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City Comptroller Brad Lander.

Politics

NYC allowed controversial migrant service provider DocGo to waste millions due to shoddy oversight: Comptroller report

Posted on August 6, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds during a campaign event at West Allis Central High School, in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., July 23, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent Alban

Politics

New York Dems laud Walz as vice presidential nominee as poll gives Harris big edge on Trump in state

Posted on August 6, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul

Hochul ‘massaging’ proposal in Albany to replace lost congestion pricing money

Posted on August 6, 2024

NYC crime: Brooklyn detectives investigate shooting scene

Politics

NYC crime: July sees overall felonies drop, though murder rate ticks upward

Posted on August 6, 2024

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PoliticsNY

Op-Ed | Mandatory A/C mandate complicates climate change goals

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks to the press after attending a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democratic governors at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 3, 2024.

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota’s Tim Walz for vice president, sources say

Posted on August 6, 2024

Hakeem Jeffries and Janno Lieber shoveling dirt at MTA groundbreaking ceremony

Brooklyn

Hakeem Jeffries joins MTA in breaking ground on Brooklyn subway station accessibility upgrades

Posted on August 5, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams fumes over draft audit flagging $2.3M in unreported spending by his 2021 mayoral campaign

Posted on August 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at at a microphone campaigning

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly admits to dumping dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago

Posted on August 5, 2024

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QNS

Over 195 illegal smoke shops shut down in Queens since May, hundreds throughout the five boroughs

City Council Member Pierina Sanchez speaks at rally for housing voucher expansion

Politics

Judge tosses suit seeking to force Adams admin to enact housing voucher laws; City Council pursuing appeal

Posted on August 1, 2024

Apartment buildings in NYC amid Section 8 housing voucher waitlist

Politics

200,000 NYC households added to Section 8 housing voucher waitlist via lottery

Posted on August 1, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Man arrested for fatal shootings in Brooklyn as city boosts security at migrant shelters

Mayor Eric Adams, Governor Kathy Hochul, and a task force of law enforcement performed a victory lap in the Bronx Wednesday, announcing that over 750 illegal smoke shops across the five boroughs have been shuttered.

Politics

‘Padlock to Protect’ shuts down more than 750 illegal cannabis vendors citywide: Mayor Adams

Posted on July 31, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul speaking

Politics

Gov. Hochul says there’s ‘zero’ chance Trump will win NY following VP Harris bump

Posted on July 31, 2024

Randy Mastro speaking

Politics

Mayor Adams nominates Randy Mastro as NYC’s next top lawyer, setting up another City Council showdown

Posted on July 30, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul

Politics

New York state to send tax credit checks to qualified families with children next month

Posted on July 30, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams before star of David in candles at vigil over Israel terrorist attacks

Politics

Mayor Adams to hold hate crime solution summit at Gracie Mansion

Posted on July 30, 2024

City Comptroller Brad Lander.

Politics

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander joins 2025 Democratic primary against Mayor Adams

Posted on July 30, 2024

Jumaane Williams speaks on solitary confinement ban law being paused

Politics

Solitary confinement ban pause: Mayor Adams defends emergency jail order as Public Advocate Williams mulls lawsuit

Posted on July 29, 2024

Woman mourns at Sonya Massey vigil in Greenwich Village

Downtown Express

Greenwich Village vigil for Sonya Massey brings tearful rebuke of police brutality

Posted on July 28, 2024

NYC is deploying controversial gun detection tech in the subway system.

AI metal detector in subways faces potential legal challenges after NYC rolls device out

Posted on July 28, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams is looking to create an army of rat catchers through a new program dubbed the “Rat Pack."

Brooklyn

NYC rolls out ‘Rat Pack’ to help keep rodents away ‘on the street where you live’

Posted on July 28, 2024

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Politics

Mayor Adams ‘state of emergency’ in NYC jails blocks parts of City Council-approved solitary confinement law

Posted on July 28, 2024

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams rallies with council members and advocates against the mayor's Charter Revision Commission ahead of its final meeting at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch. Thursday, July 25, 2024.

Politics

Charter feud: Adams’ commission approves November ballot questions, blocking City Council’s advice-and-consent measure

Posted on July 25, 2024

legislation

QNS

Flushing lawmaker introduces legislation aimed at combating squatters

Traffic in New York

Congestion Pricing: Environmental and civic groups sue Hochul to force start of Manhattan toll program

Posted on July 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Taliban flag removed from Brighton Beach home after criticism from local politician

Erik Bottcher.

Council member Erik Bottcher calls for B-HEARD expansion in western Manhattan

Posted on July 24, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Adams’ Charter Commission unveils proposals that would give City Hall more say in shaping of Council bills

Posted on July 23, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds during a campaign event at West Allis Central High School, in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., July 23, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent Alban

Politics

Brooklyn’s Schumer and Jeffries endorse Kamala Harris’ presidential bid

Posted on July 23, 2024

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Public Library curates list of books ‘to contextualize this week in politics’ amidst chaotic election cycle

President of the United States, Joe Biden.

QNS

Queens lawmakers weigh in on President Biden dropping out of 2024 presidential race

President Joe Biden looks on at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024.

Bronx Times

Bronx Democrats call for unity following President Biden’s exit from presidential race

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Mayor Adams endorses VP Harris for president, less than 24 hours after declining to publicly do so

Posted on July 22, 2024

TV screen in New York showing news of President Biden dropping out of race

Politics

‘100% the right move’: New Yorkers react to Biden dropping out of presidential race

Posted on July 21, 2024

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at the Hudson yards rail yard in Manhattan on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. President Joe Biden spoke on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding the Hudson River Project.

Politics

New York Dems see Joe Biden ending reelection bid as selflessly ‘passing the torch’

Posted on July 21, 2024

Santos

LI Press

Judge Turns Down Ex-Rep. George Santos’ Request To Nix Some Charges Ahead of Fraud Trial

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Brooklyn Paper

Zhuang defends actions, accuses NYPD of police brutality after protest arrest

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Bronx Times

Bronx Assembly Member Kenny Burgos resigns

Politics

Dem House Leader Jeffries stands with Biden, as president faces growing calls to bow out of 2024 race

Posted on July 19, 2024

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Gay City News

City Council votes to expand rapid STI testing, require transparency on dress codes

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks about advice-and-consent ballot referendum

Politics

Advice-and-consent: City Council submits legislation for ballot referendum on checking mayoral appointment power

Posted on July 18, 2024

Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang

Politics

Mayor Adams, other pols react after Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang allegedly bit cop

Posted on July 18, 2024

Commuters on crowded L train subway station during subway week of hell

Week of Hell: NYC subway riders face commuting woes amid sweltering heat wave

Posted on July 18, 2024

Mayor Adams

NYC will start rolling out AI metal detectors in subways over ‘next few days,’ Adams says

Posted on July 17, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Who’s running? 2025 NYC mayor’s race already cranking up as more Democrats consider challenging Mayor Adams

Posted on July 17, 2024

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks about blast overpressure bill

Politics

Silent killer: Gillibrand pushing for federal action to help veterans coping with brain damage related to ‘blast overpressure’

Posted on July 17, 2024

More from around NYC

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How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ending Food Bank’s two nutritional programs for Bronx families

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Homeless man faces 75 years to life in prison for killing estranged wife in front of her daughter in St. Albans: DA

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Brooklyn Book Festival to celebrate 20 years with nine days of literary events

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.

In long-shot bid, Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage