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Mamdani launches Memory Markers, a citywide 9/11 tribute on LinkNYC kiosks
Memory Markers puts the stories of the New Yorkers who carried the city through 9/11 on LinkNYC kiosks, a day...
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Mamdani signs executive order creating a first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order on September 3 creating the Mayor's Office of Worker Power, described as the...
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Housing court will fast-track cases with vacate orders, broken elevators and hazardous violations
Mayor Mamdani announced that New York City housing courts will now require parties in the most severe emergency cases —...
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KidSuper’s Colm Dillane is giving five Brooklyn designers $5,000 and a Fashion Week runway at Borough Hall
Borough President Antonio Reynoso and KidSuper founder Colm Dillane are bringing The People's Runway back to Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza...
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Mayor Mamdani, USTA Announce 1,000 Discounted Tickets to US Open for New Yorkers
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the United States Tennis Association are selling 1,000 discounted $100 US Open tickets to New York...
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New York City fills first 2,000 seats in its new free universal childcare program for two-year-olds
New York City has filled its first 2,000 free 2-K seats for two-year-olds, launching its universal childcare program with $1.2...
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City Council approves Monitor Point rezoning on the Greenpoint waterfront
The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with...
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Nydia Velázquez held NY-7 for 30 years. Here’s what the four candidates running to replace her were fighting over.
After 30 years, Rep. Nydia Velázquez is stepping down, opening NY-7 to four major candidates debating commercial rent, G train...
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Bushwick’s council member wants extra trash pickup for the city’s party blocks. The bill doesn’t say who pays.
Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez introduced a bill to create official nightlife districts in NYC, allowing neighborhoods like Bushwick to request...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the city’s worst violators.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and launching a 'Fix the...
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A DSA-backed challenger unseated a South Queens incumbent: Ridgewood’s ‘Commie Corridor’ handed him more than 1,500 votes
DSA-backed David Orkin unseated incumbent Jenifer Rajkumar in Assembly District 38, with Ridgewood’s 'Commie Corridor' delivering over 1,500 votes to...
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Federal court rules Trump administration’s conditions on $3 billion in homelessness funds unlawful, protecting housing for an estimated 170,000 people at risk
A federal court ruled Trump administration conditions on $3 billion in homelessness funding unlawful, protecting housing for 170,000 people, including...
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NYCHA lost track of tenants’ paperwork in a scanning backlog, then sent them termination warning letters for it
NYCHA mistakenly sent eviction notices to hundreds of East New York tenants after losing their recertification paperwork in a scanning...
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The federal SAVE Plan ended July 1, and NYC borrowers have 90 days to switch repayment plans before getting auto-enrolled in higher fixed payments
The federal SAVE student loan repayment plan ended July 1, 2026, and NYC borrowers have 90 days to switch plans...
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Mamdani-backed candidates ousted two incumbent NYC congressmembers in Tuesday’s primaries; DSA threw the victory party in East Williamsburg
Mamdani-backed DSA candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier won congressional primaries in NYC, ousting incumbents; victory party...
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NYC pedestrian deaths fall to 46 in the first half of 2026, a record low for any first half except the COVID-emptied streets of 2020
Forty-six pedestrians died in NYC during the first half of 2026, the lowest first-half total on record except for pandemic-era...
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Mamdani’s first budget kills a planned 580-officer NYPD hiring spree, redirects money to housing vouchers and mental health care
Mayor Mamdani's first NYC budget reverses NYPD hiring and closes a $12B deficit, directing new funds to housing vouchers, mental...
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Queens officials rally at Borough Hall to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
Queens officials packed Borough Hall June 29 to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme...
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Federal cuts ended Essential Plan coverage for 200,000-plus New Yorkers on July 1; city opens 60-day window to get them enrolled in alternatives
Federal cuts stripped Essential Plan coverage from over 200,000 New Yorkers on July 1. Mayor Mamdani launched a 60-day enrollment...
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Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case for turning Rikers into a renewable energy hub
Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case that closing Rikers Island is environmental justice and urge passage of a...
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CUNY faculty group says its advocacy helped push Governor Hochul to halt a Hunter College Palestinian studies hire
A CUNY faculty group called CAFI says its public advocacy contributed to Governor Hochul nullifying a 2025 Hunter College Palestinian...
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Renewable energy credits go on sale this summer, opening a potential loophole in NYC’s building climate law
Starting this summer, NYC building owners can buy renewable energy credits to offset Local Law 97 emissions instead of retrofitting,...
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Unofficial primary election results released for Queens
Unofficial July 1 primary results show former Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso lost the 7th Congressional District race to Claire...
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Capt. Christopher Vincenti takes over Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct, the same command where he ran special operations as a lieutenant
The NYPD has named Capt. Christopher Vincenti commanding officer of the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, succeeding Capt. Dasaro, promoted...
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New York State budget establishes 50-foot buffer zones around houses of worship and religious schools, with misdemeanor penalties for harassment inside them
New York State’s budget establishes 50-foot buffer zones around houses of worship, religious schools, and community centers, making harassment a...
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that police must get a warrant before pulling your location data from Google and other tech companies
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on July 1 that police must get a warrant to access location data from...
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Supreme Court will decide for the first time if AR-15 bans are constitutional, taking up cases from Connecticut and Cook County that could reshape gun law in 14 states
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted cases from Connecticut and Cook County to rule on assault weapons bans for the first...
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New York’s student aid agency marks America’s 250th with a campaign spotlighting the $900M it distributes to nearly 300,000 students each year
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
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NYC’s composting rules were ‘confusing and outdated,’ DSNY says: now every business has to follow them
The NYC Council passed Intro 31 on July 1, requiring all businesses to compost food and yard waste under DSNY's...
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More than 1,300 tourism workers ask NYC to raise promotion funding to $35 million
Over 1,300 tourism and hospitality workers are urging NYC to raise its tourism marketing budget to $35 million for FY2027,...
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Mamdani and Menin strike $125.8 billion budget deal that expands housing vouchers
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
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Two Orthodox Jewish Democrats just won their Assembly primaries. One says it’s not the party he grew up with.
Pesach Osina and Joey Cohen-Saban won New York State Assembly primaries in Queens and Brooklyn, citing concerns about their party’s...
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Report warns Delivery Protection Act could put over 10,000 NYC jobs at risk
A consulting firm's 146-page report warns NYC's Delivery Protection Act could cost more than 10,000 jobs and raise annual delivery...
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Phil Wong secures $22.7 million for Ridgewood and neighboring Queens districts in FY2027 city budget, including a $6.5 million playground renovation
Council Member Phil Wong secured $22.7 million in the FY2027 city budget for Queens District 30, including $6.5 million for...
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Frank Carone pushes for August trial in migrant housing bribery case
Frank Carone pushed for an August 24 federal bribery trial in Brooklyn court, where he's charged with taking $120,000 to...
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TWU president urged the state AFL-CIO not to endorse Hochul’s reelection
TWU President John Samuelsen urged the NY State AFL-CIO not to endorse Gov. Hochul amid MTA contract talks, but the...
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Hotel owner charged with bribing Adams’ ex-chief of staff can’t leave the five boroughs, judge says. Except for the World Cup final
A Brooklyn federal judge allowed hotel owner Yan Po Zhu, charged with bribing ex-Adams aide Frank Carone, to attend the...
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NY FAIR Act would cap Con Edison’s authorized profit rate to cut electric bills, as the company disconnected 88,000 households for nonpayment last year
A new state bill aims to cap Con Edison’s profit rate on infrastructure investments to lower electricity bills across New...
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Students organized against school cops, Make the Road says the new budget cut those vacant positions
Bushwick-based Make the Road New York says the FY2027 NYC budget deal cuts more than 500 NYPD positions, expands CityFHEPS,...
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Supreme Court cleared states to ban trans girls from school sports. In New York, doing that is already illegal.
The Supreme Court ruled states may ban transgender girls from school sports, but New York's own state laws still protect...
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Hochul gave the grid a 10-year reprieve on going clean. Local Law 97’s fines on co-op and condo boards start in 2030 regardless
Gov. Hochul's budget weakened NY's climate law targets, but NYC's Local Law 97 building emissions caps remain, with fines for...
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A Trump rule would have made teachers’ and nurses’ loan forgiveness depend on their employers’ politics. A judge permanently blocked it one day before it took effect
NY AG Letitia James led a 22-state coalition to permanently block a Trump rule stripping loan forgiveness from public servants...
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After Mamdani vetoed protest buffer zones around schools, City Council passed a veto-proof reporting law that covers K-12 but not colleges
NYC Council passed a veto-proof law requiring NYPD transparency reports on protest perimeters around K-12 schools after Mayor Mamdani vetoed...
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Trump administration cuts funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit, the same unit the state attorney general says has recovered $627 million since 2019
Trump's administration suspended New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit funding through September, despite the unit recovering $627 million in fraud...
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Mamdani’s old Astoria apartment just got a 35% rent hike, and the broker admits they were trying to ‘max out’ the price before his rent freeze kicked in
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s former rent-stabilized Astoria apartment saw a 35% rent hike after he moved out, with the landlord renovating...
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Lincoln Restler reverses opposition to Monitor Point towers after Gotham Organization agrees to boost affordable housing to 50 percent
Councilmember Lincoln Restler reversed his opposition to the Monitor Point towers in Greenpoint after securing 50% affordable housing, senior units,...
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House Democratic leaders brush off concerns about NYC congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier’s past communist social media posts, say she has changed
House Democratic leaders say NYC congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier has moved on from past social media posts praising communism,...
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Jaime Williams wins Democratic primary in Brooklyn’s 59th Assembly District
Assemblywoman Jaime R. Williams defeated DSA-backed Jibreel Jalloh by nearly two-to-one in the June 23 Democratic primary for Brooklyn's 59th...
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Supreme Court rules states can ban trans athletes from girls’ sports; NYC says its own protections are not changing
The Supreme Court ruled states can ban trans athletes from girls' sports, but New York City reaffirms its protections for...
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Same week, same court: birthright citizenship survives 6-3, and roughly 40,000 New Yorkers lose legal status under TPS
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30 to uphold birthright citizenship, ending months of fear for Bushwick's immigrant families...