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Doctors’ union and NYC Health + Hospitals reach tentative deal to avoid strike

Posted on January 19, 2025

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Politics

Getting SALT-y: New York pols call on Trump, Republicans to tax deduction ‘problem they created’

Posted on January 19, 2025

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Surprising DOT report shows intersection safety may not improve much by banning parking near corners

Posted on January 19, 2025

Cop at scene of Lower East Side stabbing

Lower East Side stabbing: Two suspects questioned in incident that left man dead, teen wounded

Posted on January 19, 2025

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Queens

‘Truly a great man’: Queens superintendent murdered in rent dispute mourned by community raising funds for his funeral

Posted on January 19, 2025

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Subway fight ends with slashing at Penn Station, and both combatants in police custody

Posted on January 18, 2025

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QNS

Kew Gardens Hills tenant charged with murder of her building super in rent dispute: DA

Principal Bill Psoras and students of Newtown High School with Assemblyman Raga, Dr. SenGupta and Ms. Kumar honoring Lena Goren, Peri Hirsch, Rosalie Simon, Inge Auerbacher and Jean Sklar

QNS

Holocaust survivors share powerful WWII stories at Elmhurst school for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

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Bronx Times

Three Bronx Catholic schools to close amid financial struggles and declining enrollment

Jazzed about the arts! New Yorkers indulged in 21st annual Winter JazzFest.

Music

‘Legendary’ Winter JazzFest captivated music-loving New Yorkers with stand-out performances

Posted on January 17, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Save Our Wicked Lady’: Beloved Bushwick venue fights to keep lights on and live music alive

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Bronx Times

MTA bus crash leaves vehicle dangling off Bronx overpass; driver rescued safely

Former Comptroller Scott Stringer (left), Mayor Eric Adams (center), and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right).

2025 Mayor’s Race

Stringer poll has him leading current Dem mayoral field, but throws win to Cuomo if he jumps in

Posted on January 17, 2025

New York City Youth Increasingly Hawking Candy On Subways

QNS

NYC’s undocumented subway vendors: Struggles, survival and the fear of deportation

Mayor Adams announces $80 million in medical debt forgiveness for low income New Yorkers through historic debt relief program.

Health

Mayor Adams launches historic medical debt relief program, 35,000 New Yorkers forgiven of debt worth $80 million

Posted on January 17, 2025

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QNS

Justice delivered nearly three and-a half-decades after execution-style murder on Grand Central Parkway: DA

QNS

Hellbender’s flavorful first year: A Ridgewood restaurant with heart and heritage

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man arraigned for murder after fatal stabbing of wife: DA

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QNS

Korean American Day recognized in New York Assembly, AM Ron Kim reflects on father’s legacy

QNS

Act Fast: Shake Shack’s Congestion Pricing Combo bids farewell after Friday Jan 17

Queens murder suspect arrested

Queens

Queens woman arrested for allegedly killing building super confronted by enraged victim’s wife: ‘You killed my husband!’

Posted on January 16, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Coney Island casino’s future a crapshoot after community board committee votes ‘no’

Gov. Kathy Hochul shakes hands with subway transit officers

NYC subway safety: Hochul promises $77M to put cops on overnight trains – but is the NYPD stretched too thin?

Posted on January 16, 2025

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Politics

AG Letitia James urges Senate to reject Laken Riley Act, citing threats to due process and public safety

Posted on January 16, 2025

fare evaders jumping turnstile in a NYC subway

MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t seem to thwart many fare evaders at station

Posted on January 16, 2025

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New York

Over and out: NYC journalists lose access to vital NYPD ‘Special Operations’ radio feed, endangering breaking news efforts

Posted on January 16, 2025

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QNS

Curtis Sliwa and Vickie Paladino ignite Whitestone GOP meeting with calls for action

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QNS

What you need to know about the 17-week A train shutdown hitting Rockaway

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Homeless man found dead in Central Park: sources

Posted on January 16, 2025

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Historic Bronx subway station gets makeover and is now ADA-accessible

Posted on January 16, 2025

Former City Comptroller Scott Stringer

2025 Mayor’s Race

FIRST ON amNY: Stringer releases plan to build 20,000 affordable homes in 5 years as he officially launches mayoral bid

Posted on January 16, 2025

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QNS

Two NJ men charged in Queens-based stolen merchandise ring involving $1M in beauty products: DA

Celebrate New York at one of these MLK Day events across the city.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday. Here’s the many NYC community events to mark the special day

Posted on January 16, 2025

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Migrant gun runners: Alleged high-ranking street gang member among three charged in Manhattan for firearms trafficking

Posted on January 15, 2025

Protest to demand a deal for the return of hostages, in Tel Aviv

News

New Yorkers react with cautious optimism to ceasefire deal hoping to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Posted on January 15, 2025

Video footage that the NYPD released Wednesday shows the suspect moving debris next to the sleeping individual, in the view of two other passengers, seconds before it burst into flames. The firebug then moved to exit the train car as the individual slept.

Arsonist at large for setting fire near Queens subway passenger and torching NYPD vehicle at City Hall

Posted on January 15, 2025

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Bronx Times

South Bronx officials push back against city’s plan for massive migrant shelter

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QNS

Trump’s second term sparks fear among New York’s immigrant communities as deportation plans loom

Suspect in violent Midtown subway assault

‘What the f**k?!’ Violent Midtown subway assault suspect who allegedly stomped on man’s head 20 times shocked at bail amount

Posted on January 15, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Bilqis Coffee brings Yemen’s rich coffee legacy to Bay Ridge

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QNS

The Governors Ball returns to Flushing for 15th-anniversary celebration with star-studded lineup including Olivia Rodrigo, Hozier, and Tyler the Creator

Chase ‘brake’: NYPD Commish Tisch bars unnecessary street pursuits in latest policy shift

Posted on January 15, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Politics

Mayor Adams outlines ‘Bridge to Home’ mental health program aiming to help stop subway violence, chronic homelessness

Posted on January 15, 2025

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QNS

Building super found dead, wrapped in trash bags under a bed in Kew Gardens: NYPD

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Driver arrested in Upper East Side collision that killed 78-year-old woman: cops

Posted on January 15, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her fourth State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Politics

State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus

Posted on January 14, 2025

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News

Los Angeles wildfires: NYC businesses lending a helping hand to victims of catastrophe

Posted on January 14, 2025

NYPD officer in subway system

NYC subway safety: Hochul and NYPD working to add hundreds of officers to platforms and trains at all hours of day

Posted on January 14, 2025

More from around NYC

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ICE raid: Feds arrest ‘criminal alien’ in Bronx sting operation

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Council Member Holden demands the City shut down ‘failed’ Cooper Ave. men’s shelter in Glendale

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‘We are not just files’: 115 new lawsuits filed against NYC juvenile detention centers

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025.

Trump bans trans troops yet again, prompting lawsuits and outrage