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Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams denies reports of list to fast-track fire approvals for major developers under his admin

Posted on November 21, 2023

Politics

Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age

Posted on November 21, 2023

NYPD brass testify at police radio encryption hearing

Politics

Over and out? NYPD evades media access questions at City Council hearing on police radio encryption

Posted on November 20, 2023

Videos obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY show Detective Manuel Cordova, top left, Officer Omar Habib, right, and Detective Fabio Nunez, bottom left, using chokeholds. Obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY

Politics

NYC ban on police chokeholds upheld by state’s highest court

Posted on November 20, 2023

Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams wants to slash asylum-seeker services by 20% to close budget gap

Posted on November 20, 2023

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn state Senator Kevin Parker accused of raping woman assisting in Haiti relief efforts in new lawsuit

Posted on November 19, 2023

Mom and child at protest demanding Congress Member Dan Goldman seeking Middle East ceasefire

Brooklyn

Brooklyn rallygoers urge freshman Congress Member Goldman to support ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

Posted on November 19, 2023

Politics

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96; advised and loved former President Carter for 77 years

Posted on November 19, 2023

Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell during his campaign for public advocate in early 2019.

Gay City News

Daniel O’Donnell announces he will not seek re-election

Politics

Ethics chairman launches a new bid to expel George Santos after a withering report on his conduct

Posted on November 17, 2023

Delivery worker on e-bike

Should NYC e-bikes be licensed? City Council registration bill gets pushback from cyclists

Posted on November 17, 2023

An NYPD officer uses radio

Politics

Over and out? State bill would thwart NYPD radio encryption plan and protect public access to transmissions

Posted on November 17, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

‘Painful’ cuts: What Mayor Adams’ budget reductions mean for police, trash pickups and other services you rely on

Posted on November 16, 2023

Migrant

Politics

Migrants, advocates hold ‘sleep in’ outside of Gracie Mansion in protest of mayor’s limits on shelter stays

Posted on November 16, 2023

Starbucks baristas in solidarity at a strike demanding fair pay

Business

A cup of woe: NYC Starbucks workers walk off job, steamed over pay and staffing

Posted on November 16, 2023

Governor Kathy Hochul signs Clean Slate Act into law

Politics

A ‘Clean Slate’: Hochul signs act that lets New Yorkers put their criminal records under seal

Posted on November 16, 2023

Rana-Abbasova

Politics

City staffer identified as person whom Mayor Adams’ lawyer said acted ‘improperly’ amid FBI probe: source

Posted on November 16, 2023

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LI Press

George Santos Not Running For Re-Election To House of Representatives

Politics

Battle over NY’s congressional map goes to Court of Appeals, with national implications

Posted on November 16, 2023

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LI Press

Gov. Hochul Joins Life’s WORC To Honor Founder Victoria Schneps-Yunis

NYC taxi drivers rally against ride-share cap lift

Can’t get a ‘brake’: NYC taxi drivers fume over plan to lift ride-share cap adding more Uber and Lyft vehicles to city streets

Posted on November 16, 2023

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams

Politics

City Council passes bill that calls on affluent neighborhoods to build more housing

Posted on November 15, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

With youth mental health on ‘clear downward trajectory,’ city launches free virtual mental health platform for teens

Diwali

QNS

Governor signs legislation making Diwali a public school holiday for New York City students

Brooklyn

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials tout crime reduction success, launch new initiative to support at-risk residents

Posted on November 15, 2023

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Politics

Mayor Adams, top aides refuse to answer pressing questions on the FBI probe of his campaign

Posted on November 14, 2023

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NYC Subway passes 1 billion riders for 2023 in latest sign of ridership rebound

Posted on November 14, 2023

George Santos

LI Press

George Santos’s Former Campaign Fundraiser Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges

Security guards posted at the Floyd Bennett site to ensure unauthorized visitors do not gain access to the HERRC.

Politics

Despite long journeys to NYC, some migrant families reject emergency shelter at Floyd Bennett Field

Posted on November 13, 2023

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Politics

Feds probe whether Eric Adams sought to expedite permits for Turkish Consulate building: reports

Posted on November 12, 2023

Father and son in financial education

Business

Op-ed | New York needs to boost financial education in our schools

Posted on November 11, 2023

Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn endorsed Andrew Cuomo in 2025 mayor's race

Politics

Hotly contested Brooklyn council race sparks post-election intra-Democratic Party fight

Posted on November 10, 2023

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PoliticsNY

In the Community with Council Member Shekar Krishnan

The intersex awareness legislation was led in the upper chamber by out gay State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

Gay City News

Hochul signs intersex education and awareness bill

Alan Hevesi

Politics

Former state Comptroller and Assembly Member Alan Hevesi dies at 83

Posted on November 9, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Senate confirms Brooklynite Ramon Reyes as district judge for Eastern District of New York

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayors from across the nation unite to urge GOP House Speaker for assault weapons ban, face uphill battle

Posted on November 9, 2023

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In the Community with Council Member Erik Bottcher

Mayor Eric Adams (left) and Chief Adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin (right).

Politics

Adams tight-lipped about his actions following FBI raid on fundraiser’s home

Posted on November 8, 2023

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Politics

Council GOP notches one major win in Bronx election, fails to make net gain

Posted on November 8, 2023

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PoliticsNY

Op-Ed | Congress must permanently fund the Affordable Connectivity Program and bridge the digital divide

Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman, pictured here during an mpox awareness event in 2022, is one of six out city lawmakers who won another two-year term on Nov. 7.

Gay City News

LGBTQ Council incumbents cruise to victory in sleepy general election

Brooklyn Council Member, Rita Joseph.

Caribbean Life

Caribbean pols overwhelmingly re-elected in general elections

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PoliticsNY

In the Community with Council Member Rita Joseph

Suffolk County Executive

LI Press

Ed Romaine Elected Suffolk County Executive

Manhattan City Council election winner Yusef Salaam

Manhattan election roundup: Few surprises, but history made with Yusef Salaam clinching City Council seat

Posted on November 7, 2023

election

QNS

Incumbents on the road to victory as unofficial results trickle in for Queens general election races

Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams was city’s 418th highest-paid employee in first year as overtime topped $2.5B

Posted on November 7, 2023

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L Train Vintage opens first Bronx store in Wakefield

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Château Le Woof in Astoria celebrates canines and community for National Dog Day

Kings County Tennis League clinic

Kids from Kings County Tennis League rally with Sloane Stephens, John Isner at U.S. Open

Saint George Ukrainian Catholic Church, in New York City, is seen on August 15, 2025.

Less than half of LGBTQ Americans are religious: Pew