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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Cuomo’s comeback attempt faces opposition from protesters over sex harassment allegations that forced him out of office

Posted on March 2, 2025

Andrew Cuomo speaking at podium in NYC mayoral race

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Andrew Cuomo criticizes state of a city ‘in trouble,’ outlines action plan at first campaign speech

Posted on March 2, 2025

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Queens

Hochul touts economic agenda, vows to fight Medicaid cuts in Sunday visits to Queens

Posted on March 2, 2025

NYC mayoral race forum candidates speaking and listening

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Democratic candidates debate affordable housing, mental health in shadow of Cuomo’s entry into contest

Posted on March 2, 2025

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‘Pull the plug’: New Yorkers protest Elon Musk’s government rampage outside Manhattan Tesla dealership

Posted on March 2, 2025

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Andrew Cuomo finally declares himself a candidate after months of speculation

Posted on March 1, 2025

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Dr. Hazel Dukes, 92, remembered as long-time champion of civil rights in NY

Posted on March 1, 2025

Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayoral hopeful Stringer cautions Gov. Hochul’s proposed guardrails for Adams go too far

Posted on February 28, 2025

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Bronx Times

Guardian Angels begin regular patrol of new migrant shelter site

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn GOP seat swaps could pave way for Ari Kagan’s return to city council

Amanda Lefton testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when she was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

LI Press

Long Islander Amanda Lefton named new DEC commissioner

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QNS

Asian American Republican Club of Queens officially launches in Flushing

Protesters Rally Against Elon Musk Outside OPM Office

Bronx Times

Bronx native Army veteran fired under Trump cuts with days left in probationary period

NYC Mayoral race candidates at debate

Politics

NYC mayoral race: Candidates to attend bilingual forum on key issues with Latino community in Washington Heights

Posted on February 27, 2025

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán.

Gay City News

City lawmakers introduce package of bills to safeguard TGNCNBI New Yorkers

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

City seeks volunteers to help with new project to make enslaved New Yorkers historical records public

Posted on February 27, 2025

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams says she’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to last-minute run

Posted on February 27, 2025

Fatherhood Initiative father and son in NYC

Politics

NYC expanding ‘Fatherhood Initiative’ to help more dads and their children live better in the Big Apple

Posted on February 27, 2025

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Pro-Palestine students take over Barnard College hall, assault staff member in latest campus unrest

Posted on February 26, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Mayor Adams pulls out of powerful union’s candidates’ forum at last minute

Posted on February 26, 2025

Mayor Adams at podium

Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayor Adams’ lawyer asks federal judge to drop charges ‘with prejudice,’ citing leak of Sassoon letter

Posted on February 26, 2025

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QNS

Trump appoints Glendale’s Dan Bongino as FBI Deputy Director, working under fellow New Yorkers

Affordable housing in New York City

Politics

NYC’S HOUSING CRISIS: Why affordable housing really isn’t as ‘affordable’ as you think

Posted on February 25, 2025

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QNS

Exclusive: Ridgewood priest and Hungry Monk founder Fr. Mike Lopez announces bid for Council District 30

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Politics

NYC mayoral race: Cuomo holds double-digit edge in latest poll as reports indicate he could launch campaign this weekend

Posted on February 25, 2025

NYCLASS and animal rights activists rallied outside the Criminal Courthouse calling on the city council to pass Ryder's Law. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Politics

While trial for alleged horse abuser Ian McKeever is postponed, animal rights activists demand passage of Ryder’s Law

Posted on February 25, 2025

Governor Hochul at federal meeting in Washington

Politics

Hochul tells federal workers axed by Musk and Trump ‘You’re hired’ in new state government job recruitment campaign

Posted on February 25, 2025

AG James announces DoorDash settlement on tip theft

Business

Tipping point: Doordash agrees to pay millions in unpaid tips to NY delivery workers in settlement with AG James

Posted on February 24, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks about calls for his resignation or removal

Politics

Mayor Adams dismisses cacophony of calls for his resignation or removal, charging they’re antidemocratic

Posted on February 24, 2025

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Bronx Times

Longtime Army veteran fired from Bronx VA under Trump federal workforce cuts

Protesters against NYPD gang database at City Hall

Politics

Advocates call for NYPD gang database to be abolished as police brass call it an instrumental tool: ‘This is about oppression’

Posted on February 24, 2025

Person comes out of Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown

Asylum seeker intake and services at The Roosevelt Hotel to close, Adams says

Posted on February 24, 2025

Traffic zooms by congestion pricing cameras on the Upper East Side.

Politics

Congestion pricing: MTA announces $48.6 million in Manhattan toll revenue during first month of program

Posted on February 24, 2025

Ritchie Torres speaking

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Bronx Rep. Torres endorses former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has yet to officially jump into the primary

Posted on February 24, 2025

New Yorkers called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office at a rally in Lower Manhattan on Feb. 22, 2025.

Protesters in Manhattan repeat calls for Hochul to fire Mayor Adams days after she rules out removal ‘at this time’

Posted on February 23, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks about migrant aid

Politics

NYC sues Trump administration demanding return of $80 million in migrant funding taken in ‘money grab’

Posted on February 22, 2025

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Politics

Federal judge blocks dismissal of Adams’ corruption case, appoints independent attorney

Posted on February 21, 2025

Protestors protest in front of Hakeem Jeffries' office denouncing President Trump, Elon Musk and calling for a removal of Mayor Eric Adams.

Brooklyn

Protesters call on Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn to do more to resist Trump administration

Posted on February 21, 2025

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Politics

Midtown rally seeks prison culture reform as Hochul announces charges against guards in inmate Robert Brooks’ prison murder

Posted on February 20, 2025

The embattled mayor was holding a press conference inside of the Bronx’s 40th Precinct less than 24 hours after attending a court hearing on the decision of the DOJ dropping charges against him when the tense interaction unfolded.

Politics

Mayor Adams abruptly ends press conference after media questions him about Hochul, congestion pricing

Posted on February 20, 2025

Speaker Adams as a potential NYC mayoral race candidate

Politics

NYC mayoral race: Will City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams jump into the primary?

Posted on February 20, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking about Eric Adams, congestion pricing

Politics

Hochul spares Mayor Adams from removal ‘at this time,’ seeks new checks on his power instead

Posted on February 20, 2025

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QNS

CM Selvena Brooks-Powers’ bill expands accessibility for NYC’s deaf community

Lower Manhattan protest against Elon Musk, Donald Trump

Politics

Federal workers in Manhattan protest Elon Musk and Donald Trump cutting government jobs: ‘Delete DOGE’

Posted on February 19, 2025

Lower Manhattan rally against Mayor Adams

Mayor Adams Indictment

Crisis at City Hall: Lower Manhattan rallygoers say they have no confidence in Mayor Adams, paint bleak picture of government

Posted on February 19, 2025

Mayor Adams arrives at federal court hearing

Politics

Mayor Adams indictment: Federal judge to deliberate after hearing arguments over Trump DOJ’s motion to dismiss case

Posted on February 19, 2025

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Discusses Resignations Of 4 Deputy Mayors

QNS

Council Member Robert Holden calls for Comptroller Lander to recuse himself from mayoral discussions

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QNS

CM Williams pushes for DOI oversight of FDNY amid discrimination concerns

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