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Jumaane Williams, Jenifer Rajkumar, and Marty Dolan are the three Democratic contenders for this cycle's NYC public advocate election.

Politics

2025 Elections: Who are the Democrats running for NYC public advocate?

Posted on June 11, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg attend a campaign event in Chattanooga

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Democratic frontrunner Cuomo nabs support from former Mayor Mike Bloomberg

Posted on June 10, 2025

Immigrant in elevator after being arrested by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan court

Gone in 30 seconds: Frantic scenes in Lower Manhattan as ICE agents apprehend immigrants attending court hearings

Posted on June 10, 2025

ICE agent at Manhattan immigration court

Legal Aid Society condemns ICE raids at NYC immigration courts

Posted on June 10, 2025

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PoliticsNY

Meet the City Council Candidates for Manhattan’s District 1

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2025 Mayor’s Race

ICE raids: Adams doesn’t ‘foresee’ Trump sending troops to quell NYC protests; leading rivals present plans

Posted on June 10, 2025

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QNS

Rozic and Stavisky pass bill to combat antisemitism on college campuses

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

Health

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul’s desk

Posted on June 10, 2025

cash payments

QNS

New York passes bill requiring stores to accept cash payments, protecting unbanked and low-income shoppers

Masked ICE agents in immigration court in Lower Manhattan

‘Living hell’: ICE presence at Manhattan immigration court fueling fear and anger among lawyers and visitors alike

Posted on June 9, 2025

Andrew Cuomo speaking in mayor's race

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: CFB awards Cuomo chunk of public funds it withheld over preliminary findings of illegal coordination with Super PAC

Posted on June 9, 2025

four Democrats running for NYC comptroller

Politics

2025 Elections: Who are the four Democrats running for NYC comptroller in the June 24 primary?

Posted on June 9, 2025

NYPD commissioner and Espaillat holding check for camera funding

NYPD to install more cameras around Upper Manhattan with security funding from Espaillat

Posted on June 9, 2025

New Yorkers protest Trump travel ban and anti-immigrant policies

Trump travel ban on 12 African and Asian nations ‘racist’ and un-American, New York pols and advocates say

Posted on June 9, 2025

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces plan to close Rikers jail barge, create marine terminal in Hunts Point

District 5

PoliticsNY

Meet the City Council Candidates for Manhattan’s District 5

Members of Congress denied entry into ICE facility

Politics

NYC Congress members fume after being denied access to ICE detainment centers in Lower Manhattan: ‘This is not Russia’

Posted on June 8, 2025

ICE agents in Lower Manhattan.

2025 Mayor’s Race

On thin ICE: Protests erupt in New York and Los Angeles over Trump admin’s targeting of immigrants in nation’s two biggest cities

Posted on June 8, 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with Tesla cars in the background, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Politics

From bros to foes: how the unlikely Trump-Musk relationship imploded

Posted on June 7, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: State Sen. Jessica Ramos stuns with endorsement of Andrew Cuomo

Posted on June 6, 2025

Members of the New York State Tenant Bloc rally outside the Rent Guidelines Board meeting at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center on April 30, demanding a rent freeze

Politics

Rent freeze debate heats up as NYC board prepares to vote on increases

Posted on June 6, 2025

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PoliticsNY

Meet the City Council Candidates for Manhattan’s District 2

Public Advocate Debate June 4

Politics

Williams, Rajkumar trade blows over misconduct allegations, Mayor Adams ties in heated Public Advocate debate

Posted on June 6, 2025

City Comptroller Brad Lander at NYC Mayor's Race debate

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Lander ‘grateful,’ not disappointed, over AOC third-place mayoral endorsement

Posted on June 5, 2025

Speaker Adrienne Adams speaking at debate

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Speaker Adams goes live with first TV ad pitching her as the ‘no drama’ candidate

Posted on June 5, 2025

City Comptroller Brad Lander speaking at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

‘Arbitrary cruelty’: Lander slams ICE court house detentions, observes immigration hearings

Posted on June 5, 2025

Manhattan City Council District 5 primary candidates Julie Menin and Collin Thompson

Election 2025: Incumbent faces challenger in Manhattan’s City Council District 5 primary race

Posted on June 5, 2025

AOC speaking at rally

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: AOC endorses Mamdani first in ranked-choice slate aimed at overcoming Cuomo

Posted on June 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to shut down the Department of Education

Politics

Trump cannot proceed with gutting US Education Department, court rules

Posted on June 5, 2025

Democratic mayoral candidates spar with Andrew Cuomo on debate stage

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Rivals rip into frontrunner Cuomo during first Democratic primary debate

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Bronx Times

Kingsbridge Armory developer, local nonprofit announce community ownership agreement

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QNS

Paladino stands by Mamdani deportation post as Democrats blast ‘xenophobic’ rhetoric

NYC housing in Trump era

Politics

New York shelter and supportive housing provider sounds alarm over Trump’s proposed housing cuts

Posted on June 4, 2025

Birth control pills and IUD

Politics

Op-ed | Expanding birth control access in New York

Posted on June 4, 2025

One in three respondents reported their quality of life as being "good" or "excellent."

Business

New Yorkers’ quality of life and public safety ratings remain low but improve since 2023, survey shows

Posted on June 4, 2025

CityFHEPS

Politics

NYC’s largest housing voucher program expands, but lawmakers say it’s not enough

Posted on June 3, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks at a press conference

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mayor Adams accuses Cuomo of running on reversing problems he caused as governor

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Paladino calls for Mamdani’s deportation, prompting backlash from mayoral candidate

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QNS

Holden accuses Council of ‘crying wolf’ on e-bike dangers while blocking safety bill

Astoria Post

Cabán’s R.E.C.E.I.P.T.S. Act clears City Council, streamlines public benefits process

Community Board 9 became New York City's first neighborhood to designate 100 percent of trash for containerization, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday.

Harlem

West Harlem hits 100% trash containerization as New York ramps up battle against rats

Posted on June 2, 2025

Andrew Cuomo speaking with hands

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo pledges to move mentally ill from Rikers to housing, homeless out of subway every night

Posted on June 2, 2025

Pols rally against ICE in Lower Manhattan

Politics

Irate NYC pols rally against recent ICE arrests in Lower Manhattan, blame City Hall for inaction: ‘History will judge us’

Posted on June 2, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Queens state senator and former Comptroller Liu endorses Mamdani despite disagreements on Israel

Posted on June 2, 2025

Collage of Democrats in NYC Mayor's race. These five candidates offered ideas of how to improve housing in the city.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayor’s race: Five Democrats offer big promises on homelessness and housing at interborough forum

Posted on June 2, 2025

Former Assemblymember Michael Blake, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Comptroller Brad Lander participate in a mayoral forum at Red Eye NY on May 31, 2025.

Gay City News

Six mayoral candidates talk LGBTQ issues at Red Eye NY forum

Hakeem Jeffries and Kathy Hochul speak with people holding signs against medicare and medicaid cuts

Politics

‘Big and ugly’: Hochul and Jeffries sound alarm in Brooklyn over Medicare and Medicaid cuts in Trump spending bill

Posted on June 1, 2025

A Massapequa High School senior, the head of the U.S. Department of. Education, Linda McMahon and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (L. to R.) with Massapequa Chiefs shirts

LI Press

McMahon demands state Education Department lift ban on Native American imagery in public schools

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Bronx Arts and Science Charter School holds annual Elementary Art Show

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Queens Defenders founder charged with stealing nonprofit funds as second scandal unfolds

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Atlantic Terminal rolls out free summer fest to celebrate 20 years in Brooklyn

Advocates rally called on New York City to follow through on a proposal to abolish labor policies that allow for home care aides to work for 24 hours, but only receive 13 hours worth of pay.

LGBTQ advocates join protracted push to improve conditions for home care aides