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QNS

Woman’s body pulled from East River near Fort Totten identified as Whitestone resident: NYPD

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Politics

Women’s History Month: PIX 11’s Veronica Kennedy talks crafting fair and balanced reporting in New York’s political landscape

Posted on March 24, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Carmelo Anthony surprises youth basketball practice ahead of McDonald’s All American Games in Brooklyn

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Corn Flakes and pop stars: Bobby Grossman’s iconic cereal box imagery takes over Lower East Side gallery

Posted on March 24, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Democratic and Republican candidates unify in contempt of frontrunner Cuomo over his handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes

Posted on March 23, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

NYC industries see economic boon as congestion pricing continues; subway ridership increases as traffic flow is mixed bag in March

Posted on March 23, 2025

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Bronx

Bronx brute breaks woman’s nose in unprovoked random attack: cops

Posted on March 23, 2025

Image of Manhattan parking scofflaw accused of punching traffic agent

Manhattan parking scofflaw who punched traffic agent had more than 750 violations in 6 years

Posted on March 22, 2025

Suspect in Chinatown murder escorted by police officers in handcuffs

NYC Neighborhoods

Chinatown murder: Second suspect who shot woman dead in apartment building cuffed in South Carolina

Posted on March 21, 2025

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QNS

Queens TV actor gets 25 years to life for 2021 revenge killing in St. Albans: DA

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QNS

Queens leaders rally against proposed $880B federal cuts to Medicaid

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Bronx Times

Bronx Community Board votes down Bally’s casino proposal after ejecting public from meeting

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QNS

Addabbo bill seeks transparency on utility rate hikes: ‘New Yorkers deserve fair notice’

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Bronx Times

Teen’s accused killer ruled unfit: Judge sends Bronx stab suspect to psych ward

Rendering of proposed upgrades to Parsons Boulevard under the new "Jamaica Neighborhood Plan." .

QNS

‘Neighborhood of the future’: Mayor Adams pushes forward with rezoning plan for Downtown Jamaica

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Brooklyn Paper

Behind the picket line: Filmmakers document Alamo Drafthouse workers’ battle for better pay

Suspect in Queens sex crime spree escorted by cops out of precinct

Queens

Queens sex crime spree: Suspect convicted of raping Brooklyn girl 18 years ago cuffed for lewd acts months after being paroled

Posted on March 20, 2025

President Trump signs order abolishing US Department of Education

Politics

NY Congressional Democrats seethe over Trump’s executive order to shut down US Department of Education

Posted on March 20, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald Trump

Courts

Man sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg

Posted on March 20, 2025

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QNS

Second teen arrested for fatal stabbing of 14-year-old outside Sunnyside McDonald’s last month: NYPD

‘PATH’ of progress? Mayor Adams says homeless outreach teams have cleaned up subways – though riders are unconvinced

Posted on March 20, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction continues on geothermal Bushwick hotel slated to open this summer

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Show them the money! Transportation groups demand city DOT end hiring freeze, advance street safety projects

Posted on March 20, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

How Brooklyn’s West X East is redefining South Asian fashion

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QNS

‘I reject the notion that my race or sex would bar my focus in life’: Queens honors Constance Baker Motley with USPS stamp unveiling

Rikers Island

Woman dies in custody at embattled Rikers Island; NYC’s fourth in-custody death in a month

Posted on March 20, 2025

Mother of Brooklyn man shot dead weeps at vigil

Brooklyn

A year after Brooklyn teen was shot dead outside home, his family asks: Why hasn’t his killer been found?

Posted on March 20, 2025

Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champion and Brooklyn private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty earlier this month to soliciting sexually explicit images of children

Brooklyn Paper

Ex-Brooklyn Heights teacher jailed for 7 years after coaxing teens to send sexual images

QNS

Trials and tribulations of trash: New bin law aims for cleaner streets but faces resistance and delays

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Brooklyn Paper

Fire at NYCHA’s Brownsville Houses leaves 13 people injured

Truck parking on NYC street

Pay load: DOT introduces metered parking for trucks and other commercial vehicles in outer-borough neighborhoods

Posted on March 20, 2025

Protesters in Mahmoud Khalil case march in front of The Trump building in Manhattan

Politics

More protests in Manhattan over Columbia University pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment as case heads to New Jersey

Posted on March 20, 2025

Suspect sought for Queens subway assault on F line

Queens subway assault: Unhinged woman attacks 7-year-old boy, threatens him and mom with knife

Posted on March 20, 2025

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QNS

Cold-case murders tied to Black Rain drug gang lead to 30-year sentence: Feds

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Brooklyn Paper

Speed limit in Dumbo to be lowered to 20 mph as nabe becomes Brooklyn’s first ‘Regional Slow Zone’

Independent Rikers Commission unveils a comprehensive plan to shutting down the contentious Rikers Island Jail known for its lack of public safety measurements.

Politics

‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closure

Posted on March 19, 2025

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End of the line: MTA to end MetroCard sales by Dec. 31 to make room for OMNY

Posted on March 19, 2025

Mayor Adams fielding questions from reporters.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams blames Andrew Cuomo for city’s struggles with crime, homelessness

Posted on March 19, 2025

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Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Bally’s announces $625M in community benefits to accompany proposed casino complex

A affordable housing lottery is open at 1026 Third Avenue in Lenox Hill.

Affordable housing lottery opens in Lenox Hill with $960 studios

Posted on March 19, 2025

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Harlem deli worker stabbed in the neck as masked attacker attempted to steal a cake

Posted on March 19, 2025

Disgraced Manhattan teacher looks up at attorney after guilty plea

No jail for Manhattan teacher who pleaded guilty to criminal charges after photographing boy in school bathroom

Posted on March 19, 2025

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QNS

Sen. John Liu urges extension of April 1 CDPAP transition deadline to prevent care disruptions

Radio City Rockettes celebrate 100 years of kicking, dancing and dazzling

Famous Radio City Rockettes’ kicking off 100th anniversary celebrations

Posted on March 19, 2025

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New York

Rolling the dice: Who will win three coveted New York City-area full casino licenses?

Posted on March 19, 2025

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New York

Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil pens open letter from ICE detention center in Louisiana

Posted on March 18, 2025

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad at court after testifying against would-be assassins

Courts

Iranian journalist faces would-be assassins in court after they allegedly tried to murder her in Brooklyn

Posted on March 18, 2025

West 4th Street subway station with people leaning on metal bars

Something to lean on: MTA replaces iconic wooden benches with space-saving bars at this popular NYC subway station

Posted on March 18, 2025

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New lawsuit alleges favoritism, political corruption in Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment award process

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Disgraced former Queens Council Member Dan Halloran arrested on child porn charges

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Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk returns this May, featuring hundreds of emerging artists and dozens of local businesses

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Q&A: ‘High Art’ director Lisa Cholodenko discusses 1998 film’s re-release