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Bigoted robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim

Posted on August 31, 2025

Harlem Health + Hospitals is one of the buildings in Central Harlem where a cooling tower tested positive for Legionella bacteria

Health

Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak declared over as two city sites confirmed as source

Posted on August 29, 2025

Coco Gauff of the United States in action against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the second round of the women’s singles at the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

US Open

Gauff’s struggle continues in second round US Open victory against Vekic

Posted on August 29, 2025

Aug 25, 2025; Flushing, NY, USA; Taylor Townsend of the United States in action against Antonia Ruzic of Croatia in the first round of the womens singles at the US Open at Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.

US Open

Taylor Townsend responds after heated US Open clash with Jelena Ostapenko

Posted on August 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking with people in the Bronx after rash of shootings

Bronx

Mayor Adams pledges more cops and violence interrupters amid uptick in Bronx shootings

Posted on August 29, 2025

new york liberty jonquel jones reading at bpl storytime

Brooklyn Paper

Slam Dunk: Liberty’s Jonquel Jones brings storytime magic to young fans

ICE agents in hallway of Federal Plaza questioning man during arrest

ICE in court: Temporary order blocking mass detainment at 26 Federal Plaza extended amid uncertainty

Posted on August 28, 2025

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Gay City News

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

Reverend Al Sharpton leads big crowd during March on Wall Street in support of DEI programs

‘Keep the dream alive!’ Reverend Al Sharpton leads ‘March on Wall Street’ seeking to protect DEI in corporate America

Posted on August 28, 2025

7 train arriving at a station

Labor Day travel: Here’s the subway and bus changes you need to know for holiday weekend

Posted on August 28, 2025

woman boards one of several Queens express buses on a sunny day

On the Express: Queens express buses offer a smooth ride to Manhattan, for the most part

Posted on August 28, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams denied matching funds for 11th time as rivals get big payouts

Posted on August 28, 2025

nypd officers in blue on subway platform with yellow crime scene tape stretched

Bronx

Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops

Posted on August 28, 2025

Brooklyn brute accused of assaulting 3-year-old girl.l

Brooklyn

Police searching for brute who assaulted 3-year-old girl in Brooklyn

Posted on August 28, 2025

rally in support of haiti immigrants

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

Rendering of the Avenir tower in Hudson Yards

News

Hell’s Kitchen casino plan gets warm reception at first hearing, but some locals are not ready to gamble on the bid

Posted on August 27, 2025

Victim of harlem shooting with walker she used near where she was shot

Senior shot dead with stray bullet in Harlem; friend helplessly watched her die

Posted on August 27, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks in Astoria on the expansion of a job training pilot program for the formerly incarcerated reentering society.

QNS

Mayor visits Astoria to announce expansion of big-rig training program for justice-involved New Yorkers

The original Century 21 department store on 86th Street in Bay Ridge.

Brooklyn Paper

Century 21 building demolition planned as developers eye national grocer, smaller shops

Mayor Eric Adams.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams labels democratic socialist Mamdani ‘a communist,’ echoing a frequent Trump attack

Posted on August 27, 2025

Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

Posted on August 27, 2025

ICE agents pull away man from his family

ICE in courts: Wife of Bronx man arrested at Federal Plaza in front of children says it left her family traumatized

Posted on August 26, 2025

a street intersection during the day in the Bronx

Man fatally shot in the back in the Bronx; suspect at large

Posted on August 26, 2025

Intersection where deadly Bronx hit-and-run occurred

Bronx

Woman found dead in the Bronx after hit-and-run: cops

Posted on August 26, 2025

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Bronx Times

L Train Vintage opens first Bronx store in Wakefield

a memorial to the victims of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001

IBX Stop by Stop: Maspeth has small-town charm in America’s most crowded city

Posted on August 26, 2025

mamdani at make mcguinness boulevard safe rally

Brooklyn Paper

‘Now is the time’: Locals demand full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after bribery allegations

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ICE in courts: New York Attorney General Letitia James files brief seeking to halt immigration court arrests

Posted on August 25, 2025

Mayor Adams in sunglasses on steps of city hall with business owners

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Is recently 5-time indicted ex-Adams aide still volunteering on his reelection bid? He won’t say

Posted on August 25, 2025

officers applaud wounded cop as he leaves hospital after being hit with friendly fire

Queens

NYPD detective shot by ‘friendly fire’ while responding to Queens carjacking released from hospital as suspect is charged

Posted on August 25, 2025

90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a supportive and affordable housing building where a man was found dead Monday morning.

Brooklyn

Man found dead with head trauma at Brooklyn site where supportive housing is located, police say

Posted on August 25, 2025

Suspected dog abuser taping canine in park

Queens

NYPD Quality of Life Team cuffs man who allegedly duct-taped dogs in Queens park

Posted on August 25, 2025

David Luciano, 27, was arrested after police said he attacked two men in Central Park in the early hours of Monday morning.

Man arrested after choking, biting victims in random Central Park attacks: NYPD

Posted on August 25, 2025

JFK’s New Terminal One will be the new home for Qatar Airlines.

QNS

Qatar Airlines to build lounge space at JFK’s New Terminal One

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Two teens among four charged in Bronx basketball court shooting that killed one and injured three

Posted on August 25, 2025

Deputy Chief of the NYPD Intelligence Division Courtney Nilan shows amNewYork two different kinds of ghost guns.

‘New Second Amendment:’ How the NYPD, Manhattan DA are fighting radical online ghost gun manufacturers

Posted on August 24, 2025

Queens

Exclusive: Family of Queens bartender demands answers after she was set on fire and severely burned during lounge show

Posted on August 24, 2025

Khris Davis (center) and members of the ensemble in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Twelfth Night,' directed by Saheem Ali, which has reopened the revitalized Delacorte Theater and runs through Sept. 14.

Broadway

amBroadway: ‘Twelfth Night’ a starry night at refurbished Delacorte Theatre

Posted on August 24, 2025

a NYC bus approaches a bus stop

Multiple people injured after MTA bus crash in Canarsie

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD Police car

Queens

Man fatally struck by NYPD cruiser while lying on the ground near US Open remains unidentified

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD officers at the scene of a shooting

Bronx

One dead, four injured in shooting at Bronx basketball game: cops

Posted on August 24, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

Inmate found dead in cell at Rikers Island: DOC

Posted on August 23, 2025

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani posts strong general election fundraising haul, while Cuomo and Adams lag behind

Posted on August 22, 2025

2025 Mayor’s Race

Mayor Adams says ‘hell no’ to stepping down amid latest bribery charges against ex-top aides

Posted on August 22, 2025

The overturned tour bus along Interstate 90 in Pembroke, N.Y., on Friday after crashing while bound for New York City.

News

5 dead after tour bus bound for NYC overturns in Western New York

Posted on August 22, 2025

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Gay City News

City Council bolsters training and transparency for LGBTQ care, but gay Republican votes ‘no’

Mosquito Skin Bite. Culex Mosquito

Health

Queens resident hospitalized with West Nile virus as city confirms first cases of season

Posted on August 22, 2025

NY: Woodhull Hospital Groundbreaking of Labor and Birthing Suite

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Beep, Woodhull Hospital break ground on $20M birthing suite upgrade

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Permits filed for residential building with 38 units in Crotona Park East

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NY: Thousands celebrate the West Indian Day Parade.

Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner outline security measures for J’Ouvert and West Indian American Day Parade

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