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Lower East Side

Through chainsaws and woodchips: Inside the East Side war over coastal resiliency project at waterfront park

Posted on December 12, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rapper Kanye West shows President Trump his mobile phone during meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

Politics

Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges

Posted on December 10, 2021

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Politics

State boosts value of housing voucher for homeless families

Posted on December 10, 2021

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Politics

‘Everybody thinks it can’t happen here until it does’: Protesters outside UN hold fake funeral for democracy, voting rights in America

Posted on December 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in Washington

Politics

U.S. House Jan. 6 probe tells Meadows it has ‘no choice’ but to seek contempt charge

Posted on December 8, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Loft law update gives tenants right to sue in housing court

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PoliticsNY

Lander names executive leadership team at incoming comptroller’s office

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with U.S. President Joe Biden via a video link in Sochi

Politics

Biden, Putin begin talks, RIA says, after U.S. warning of toughest sanctions yet if Russia invades Ukraine

Posted on December 7, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

‘Call a vote!’: Protesters seeking solitary confinement ban demand City Council Speaker Johnson bring bill to floor

Posted on December 6, 2021

U.S. Senate Democrats hold weekly policy lunch at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

U.S. Senate agenda includes Biden investment plan, debt limit, voting rights -Schumer

Posted on December 6, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

New York electeds rally around Planned Parenthood, assure NYC as safe haven for abortion seekers

Posted on December 6, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Former Congressmember Max Rose to run for old seat

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Omicron variant on the rise, elected officials push for COVID-19 and Pandemic Response Centers of Excellence Act

Posted on December 5, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole makes a point during a Memorial Day speech in Clifton

Politics

Former U.S. senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole, dies at age 98

Posted on December 5, 2021

Protestor call for the end of solitary confinement

Lower Manhattan

Exclusive: Advocacy groups say ‘It’s up to Speaker Johnson now’ to end solitary confinement

Posted on December 3, 2021

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Business

Black inspectors sue NYC Buildings Department, citing racial and disability discrimination

Posted on December 2, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with lawmakers to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

What do AOC, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Batman, Julius Randle and Santa Claus have in common? They all got write-in votes for NYC mayor

Posted on December 1, 2021

PoliticsNY

Comptroller- and mayor-elect announce nonprofit contracts task force

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PoliticsNY

Lawmaker plans to sue city over noncitizen voting

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Democrats hold weekly policy lunch at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Majority Leader Schumer says U.S. Senate will pass debt limit increase ‘soon’

Posted on November 30, 2021

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House

Politics

Ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 panel – for now

Posted on November 30, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

Public Advocate lights world’s largest menorah with message of unity on the second day of Hanukkah

Posted on November 30, 2021

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Adams says he’s zeroing in on commish, chancellor appointments

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Lower Manhattan

Brake the breaks: Williams, disabled rights advocates seek end to corporate parking violation fine discounts

Posted on November 29, 2021

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Politics

Congressman Tom Suozzi officially launches bid for governor

Posted on November 29, 2021

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Politics

Long Island Democrat Tom Suozzi to decide on run for governor Monday: reports

Posted on November 28, 2021

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Lower East Side

No more ‘environmental racism’: Schumer says infrastructure bill will remove lead pipes city’s bowels

Posted on November 24, 2021

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Politics

Gov. Hochul nominates upstate judge for state’s top court

Posted on November 24, 2021

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Bronx Times

Aleksander Mici files to run for U.S. Senate

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Brooklyn Paper

Council votes to approve Gowanus rezoning, ending years-long debates

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QNS

Oldest gay bar in Queens to remain in Jackson Heights after purchase of its Roosevelt Avenue building

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Politics

Bring them home for the holidays: Families of elder incarcerated individuals call on governor for clemency

Posted on November 23, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

City expands $100 vax incentive to include SOMOS sites

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QNS

Controversial Kloud Tequila Grill in Auburndale gets liquor license suspended

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QNS

Queens lawmakers and community leaders honor staff members at Bagels & Co., denounce anti-Semitic threat

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Brooklyn Paper

Broadway Junction to become ADA-accessible with slate of new elevators

Politics

Exclusive: Families of incarcerated set rally on Tuesday for fair parole laws

Posted on November 22, 2021

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QNS

Life’s WORC celebrates $1.5 billion in funding for organizations that support New Yorkers with developmental disabilities

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Talking turkey: Governor Hochul packs meals and a punch on Cuomo rebuke

Posted on November 22, 2021

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QNS

Five arrested after riots erupt in Middle Village following Kyle Rittenhouse verdict

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Brooklyn Paper

Akai Gurley honored with street co-naming outside building where he was killed by police

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Politics

State Assembly releases Cuomo impeachment report

Posted on November 22, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

‘Hands off the insulin provision’: Schumer tells GOP not to touch affordable diabetic medication plan in Build Back Better agenda

Posted on November 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Paid family leave in spotlight as Senate weighs Biden social spending plan

Posted on November 21, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Queens/‌Long Island Congressman Suozzi contemplates joining Adams administration as deputy mayor

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Brooklyn Paper

Hochul frees up $1.5 billion in funding for orgs working with developmentally disabled New Yorkers

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after touring the General Motors ‘Factory ZERO’ electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit

Politics

Biden to pardon Indiana turkeys Peanut Butter, Jelly for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 19, 2021

U.S. President Biden signs the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”, in Washington

Politics

Harris to be first woman to hold U.S. presidential reins as Biden undergoes colonoscopy

Posted on November 19, 2021

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Mayoral candidate Michael Blake qualifies for $2M in matching funds just days before primary

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Mother and baby sprayed with unknown substance during M train assault in Long Island City: NYPD

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‘Undeniably Jonathan’: Arts Gowanus celebrates artist Jonathan Blum’s 60th birthday with retrospective art show

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