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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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QNS

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

Health

NYC Health Department reopens Family Wellness Suite

Posted on April 13, 2022

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QNS

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Posted on April 12, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

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

Posted on April 12, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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Politics

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

Posted on April 12, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Mayor commends Biden on new ghost gun regs, ATF nomination

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Chinatown

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

Posted on April 11, 2022

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Chinatown

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

Politics

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

Posted on April 11, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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PoliticsNY

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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QNS

‘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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Politics

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

Posted on April 9, 2022

Politics

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

PoliticsNY

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

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Bronx Times

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

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, April 8, 2022

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A week late, state budget is close to finished

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PoliticsNY

Sheinkopf Speaks: A Bronx Tale

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New York drivers to get a seven-month gas tax ‘holiday’ as part of state budget

Posted on April 7, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Op-Ed: The Lessons of “Never forget” We are Teaching Today

Politics

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

Posted on April 7, 2022

Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden

Posted on April 7, 2022

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, April 7, 2022

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Politics

‘Record numbers’ of arrests, but NYC crime still 36% higher in March, top cop Sewell reports

Posted on April 6, 2022

East Village homeless residents, cops and city officials in standoff over encampment crackdown

Posted on April 6, 2022

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Politics

Adams promotes government accountability with new reforms

Posted on April 6, 2022

Politics

Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices

Posted on April 6, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Adams launches new jobs initiative with East New York development

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PoliticsNY

Proposed changes to NYS court system potentially pits streamlining system against democracy

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Gay City News

In Historic Meeting with Biden, Torres Advocates for End to Blood Ban

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, April 6, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Coalition of Asian organizations demand representation in city redistricting

Politics

White House to extend student loan pause through August

Posted on April 5, 2022

Politics

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Posted on April 5, 2022

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Brooklyn

BQE homeless encampment in Brooklyn may be gone, but unhoused residents stick around

Posted on April 5, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Local Social Security offices to resume in-person services

More from around NYC

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Rapes still rising in the Bronx, murders and burglaries plummet in September 2025

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Little boy found at Far Rockaway laundromat without adult supervision: NYPD

NY: A Night Against Censorship with George Takei

George Takei speaks out against censorship at BPL Banned Books Week event

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024.

Supreme Court appears likely to strike down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy