, 2025

Mayor Adams delivers State of the City Address

Politics

Mayor Adams makes reelection pitch at State of the City address focused on families

Posted on January 9, 2025

twin parks

Bronx Times

Bronx honors 17 killed in Twin Parks apartment fire on third anniversary

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

FIRST ON amNY: Mayor Adams expected to unveil $163 million investment to curb youth crime at state of the city address

Posted on January 9, 2025

Attorney General James revealed the findings of a major Medicaid fraud investigation, reporting shady dealings among at least 55 transportation companies statewide.

Politics

Bus-ted! Attorney General unveils major Medicaid fraud investigation targeting transportation companies

Posted on January 8, 2025

The New York City skyline.

Business

EXODUS: Why have 350,000 New Yorkers left the city in 2 years? Affordability is just one reason

Posted on January 8, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn borough prez candidate’s campaign treasurer pleads guilty in $400K fraud scheme

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Bronx Times

AOC named to House Energy and Commerce Committee

Turkish consulate at center of Adams indictment

Turkish consulate high-rise at center of Adams indictment operating without city approval, Lander audit finds

Posted on January 8, 2025

Homeless advocates vow to counter Trump second term and Project 2025

Politics

NYC homeless service providers warn of potential Trump deportations and cuts, tell Project 2025 to ‘drop dead’

Posted on January 8, 2025

Nelson Service System Cleaner, contracted with Con Edison, officially went on strike outside of 4 Irving Place.

Business

‘Fighting for our dignity’: Con Edison cleaners go on strike amid unfair labor practice allegations

Posted on January 7, 2025

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Bronx Times

City selects developer for Kingsbridge Armory

Mayor Adams at press conference

Politics

Mayor Adams suggests issue with feds’ discovery of more criminal activity in his corruption case, but won’t say what it is

Posted on January 7, 2025

holden

QNS

Council Member Holden confident Hempstead case will stall NYC congestion tolls

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Metro Philadelphia

How and why the US Senate could thwart Trump’s cabinet picks

Emergency medical workers at scene with NYPD

Politics

Over and out? Emergency medical crews denied NYPD radios in move that unions say endangers the public | EXCLUSIVE

Posted on January 7, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Politics

NY families with children under 4 could receive $1,000 per child under Hochul’s new proposed tax credit expansion

Posted on January 6, 2025

gaslighting

QNS

Council Member Holden accuses Gov. Hochul of ‘gaslighting’ over mental health crisis plan

NYC firefighters unions rail against congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: FDNY unions, MTA trade verbal jabs over lack of exemptions for first responders

Posted on January 6, 2025

Donald Trump outside courtroom

Politics

Trump’s conviction upheld; sentencing set for Jan. 10 in hush money case

Posted on January 3, 2025

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permits

Permits filed for 3-story residential building with ten units in Pelham Gardens

Vintage storefronts from the 1930s were created along Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood in 1985 during filming of "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

Ridgewood’s starring role in a 1980s coming-of-age film: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: 17th Annual Soap Box Derby

BP Weekender: 6 things to do in Brooklyn Aug. 22-24

Sandra Oh & Lupita Nyong'o in Shakespeare in the Park's "Twelfth Night."

Shakespeare in the Park is back with ‘Twelfth Night’