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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden delivers update on administration’s coronavirus response from the White House in Washington

Politics

Democrats debate if ‘billionaires tax’ can pay for Biden’s sweeping agenda

Posted on October 27, 2021

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QNS

DEC denies permits for NRG’s proposed Gas Turbine Power Plant in Astoria

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Downtown

City pumping $110M into climate change resiliency project for Seaport District

Posted on October 27, 2021

The legacy of Willowbrook State School hangs heavy over advocates who fear the system built to serve the developmentally disabled may be backsliding amid stagnant funding from the state.

Health

Willowbrook mother says group homes are backsliding as state funding stagnates

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Politics

Rep. Espaillat campaign paid thousands to online influencers who delivered flattering posts

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Health

De Blasio tempers talk about plans for safe injection sites in New York City

Posted on October 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021

Politics

Biden blocks second Trump bid to withhold more Jan. 6 documents

Posted on October 26, 2021

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QNS

Adams visits Life’s WORC’s group home for people with disabilities in Little Neck

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QNS

Queens councilwoman calls for increased penalties on sexual assaults, harassment against correction officers

U.S. President Biden departs for New Jersey

Politics

Biden says he hopes Democrats reach spending deal this week

Posted on October 25, 2021

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Climate protesters block FDR Drive and West Side Highway in rush hour demonstrations, 33 arrests made

Posted on October 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during a hearing entitled ‘Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower’ in Washington

Politics

Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally: documents

Posted on October 25, 2021

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Manhattanites head to the polls early with crime and homelessness on their minds

Posted on October 24, 2021

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Brooklyn

Climate activists in Brooklyn invoke name of Schumer’s grandson in protest outside Senate leader’s home

Posted on October 24, 2021

Voters cast their ballots during early voting for the general election at Brooklyn Museum on Oct. 24.

Brooklyn

New Yorkers come out in modest numbers for first weekend of early voting in mayoral, citywide contests

Posted on October 24, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting with business leaders in Washington

Business

Yellen says U.S. is not losing control of inflation

Posted on October 24, 2021

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats ‘pretty much there’ on U.S. social spending bill: Pelosi

Posted on October 24, 2021

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats narrow differences on Biden’s agenda, mull billionaire tax

Posted on October 23, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Governor signs bill aiming to reduce noise across subway system inspired by Coney residents

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Bronx

Vice President Kamala Harris visits the Bronx, promising to Build Back Better

Posted on October 22, 2021

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Politics

Bill’s Halloween bash: Mayor invites New Yorkers to Gracie Mansion

Posted on October 22, 2021

Eric Adams stands with city workers demanding racial and gender pay equity

Politics

Editorial | Eric Adams: The one to lead New York

Posted on October 22, 2021

U.S. President Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure legislation in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Politics

Biden, Democrats shred spending, tax plans to get a deal done

Posted on October 21, 2021

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Business

NYC public pension funds will commit $50 billion in renewable energy by 2035, de Blasio says

Posted on October 21, 2021

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Adams and Sliwa debate reveals new nuances in their platforms

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Politics

Police union plans to sue over mayor’s vaccine mandate

Posted on October 20, 2021

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‘Herd immunity’ misinformation used in firefighter union exec’s defense of opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Posted on October 20, 2021

Automobiles drive in heavy traffic along the Long Island Expressway in the Queens borough of New York

QNS

Governor Hochul announces expansion of Long Island Expressway in Queens is underway

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden speaks briefly with reporters at the White House in Washington

Politics

Biden pushes infrastructure, spending in Pennsylvania as Democrats near deal

Posted on October 20, 2021

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Taxi drivers go on hunger strike in protest of NYC debt relief program

Posted on October 20, 2021

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination event outside the Bronx Writing Academy school in New York City

Get vaxxed or go home: de Blasio sets vaccine mandate for entire NYC workforce

Posted on October 20, 2021

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Lower East Side

DDC and NYC Parks Department showcases East River Park resiliency construction

Posted on October 19, 2021

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Bronx

‘When did you become God?’ Protesters press Bronx DA Clark to act as Rikers Island death toll hits 14

Posted on October 19, 2021

Thomas Jefferson Statue to be removed from City Hall in New York

Politics

Caucus leading effort to remove Jefferson statue say city is dragging its feet

Posted on October 19, 2021

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Streets PAC endorses Adams and his new transportation plan

Governor Hochul Signs Bills for More Transparency in Local Governments

Hochul signs two transparency bills for state agencies and MTA

Posted on October 19, 2021

A polling site on special election day in Far Rockaway, Queens on Feb. 23. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann)

TIME TO VOTE: Here’s who’s on the Manhattan ballot in the Nov. 2 citywide general election

Posted on October 19, 2021

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City

Politics

Trump aide Steve Bannon faces U.S. House committee contempt vote

Posted on October 19, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Comptroller’s report: City barely works with minority and women-owned businesses

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One of NYC’s most prolific homeless shelter providers files for bankruptcy

FILE PHOTO: General view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court again protects police accused of excessive force

Posted on October 18, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell takes part in an onstage interview with Aspen Institute President and CEO Isaacson at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington

NYC remembers ‘warrior and diplomat,’ Colin Powell, upon death from COVID-19

Posted on October 18, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Greenbrook tenants find powerful ally in Chuck Schumer

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell salutes the audience as he takes the stage at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington

Harlem

Harlem-native Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chair and Secretary of State, dead from COVID-19 complications at 84

Posted on October 18, 2021

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Brooklyn

Senator on the line: Brooklyn rallygoers make public and literal call to Schumer demanding progressive action

Posted on October 17, 2021

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton leaves University of California Irvine Medical Center, in Orange, California

Health

Former President Clinton leaves hospital, heads back home to New York

Posted on October 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to chief strategist Steve Bannon during a swearing in ceremony for senior staff at the White House in Washington

Politics

Explainer | What’s at stake for Trump allies facing ‘contempt of Congress’?

Posted on October 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior of the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City

Politics

U.S. Justice Dept. to ask Supreme Court to put Texas abortion law on hold

Posted on October 15, 2021

More from around NYC

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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

Mayor Eric Adams on NYC Pride, his LGBTQ record, gender-affirming care, and more