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City teams up with NYCHA and NYC Parks to build open community spaces

Posted on September 14, 2022

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Op-Ed: Treatment Not Jail, A Moral Imperative

Lower Manhattan group rallies for more affordable housing

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Lower Manhattan coalition unites Congressional rivals in call for more affordable housing at 5 World Trade Center

Posted on September 14, 2022

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Noted journalist and author Barbara Ehrenreich memorialized in East Village with readings and music

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City Council puts $1M behind strengthening abortion access

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Dead and buried? Mock funeral held for 1994 Crime Bill, as New York pols renew call for sentencing reform

Posted on September 13, 2022

Rikers Island protesters say penal island beyond repair

Lower Manhattan

‘These jails are killing people’: Advocates, former Rikers Island prisoners rally ahead of corrections board hearing

Posted on September 13, 2022

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In the face of fiscal uncertainty, Adams demands all city agencies trim their budgets

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Trump’s PAC faces scrutiny amid intensifying legal probes

Posted on September 13, 2022

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What’s left as Jan. 6 panel sprints to year-end finish

Posted on September 13, 2022

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, Sept. 13, 2022

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Zeldin on the move, endorsed by center right-leaning Democrats

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Lawmakers opposing congestion pricing push Hochul to withdraw support for plan

Assemblymembers Burgos and Werpin joined by Councilmember Narcisse after their visit to Rikers Island

Elected officials pay unannounced visit to Rikers Island after release of troubling report

Posted on September 12, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

Pre-Approved! NYC gun retailers will now have merchant category codes for tracking

Posted on September 12, 2022

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Adams, Banks unveil new program connecting high school students with apprenticeships at major companies

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Op-Ed: Increased Liability Costs Will Drain City Budgets, Putting Public Investments At Risk

Jacob Riis Houses residents sue city over arsenic water scare

‘They have a right to damages’: Jacob Riis Houses residents sue NYC over arsenic water scare

Posted on September 12, 2022

Supermodels, unions call for better working conditions

Business

Supermodels, unions call for better working conditions in the fashion industry during New York Fashion Week

Posted on September 12, 2022

Rikers Island as seen from the air.

Health

Board of Corrections report shows multiple staff failures regarding in-custody deaths

Posted on September 12, 2022

Health

In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing ‘moonshot’ to fight cancer

Posted on September 12, 2022

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, Sept. 12, 2022

Jacob Riis Houses water safe to drink as arsenic scare ends

Lower East Side

City pronounces Jacob Riis Houses water safe to drink as mayor, health commissioner drink to end of arsenic scare

Posted on September 10, 2022

Politics

Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress’ secrets in sealed rooms, lock bags

Posted on September 10, 2022

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Massive mixup: Adams administration says no arsenic found in Lower East Side water, testing lab botched results

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2022 General Election Roundup: Hochul has huge fundraising, spending edge over Zeldin

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, Sept. 9, 2022

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Goldman calls on Adams to provide Riis Houses tenants with hot meals amid possible arsenic contamination

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Meet the Candidates: General Election | Nathalia Fernandez, State Senate District 34

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Senate to vote on same-sex marriage in coming weeks

Posted on September 8, 2022

Chancellor Banks welcomes students back to school at P.S 161 in the South Bronx.

Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks and other pols welcome students back to school

Posted on September 8, 2022

Hochul gets Omicron booster shot, says New Yorkers should too

Posted on September 8, 2022

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Mayor Adams addresses public safety concerns in southeast Queens during Rochdale Village town hall

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, Sept. 8, 2022

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Meet the Candidates: General Election | Inez E. Dickens, Assembly District 70

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Mayor Adams rallies in support of Bronx rezoning plan ahead of council hearing after bowing out of similar rally last week

Labor Day Parade will be held in Midtown this Saturday

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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to serve as grand marshal of NYC’s Labor Day Parade

Posted on September 7, 2022

Health

Biden to channel Kennedy in his push for a cancer ‘moonshot’

Posted on September 7, 2022

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New NYC school safety plan includes enhanced safety trainings for leadership, increased communication and more

Posted on September 7, 2022

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Leaked Oath Keepers list includes names of elected officials, police chiefs, dozens of New York law enforcement officers

Posted on September 7, 2022

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Steve Bannon, one of Trump’s biggest cronies, expects to face new criminal charge in New York

Posted on September 7, 2022

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, Sept. 7, 2022

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Niou decides not to challenge Goldman in NY10 general election

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Hochul blasts Zeldin on close ties to Trump, as he again challenges her to five debates

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Home care workers make plea ahead of City Council hearing

Posted on September 6, 2022

Mayor Adams and NYPD celebrate peaceful J'ouvert weekend

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Adams, NYPD take victory lap after peaceful Labor Day/‌J’ouvert holiday weekend in Brooklyn

Posted on September 6, 2022

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DiNapoli and Lander applaud city’s fiscal savings, warn of choppy economic waters ahead

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Finance

Council passes resolution to reverse reductions in school budget

Posted on September 6, 2022

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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