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NAACP files motion to block USPS rule that could stop mail-in ballot delivery
The NAACP, its Legal Defense Fund, and Public Citizen filed a federal court motion June 4 to block a USPS...
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Reynoso put all $45 million of his first-year capital budget into maternal care, citing Black women’s 8x higher death rate
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is running in the June 23 NY-7 Democratic primary on housing, ICE abolition, and a...
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City Council pushes $150 homeowner tax rebate, heat pump grants in FY2027 budget
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
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Mamdani used his first veto to block a protest-buffer bill on free-speech grounds. Hochul slid a statewide version into the budget and never told him.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation creating 50-foot security buffer zones around New York houses of worship, prohibiting protests near religious...
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Meng’s phone town hall read just 11 questions, and constituents say theirs got buried or rewritten
Grace Meng's May 19 telephone town hall in NY-6 drew criticism from constituents who say their questions on ICE, Gaza,...
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Claire Valdez reversed her pledge to reject PAC money at the NY-7 debate
On the NY1 debate stage, Democratic socialist Assemblywoman Claire Valdez reversed her pledge to reject superPAC money, saying her campaign...
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New York City has a pile of free help for small businesses. Most owners find out it exists too late
New York City offers free legal help, navigators and courses for small businesses. Most owners never learn they exist until...
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A pro-Meng op-ed wants a landslide in Queens, to scare off DSA challengers for good
NYC early voting runs June 13–21 ahead of the June 23 Democratic primary, with Rep. Grace Meng facing DSA-backed challenger...
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NYC launched Gun Violence Awareness Month in Bed-Stuy, run by a brand-new community-safety office of about five people with no deal with the NYPD yet
NYC launched Gun Violence Awareness Month at Restoration Plaza, run by a brand-new, roughly five-person community-safety office with no NYPD...
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An ACS award for Bushwick that doesn’t start until 2027 and re-ups the group already doing the job
ACS touted recommended awards for 11 Community Partnerships. The Bushwick one re-ups the group already doing the job and doesn't...
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The city is throwing a ribbon-cutting for a Bushwick Inlet Park section that has been open since April
NYC Parks and Council Member Restler cut a ribbon on Bushwick Inlet Park's $9.8 million Motiva section, a restored tidal...
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50,000 marched in the Israel Day Parade and brought cardboard cutouts of the mayor who skipped it
More than 50,000 people marched in NYC's Israel Day Parade on June 1, as Mayor Mamdani boycotted and a Muslim...
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A NYC judge called her 121-case day ‘some fun new adventure,’ then ordered nearly 40 people deported for not showing up
New York City immigration judges are handling over 100 cases per day under new 'mega master' hearings, raising concerns about...
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Reynoso’s campaign says he ‘dominated’ the NY-7 debate. The single quote it shared was ‘Go Knicks.’
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso debated on NY1 for NY's 7th Congressional seat, drawing on a decade of progressive wins...
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Nearly 1,400 Jewish New Yorkers want Mamdani to act after Jews were 60% of April hate crimes
Nearly 1,400 Jewish New Yorkers, including 76 spiritual leaders, sent an open letter demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani take concrete action...
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Hispanic Federation says 88 percent of the Latino voters it registered turned out in 2020
The Hispanic Federation says 88 percent of its registered Latino voters cast ballots in the 2020 election, 22 percentage points...
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State Assembly passes bill to freeze ground rent increases for eligible Battery Park City residents
The New York State Assembly passed a bill to freeze ground rent increases for lower and middle income Battery Park...
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He spent 23 years in New York prisons. The state Senate just confirmed him to oversee them, and a Republican said Hochul handed him the keys
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to nominate Alexander Dockery, whose sentence she commuted in 2023, to New York's Commission of...
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An oil refiner’s old Bushwick Inlet parcel is finally a public beach with a kayak launch, 21 years after the city promised the park
NYC Parks opened the Motiva parcel at Bushwick Inlet Park on June 3, adding tidal wetlands, a sandy beach, and...
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The NRA’s longtime boss tried to escape his $4.35 million bill for lavish perks, the court said no
New York Attorney General Letitia James won an appellate ruling upholding a $4.35 million judgment and 10-year ban against former...
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Mamdani picked a street-redesign legend for the MTA board to deliver free buses. He controls 4 of its 17 votes
Mamdani picked a street-redesign legend for the MTA board. He controls 4 of its 17 votes.
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Ridgewood’s queer scene isn’t a row of gay bars. It’s a black-metal record shop, a pierogi place, and a horror book fair
QNS's Ridgewood Pride guide maps a queer scene that runs through a black-metal record shop, a pierogi spot, and a...
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The city calls it 100 percent affordable housing. Sixteen Bed-Stuy neighbors say it skipped the review every other site got
The city pitches the Atlantic Avenue plan as 100 percent affordable. Sixteen Bed-Stuy neighbors say it skipped the review every...
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The city is wiring up 100 intersections to make streets safer, out of 6,000 miles, for about $300,000
NYC DOT is scaling up privacy-protective street sensors to 100 intersections, out of 6,000 miles of streets, for about $300,000....
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Groups of people keep climbing into New York’s sewers at 2 a.m. Nobody can say why
Cameras keep catching small groups descending into New York's sewers around 2 a.m. No one can say who they are...
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House Democrats demand answers from postmaster general on a proposed mail-in voting rule
Thirty House Democrats sent Postmaster General David Steiner a letter demanding answers on a USPS rule that could condition mail-in...
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Five tall ships from four countries just docked in Brooklyn, and you can walk their decks for free through Monday
Five historic tall ships from four countries dock at Brooklyn Bridge Park July 5–7 as New York Harbor hosts the...
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A Williamsburg restaurant is closing, and the new spot moving in is the owners admitting their experiment didn’t work
Rose Marie on Lorimer Street closes June 13. The spot replacing it is the same owners quietly admitting their Southern-inspired...
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Community Board 1 to hear Brooklyn Public Library’s Leonard Library ADA update
Community Board 1 will hear the Brooklyn Public Library's progress report on rebuilding the Leonard branch in Williamsburg to be...
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North Brooklyn’s coolest concert venue is a public park that gets zero public money, so it throws raves to survive
Under the K Bridge Park turned the Kosciuszko Bridge base into a top concert venue. It is a public park...
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New York says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of 585 people who enforce it
The state says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of the people who enforce it.
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New York spent years banning gerrymandering in its own constitution. Now Democrats want to erase those rules to fight back
New York spent years banning gerrymandering in its constitution. Now Democrats want to erase those rules.
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Con Edison wants credit for a record North Brooklyn grid upgrade. You’re paying for it through the rate hike on your bill
Con Edison wants credit for a record $3.9 billion grid upgrade in North Brooklyn. You are paying for it through...
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A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part
A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part.