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Bronx Times

Developer files ethics complaint against Rep. Espaillat over Kingsbridge Armory bid

One of the central proposals sponsored by Council Member Tiffany Cabán, will require the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice to provide public information on legal protections available to TGNCNBI individuals.

Politics

City Council approves sweeping protections for trans and gender-diverse communities

Posted on April 24, 2025

A protestor on stage during the Mayoral Forum on the Black Agenda at Medgar Evers College on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Protests at Mayoral Forum on Black Agenda

NYC Mayor's Race candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: TV ads begin to heat up as Mamdani hits Cuomo as one in the same with Eric Adams

Posted on April 24, 2025

Attorney General Letitia James touts Speaker Adams for mayor

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: AG James, union leaders pitch Speaker Adams as best candidate to take on Trump, stop Cuomo

Posted on April 23, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James speak about congestion pricing and second Trump administration

Politics

Trump tariffs: New York joins interstate lawsuit seeking to stop largest ‘federal tax hike in history’

Posted on April 23, 2025

The District 2 City Council seat is wide open for the five candidates running in the Democratic primary race

2025 Election: The candidates running in Manhattan’s competitive City Council District 2 primary race

Posted on April 23, 2025

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QNS

Brannan earns support from Southeast Queens lawmakers ahead of comptroller primary

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Politics

Trump Tower shut down after climate protester spray paints over president’s ’45’ sign

Posted on April 23, 2025

Queens Post

González-Rojas pushes for ‘Speak Your Truth Act’ to shield survivors from defamation suits

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Multicultural chambers host candidates forum, amid high-profile no-shows

Posted on April 23, 2025

Speaker Adrienne Adams

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: City’s largest public sector union backs slate with Speaker Adams on top, shutting out Cuomo

Posted on April 23, 2025

Mayor Adams and Trump border czar Homan at street gang bust announcement

Politics

Latest NYC street gang bust sees Mayor Adams double down on cooperation with Trump ‘border czar’ Homan: ‘I know the side I am on’

Posted on April 22, 2025

Mayor Adams entering court amid federal corruption case

Mayor Adams Indictment

Three more federal prosecutors tied to Mayor Adams’ dismissed corruption case resign from Trump Justice Department

Posted on April 22, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Chi Ossé and park advocates call for more funding of New York City’s green spaces

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about 2025 Mayor's Race

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams accuses Council Speaker of using policy spats as springboard to challenge him

Posted on April 22, 2025

Cop arrests vandal who vandalized Manhattan Tesla dealership

Politics

Caught red-handed: Environmental activists vandalize Tesla dealership in Manhattan to protest Elon Musk on Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2025

Participants at the Feb. 23, 2025 rally in Central Park proudly waved Israeli flags and carried posters with the pictures, names, and ages of the hostages still in Hamas captivity.

Politics

New York leads the nation in reported antisemitic incidents in 2024: ADL

Posted on April 22, 2025

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, left, are leading the field in the 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, according to the latest poll

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo and Mamdani gain ground as Democratic primary turns into two-person race

Posted on April 21, 2025

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Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo racks up nearly two dozen key clergy members on Easter Sunday

Posted on April 20, 2025

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Politics

EXCLUSIVE: AG Letitia James pushes back against feds’ nonprofit funding cuts

Posted on April 20, 2025

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Politics

City pauses curbside composting fines, drawing council criticism

Posted on April 18, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx elected officials raise concerns following Puerto Rico islandwide power outage

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Left-wing mayoral contenders blast Cuomo’s housing record, paint him as ‘landlords’ favorite’

Posted on April 18, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx district leader and Board of Elections employee pleads guilty to conspiracy charges

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Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayor Adams dismisses questions over his $3 million legal debt: ‘Why are you asking me?’

Posted on April 17, 2025

Hochul speaks about discovery reform law

Politics

NY public defenders demand more input in Hochul-Legislature talks over discovery reform laws

Posted on April 17, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Empire Wind 1 project at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal faces setback as Trump admin halts construction

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QNS

Southeast Queens leaders endorse Mark Levine for NYC comptroller

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NYC primary debates 2025: Schneps Media partners with Pix11, NYC Campaign Finance Board for June forums

Posted on April 17, 2025

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Bronx

Five students at two Bronx universities have visas revoked during Trump crackdown on higher education

Posted on April 17, 2025

City Council members looking stern at hearing over Trump funding cuts

Politics

City Council leaders slam Adams officials for absence from Trump funding cuts hearing

Posted on April 16, 2025

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Tuesday that lawmakers have reached a tentative deal to modify "Kalief's Law" which requires prosecutors to share evidence with defendants on a deadline.

Bronx Times

Tentative deal reached to modify New York’s discovery reform law

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Politics

Mayor Adams restores $167 million in 3-K and pre-K funding left out of his January budget plan

Posted on April 16, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks about mental health and public safety

Health

Is Hochul’s push for greater involuntary confinement power the answer to addressing severe mental illness and saving lives?

Posted on April 16, 2025

PoliticsNY

Op-Ed | Shifting our Economy from Wall Street to Main Street

Incumbent council member Christopher Marte is facing a primary challenge from Jess Coleman, Elizabeth Lewinsohn and Eric Yu

Politics

2025 Election: Who’s running in Manhattan’s heated City Council District 1 primary race?

Posted on April 16, 2025

Council Member Julie Won speaks at Saturday's "people's ribbon-cutting". Photo courtesy of office of State Sen. Mike Gianaris.

LIC Post

Won, Gianaris hold “people’s ribbon-cutting” at delayed Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path

Beer delivery worker on strike in the Bronx

Politics

Trouble brewing: Why beer delivery drivers in NYC have walked off the job

Posted on April 15, 2025

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Politics

City Council sues Adams admin to block order allowing ICE back onto Rikers Island

Posted on April 15, 2025

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (left) and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (right).

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo maintains big lead, Mamdani second in latest poll

Posted on April 15, 2025

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Bronx Times

Hundreds mourn at Bronx vigil for victims of Dominican nightclub collapse

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Front-runner Cuomo denied millions in public funds due to ‘technical error’

Posted on April 15, 2025

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Politics

Sarah Palin arrives for start of retrial in ongoing battle against the New York Times

Posted on April 15, 2025

NYC Mayor's Race Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Democratic rivals pile on Cuomo for citing ChatGPT in garbled section of housing plan

Posted on April 14, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Pair of city’s most powerful unions back Cuomo’s City Hall bid

Posted on April 14, 2025

NYPD Harbor Unit combs helicopter crash site in Hudson River

Politics

Hudson River helicopter crash: Tour company behind deadly collision is ceasing operations, FAA says

Posted on April 14, 2025

NYPD Harbor Unit combs helicopter crash site in Hudson River

Politics

Hudson River helicopter crash: Schumer demands tougher FAA regulations while ripping company that chartered doomed flight

Posted on April 13, 2025

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Diocese of Brooklyn to honor Pope Francis with Friday Vigil Mass in Elmhurst

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‘It’s not a party’: Brighton Beach Pride embraces themes of resistance ahead of May 10 parade

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chair Tiffany Cabán of Queens leads supporters of gender-affirming care at City Hall on April 24.

Council approves bills to protect gender-affirming care after hospitals cave to Trump