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City Hall rallygoers want less NYPD presence, more program funding in NYC public schools

Posted on April 20, 2022

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Red Hook baseball fields get facelift with $18 million city grant

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Florida Governor DeSantis pushes to end Disney self-government

Posted on April 20, 2022

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Mayor Adams commits to releasing ‘tax information,’ but not full returns

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Street sweep showdown: East Village homeless encampment continues battle as city looks to clear them out again

Posted on April 19, 2022

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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney tests positive for COVID-19 after suffering ‘bad cold’ symptoms

Posted on April 19, 2022

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Suozzi says he opposes ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, after calling it reasonable last week

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SUNY students protest lack of representation during public hearing

Posted on April 19, 2022

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Judge rules Amazon must reinstate fired Staten Island warehouse worker

Posted on April 19, 2022

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Union workers, Maloney rally to stop Manhattan VA hospital closure

Posted on April 18, 2022

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Mayor, Governor cuts ribbon on largest NYC rooftop park

Posted on April 18, 2022

The Music Man opens on Broadway in New York

Mayor Adams collaborates with former Mayor Bloomberg to give students a ‘Summer Boost’ in education

Posted on April 18, 2022

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Brooklyn Surrogate Court judge files whistleblower lawsuit against state court administration

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States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar

Posted on April 15, 2022

Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks to the 2020 Republican National Convention in a live address from Washington

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Republican Party withdraws from U.S. commission on presidential debates

Posted on April 14, 2022

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Speaker Adams highlights trauma center budget proposal following subway shooting

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Posted on April 14, 2022

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AP sources: Trump aide Stephen Miller to speak to 1/‌6 panel

Posted on April 14, 2022

Eric Adams poses at City Hall.

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NYC adding 1,100 Gifted and Talented seats in every school district this September, Adams and Banks announce

Posted on April 14, 2022

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Could it be Diana Reyna? Hochul on the hunt for new lieutenant

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Governor Hochul announces $16M in funding to help organizations combat hate crimes

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Hochul talks subway safety, bail reform rollbacks, in radio interview

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‘Take our safety seriously’: Local leaders call for city to stop Queens development following tragic death of construction worker

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NYC Health Department reopens Family Wellness Suite

Posted on April 13, 2022

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Queens Assemblyman Barnwell ends re-election bid without explanation, committee to decide replacement candidate

Students take their seats for the diploma ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge

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Students call on congressman to remedy injustice at SUNY

Posted on April 13, 2022

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NYC Department of Education slow to spend federal stimulus funds, Comptroller Lander reports

Posted on April 13, 2022

Charges against New York Lt. Gov are laid out at press conference

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BREAKING: Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigns after being arrested on bribery charges

Posted on April 12, 2022

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Homeless rights advocates in Manhattan release roadmap to aid unhoused, counter encampment sweeps

Posted on April 12, 2022

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Brannan sets sights on free eye care for low-income New Yorkers as part of city budget

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DEVELOPING: Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin arrested on federal campaign finance charges: report

Posted on April 12, 2022

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Mayor commends Biden on new ghost gun regs, ATF nomination

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Streets of despair: New York City’s homeless face revolving door of removals

Posted on April 11, 2022

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Fenced up: Protesters rally in Chinatown as new jail construction prepares to begin

Posted on April 11, 2022

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Standing still zone: Two-year-old parking placard abuse probe stuck in bureaucratic time warp, NYC investigator blames COVID

Posted on April 11, 2022

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EXPLAINER: What are ghost guns? Why is Biden taking action?

Posted on April 11, 2022

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Special election called in Nick Perry’s vacated Brooklyn Assembly seat

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Mayor Eric Adams Interview: His first 100 days, education, homelessness, drug injection sites, public art and more

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Schumer repeats call for crackdown on untraceable ‘ghost guns’

Posted on April 10, 2022

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‘Hate will never have a home in Queens’: Elected officials, community leaders call for justice following attack against Sikh man in Richmond Hill

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What remains: Former inhabitants of East Village’s Anarchy Row recall NYPD homeless sweep standoff

Posted on April 10, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about economic development.

Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19

Posted on April 10, 2022

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East Village protests recent homeless sweeps at site of infamous squatters clash more than 30 years ago

Posted on April 9, 2022

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New York tweaks bail reform to make it easier to detain people for repeat theft

Posted on April 9, 2022

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Rank-and-file state legislators weigh in on the budget

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Jackson first Black woman confirmed to Supreme Court, New York politicos rejoice

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Advocates of All-Electric Building Act take Speaker Heastie to task for ‘failing New York’

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NY Lawmakers on the Move, April 8, 2022

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Lincoln Hospital hosts blood drive, takes part in multiple community celebrations

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly shot a man in Far Rockaway in broad daylight on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Gunman wanted in Far Rockaway shooting, victim ‘uncooperative’ with detectives: Source

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‘Unsteady, combustible, illegal’: DOB says Brooklyn Mirage was riddled with safety issues even as owners claimed it was ‘show ready’

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative