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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

Intersection in the Upper East Side in daytime

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

Los Angeles wildfires victims embrace

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

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Brooklyn Paper

More than a decade after superstorm, Brooklyn Navy Yard receives $28M in FEMA funding for Sandy-related repairs

Shooting at Tompkins Square Park

Courts

Tompkins Square Park shooting suspect pleads guilty to gunfire that left two people wounded

Posted on January 14, 2025

Congestion pricing gantry in Manhattan

Congestion pricing: MTA remains tight-lipped on Manhattan toll revenue as traffic declines in first week

Posted on January 14, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx congressman demands action to dismantle open-air drug market in the Hub

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Sports

St. John’s garden revival continues: Nova down, Georgetown next

Posted on January 14, 2025

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Feds support Midtown Bus Terminal makeover with $1.89 billion loan

Posted on January 14, 2025

Firefighters in Chinatown battle flames

Seven firefighters injured in Chinatown as two-alarm fire rips through homeless shelter

Posted on January 14, 2025

Delivery trucks in microhub

NYC launching delivery ‘microhubs’ in 2025 to help reduce truck traffic further in congestion pricing era

Posted on January 14, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Two-alarm fire leaves Brooklyn home uninhabitable

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QNS

Lawmakers Meng, AOC, Meeks and Schumer secure $190 million to address destructive flooding in Queens

QNS

Op-ed | New York’s ground lease co-ops: Our families can’t wait any longer

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QNS

German airline Condor joins elite roster of international carriers at JFK Terminal 6

Medical examiner loads body into van in Queens

Bronx

Bronx murder mystery: Cops find man dead and covered in blood in back of ambulette

Posted on January 14, 2025

EMS chief listens to NYPD radio

Politics

Over and out: NYPD radio encryption shuts out volunteer and EMS first responders

Posted on January 14, 2025

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development boasts accomplishments in building fair housing initiative with new progress report.

News

Department of Housing Preservation and Development celebrates accomplishments in ‘Where We Live NYC’ fair housing initiative

Posted on January 13, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Park Slope Starbucks location to close at end of January, months after unionizing

Mayor Adams aides

Politics

Mayor Adams elevates two senior officials to deputy mayor posts

Posted on January 13, 2025

Health care and ambulance workers practice safety measurements needed when moving high risk patients.

Health

Bird flu: Bellevue Hospital enhances prep with $2 million in federal funding to guard against outbreaks

Posted on January 13, 2025

QueensLink

QNS

QueensLink receives $400K federal grant to advance transformative transit project

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Bronx Times

New 2,200-bed migrant shelter opening in South Bronx amid citywide shelter closures

mta

QNS

MTA announces 265 zero-emissions buses and Jamaica Depot modernization in push for sustainable transit

Staten Island stabbing suspect arrested

Woman surrenders in fatal stabbing of Staten Island mother during brawl

Posted on January 13, 2025

Mayor Adams reacts to poll showing Cuomo with lead

2025 Mayor’s Race

‘Deja vu’: Adams says early Cuomo polling lead is repeat of Yang advantage in 2021

Posted on January 13, 2025

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QNS

Mets and New York Blood Center hosting annual winter blood drive Jan. 15

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Bronx Times

Man fatally stabbed in Bronx building, person of interest in custody

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Bronx Times

Bronx housing lottery opens for 50 ‘affordable’ units in Westchester Square, studios start at $3,287

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Brooklyn Paper

Founders of now-empty Bed-Stuy Aquarium hope to install permanent fish pond

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Business

Bird flu outbreak sends egg prices soaring in NYC – and could crack New Yorkers hard if left unchecked, Schumer warns

Posted on January 13, 2025

More from around NYC

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New renderings unveiled for upcoming 31-story residential building in Highbridge

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LaGuardia Airport takes center stage in new PBS documentary ‘Extreme Airport Engineering’

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Brooklynites call for interfaith unity and an end to antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream after more than a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream