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Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, right, appointed Bronx Council Member Amanda Farías, left, as the body's new majority leader on Jan. 3, 2024. Pictured, the pair visit the Ghetto Film School in Mott Haven on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.

Bronx Times

Farías makes history as first Latina majority leader in women-majority City Council

Joseph Esposito, former NYPD Chief of Department, in 2013

Politics

Remembering Joseph Esposito: Former NYPD Chief of Department, Emergency Management boss dead at 73

Posted on January 9, 2024

Larry Taylor, a disabled Vietnam veteran, wants to vend on Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road -- but is battling DSNY over licensing issues. Enforcement comes through so regularly that he always keeps backup merchandise nearby. Photo Emily Swanson

Bronx Times

Allerton street vendors, including military veterans, continue to clash with DSNY

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams threatens lawsuit over housing voucher law

Politics

Housing voucher lawsuit? Speaker Adams threatens to take mayor’s team to court if it doesn’t move forward with new law

Posted on January 9, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about migrant shelter limit

Politics

Mayor Adams insists 60-day migrant shelter limits won’t kick families to the curb, but critics say policy is ‘cruel’

Posted on January 8, 2024

Far right and left activists confront each other at Lower Manhattan migrant rally

Lower Manhattan rally to stop migrant shelter limits crashed by far-right activists

Posted on January 8, 2024

Pilip

LI Press

EXCLUSIVE: Mazi Pilip Blames Suozzi For State Of The Country

Mayor Adams crackdown on shoplifters

Politics

A ‘state of surrender’ to shoplifters? NYC shoppers react after Mayor Adams blasts stores for locking up goods

Posted on January 8, 2024

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Bronx Times

The top three Bronx stories to follow in 2024: The rookie Republican, the Metro-North expansion and ongoing drama in CB11

Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas.

Queens

Queens lawmaker Jessica González-Rojas breaks arm after being hit by car

Posted on January 7, 2024

Migrants in East Village

Tales of survival: Migrants in East Village struggle to find relief while waiting in the cold on endless lines

Posted on January 7, 2024

Politics

Many Republicans who condemned Trump’s incitement of Jan. 6 Capitol attack now stand with him three years later

Posted on January 6, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul releases sweeping plan to build more pools and expand access to swimming lessons across New York.

Politics

Gov. Hochul unveils plan to build more pools in low-income communities

Posted on January 5, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Bed-Stuy father advocates for Grieving Families Act following fiancées death in childbirth

Politics

Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Posted on January 5, 2024

Mayor Adams announces lawsuit with bus companies over migrant crisis

Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams’ admin sues 17 bus companies for allegedly violating state law in transports from Texas

Posted on January 4, 2024

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QNS

AM Rajkumar proposes new bill to shutter illegal smoke shops across the city and state

Assemblymember Joyner, pictured above in 2020 at a press conference with BronxCare staff, announced her resignation on Jan. 4. Photo Jason Cohen

Bronx Times

Bronx Assembly member Latoya Joyner announces resignation

Gov. Hochul Maternal and Infant Mortality Presser

Health

Gov. Hochul could make NY first state to offer paid family leave to pregnant individuals

Posted on January 4, 2024

NYC crime rates plummet in 2023

Politics

War on crime | NYC crime rates plummet in 2023, but remains far higher than before pandemic, NYPD stats show

Posted on January 3, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul announces new reading initiative

Politics

‘Back to basics’: Hochul proposes overhaul to how New York schools teach reading

Posted on January 3, 2024

Politics

Remember Jan. 6: Biden to decry Trump as threat to American democracy in speech on 3rd anniversary of Capitol insurrection

Posted on January 3, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Adams defends new migrant bus rules, despite operators skirting them by going to New Jersey

Posted on January 2, 2024

Ellis Island

LI Press

Tom Suozzi Calls For An ‘Ellis Island’ At The Southern Border

Brooklyn Bridge

Lower Manhattan

Vendors on Manhattan side of Brooklyn Bridge angry, perplexed as city gets set to remove them from hot spot

Posted on January 2, 2024

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Health

Dose of relief? Hochul proposes ban on insulin co-payments in New York

Posted on January 2, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Op-ed | Keeping nightlife safe in New York City

Posted on January 2, 2024

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Politics

2024 PREVIEW | This promises to be a pivotal year in New York politics

Posted on January 2, 2024

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

Politics

City Council floats lawsuit as mayor refuses to enact housing voucher expansion law

Posted on December 29, 2023

Palestine

QNS

26 Pro-Palestine protesters arrested for blocking traffic at JFK

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?

Posted on December 29, 2023

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QNS

Santos curses out mayor after claiming his car got broken into

Mayor Eric

Politics

MARCH off: NYC to end surprise raids on nightlife venues, Mayor Adams says

Posted on December 28, 2023

Office cleaning workers rally for new contract to avoid strike

Business

Strike averted: NYC office cleaning workers agree to new contract through 2024

Posted on December 28, 2023

Debate

LI Press

Tom Suozzi, Mazi Pilip Set For Feb. 8 Debate

2023 year in review politics figures in New York

Politics

Year in Review | 2023 was a time of crisis for New York’s leaders, with little electoral change

Posted on December 27, 2023

Minimum Wage

LI Press

Minimum Wage To Increase In New York City, Long Island In 2024

Year in review, transit: Commuters on the new R211 subway car

Year in Review | Riding down memory lane with 2023’s biggest transit stories

Posted on December 27, 2023

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Politics

Mayor Adams blasts ‘numerical minority’ of left-leaning pols for advancing council bills he opposes

Posted on December 26, 2023

Rowhouses in wealthier area of New York City amid housing crisis

Politics

Housing crisis: Mayor Adams pitches plan to build more mixed-income homes in wealthier NYC neighborhoods

Posted on December 26, 2023

Homeless student

Politics

‘Bittersweet’ Christmas for NYC schools who receive low funding boost to help educate homeless students

Posted on December 24, 2023

Suozzi

LI Press

Suozzi: More Bipartisan Support Needed For Israel

Palestinian

QNS

Food or politics? Palestinian and Israeli restaurants in Queens choose both

Politics

Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

Posted on December 22, 2023

Mayor Adams on tour of Rikers Island

Politics

Solitary confinement ban: Mayor Adams mulls next steps after City Council passes it despite his opposition

Posted on December 21, 2023

PoliticsNY

Coalition looks to protect long-term care program in New York

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Brooklyn Paper

Council passes bill to limit landlords from running criminal background checks on prospective tenants

Public Advocate Jumaane William

Politics

City Council advances police transparency bill ‘How Many Stops Act’ over objections from Mayor Adams

Posted on December 20, 2023

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U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025.

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