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Curtis Sliwa, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa seek to re-introduce themselves to voters with big spending on TV ads

Posted on October 1, 2025

Second Avenue Subway tube under construction

Trump withholds $18 billion in funding for major subway, commuter rail projects over DEI programs

Posted on October 1, 2025

Valoy allegedly posed as a real estate broker to attract prospective renters through Facebook Marketplace and third-party referral sites.

Courts

Bronx man ran fake apartment scheme across NYC, stole $25K from tenants: DA

Posted on October 1, 2025

AG's office launched a probe into a fatal collision in Cambria Heights involving an off-duty police officer that killed a motorcyclist from Springfield Gardens on the night of Saturday, Sept. 27.

QNS

AG’s office investigates fatal collision in Cambria Heights involving off-duty cop

Officers looks out for safety in subway in Brooklyn

Straphanger stabbed multiple times aboard Bronx train: cops

Posted on October 1, 2025

Isaiah Gurley was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of animal cruelty and arson for allegedly torching a pit bull on a street on South Ozone Park in July.

QNS

Queens man indicted on animal cruelty, arson charges for killing dog in South Ozone Park: DA

Republican mayoral nominee and Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Sliwa says he won’t abandon run amid mounting pressure, experts say that’s probably true

Posted on October 1, 2025

Under the proposed cuts, the NYPD faced a projected $100 million reduction

Politics

Judge temporarily blocks Trump from cutting counterterrorism funds to NYC

Posted on September 30, 2025

Retired and active city workers rally outside District Council 37 headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, protesting the Municipal Labor Committee’s approval of a new self-funded health insurance plan. Demonstrators expressed concern over the plan’s secrecy, potential cost increases, and reduced member input.

Health

City’s public sector unions approve sweeping healthcare shift for 750,000 workers amid secrecy criticism

Posted on September 30, 2025

Human skeletal remains, including a skull, were found in a vacant lot across 20th Avenue from the College Point Shopping Center on Monday, Sept. 29.

QNS

Human skeletal remains found in vacant lot near College Point Shopping Center: NYPD

Kei Williams, the executive director of New Pride Agenda, delivers remarks on the steps of The Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan on Sept. 30.

Gay City News

Advocates rally against Trump administration’s anti-trans funding cuts in NYC

NY: EMS Statio 40 Mural Unveiling

Brooklyn Paper

‘Something has to give’: FDNY ambulance response times rise for fourth year, union blames staffing crisis

OMNY

MTA board approves 2026 fare increase; shrinks cost of subway and bus fare cap

Posted on September 30, 2025

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QNS

Metropolitan Park receives unanimous CAC approval as 4 projects move forward in race for 3 downstate licenses

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MTA worker slashed in Brooklyn subway tunnel: cops

Posted on September 30, 2025

suspect in Bronx rape case handcuffed while wearing a Tyvek suit

Bronx

Bronx rape case: New Jersey man arrested for violent attack on woman inside apartment building

Posted on September 29, 2025

Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025.

Gay City News

Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Man with special needs son now facing deportation after ICE arrest

EXCLUSIVE | Green card holder from Manhattan, who cares for special needs son, faces deportation after ICE arrest at airport

Posted on September 29, 2025

coney island casino

Brooklyn Paper

Committee officially rejects proposed Coney Island casino

Hate crimes detectives are on the hunt for two men who shouted anti-immigration slurs at a man before assaulting him in Manhattan earlier this month.

Lower East Side

Manhattan hate crime: Two brutes shout anti-immigrant remarks before beating, slashing man, cops say

Posted on September 29, 2025

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QNS

Teenager found shot to death on Forest Hills street near Flushing Meadows Corona Park: NYPD

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani, Cuomo ramp up attacks on each other on heels of Adams exit

Posted on September 29, 2025

The Southeast Queens community held a prayer vigil for 13-year-old Sanjay Samuel in the Cambria Heights parking lot, where he was allegedly gunned down by a 16-year-old South Jamaica boy.

QNS

Prayer vigil held for 13-year-old Sanjay Samuel at Cambria Heights parking lot where he was murdered

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Bronx Times

Bally’s casino bid passes Community Advisory Council

Mom who had been assaulted by ICE agent

Mother assaulted by ICE supervisor at Federal Plaza begs for compassion following violent arrest of her husband

Posted on September 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

Swagger lost: Eric Adams’ tenure at City Hall will end after one term of accomplishment and scandal

Posted on September 28, 2025

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Remembering 9/11

Running to remember: Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk races from Brooklyn to Manhattan

Posted on September 28, 2025

commuters on the A train talking about politics and issues important to them

2025 Mayor’s Race

amNY ‘The Third Rail’: Talking with 6 train riders about the NYC Mayor’s Race and more

Posted on September 28, 2025

Man in Starbucks cafe reading laptop

Business

Filtered out: These 34 NYC Starbucks locations are closing as nationwide coffee giant makes massive cuts

Posted on September 28, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at event

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams quits reelection campaign after sagging in polls

Posted on September 28, 2025

Man plays billiards on pool table found through Chalkysticks

Upper West Side

Right on cue: From Manhattan to Madrid, ChalkySticks maps pool tables across the world

Posted on September 28, 2025

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IBX Stop by Stop: A ride through Bushwick, an oasis of art, quirky bars, community spaces and a hipster vibe

Posted on September 27, 2025

Police at the scene in Jamaica, where a shootout between police and an armed robbery suspect on Nov. 19, 2024 ended with the perpetrator dead and an officer wounded.

QNS

No charges against NYPD officers involved in fatal 2024 shootout with career criminal in Jamaica: AG

Midtown shooter Shane Tamura pictured on Jult 28 entering 345 Park Ave., which houses the NFL headquarters.

Midtown mass shooter Shane Tamura had CTE, medical examiner finds

Posted on September 26, 2025

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QNS

South Jamaica teen held without bail for allegedly shooting 13-year-old boy to death in Cambria Heights: DA

Brooklyn Basketball Training Center Ribbon Cutting

Brooklyn Paper

‘This isn’t just a building’: Brooklyn Basketball unveils new 18,600-square-foot training center

‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally as security guard legislation introduced

Posted on September 26, 2025

A St. Albans cyclist was struck and killed after allegedly riding through a red light in Cambria Heights, according to the NYPD.

QNS

St. Albans cyclist struck and killed by driver after failing to stop at red light in Cambria Heights: NYPD

ICE agent who shoved mother at Federal Plaza

ICE supervisor relieved of duties after shoving weeping mother to floor in NYC immigration court

Posted on September 26, 2025

Roscoe Danielson was convicted of murder on Sept. 25 for killing his mother and brother in the home they shared and dumping his brother's corpse in a garbage bag at the curb.

QNS

East Elmhurst man found guilty of killing mother, brother in family home in 2023: DA

Movement Gyms offer fitness through rock climbing, bouldering and yoga.

Brooklyn

Movement Gyms build community across New York City through rock climbing

Posted on September 26, 2025

Looking for a spot to celebrate National Dumpling Day? Give Lanzhou 1915 Hand-Pulled Noodles and Dumplings a try!

Lanzhou 1915 Hand-Pulled Noodles and Dumplings: the perfect hidden gem in Manhattan for National Dumpling Day

Posted on September 26, 2025

A rendering of an Interborough Express (IBX) stop on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.

QNS

New York Community Trust grants $150K to Regional Plan Association for IBX advocacy work

Queens medical examiner team loading human remains into van

Queens

Human remains found in Queens park belonged to unknown woman missing arms, legs: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

The FDNY battled a three-alarm fire at the H Mart on Union Street in Flushing and inspectors from the city's Department of Building issued a full vacate order due to the fire damage.

QNS

FDNY battles 3-alarm fire at H Mart’s flagship store in Flushing, DOB issues full vacate order

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Bronx Times

City Council approves Just Home housing project despite objections from Mayor Adams, Council Member Marmorato

resorts world

QNS

Resorts World earns CAC approval, moves toward final hurdle in bid to win state gaming license

suicide

QNS

Beyond stigma: The life-saving shift in how we talk about suicide

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Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly shooting a 24-year-old man during an argument in South Richmond Hill on Monday, Sept. 29.

Cops eye suspect in Lefferts Boulevard shooting in South Richmond Hill: NYPD

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Park Slopers rally after Steve’s 9th Street Market abruptly closes, urge affordable grocery replacement

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