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More than 50,000 people marched in NYC's Israel Day Parade on June 1, as Mayor Mamdani boycotted and a Muslim...
The New York State Assembly passed a bill to freeze ground rent increases for lower and middle income Battery Park...
Nearly 1,400 Jewish New Yorkers, including 76 spiritual leaders, sent an open letter demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani take concrete action...
Five historic tall ships from four countries dock at Brooklyn Bridge Park July 5–7 as New York Harbor hosts the...
In June 2026, incumbent Adriano Espaillat faces two progressive challengers—Darializa Avila Chevalier and Oscar Romero—in the NY-13 Democratic primary.
The tax aimed at billionaires barely dents Ken Griffin. It could put a lien on your co-op.
Two commissions are fighting over your November ballot, and one of them is technically dead.
The NYC Department of Small Business Services hosted its third-annual Small Business Month Expo at 60 Pine Street, with over...
Antonio Reynoso and Claire Valdez lead the Democratic primary race to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in NY-7, covering Bushwick...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order reaffirming NYC's sanctuary protections and launched a Know Your Rights campaign as ICE...
The fight was supposed to be about Mamdani skipping the parade. An uninvited minister changed the subject.
Bushwick ranks as NYC's best neighborhood for homebuyers in 2026 with a $999,000 median asking price down 16.3% and inventory...
New York mandated how every school teaches reading and math, then claimed a test-score win experts say it can't yet...
A coalition of 30+ groups including the New York Mets is pressing Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani to restore weekend...
The World Cup final is coming to the New York area. The city's own Comptroller says New York loses money...
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign will host The Art of Mobility fundraiser on May 14, 2026, featuring NYC DOT Art Program...
Harlem renamed a subway stop for Malcolm X. Brooklyn's bill to rename the Utica Avenue station passed the Assembly 144...
Six New City Critics fellows will launch their publication City en Regalia at DCTV in Lower Manhattan on June 17,...
Teachers got a retirement win. Then the bill quietly moved to the 2030s.
Getting Out and Staying Out honored former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and its East Harlem violence-interruption team at its...
Yemeni American Merchants Association held a candlelight vigil for Abdul Saleh, a 28-year-old bodega worker fatally shot outside his family's...
The Bushwick Starr co-production 'A Woman Among Women' by Julia May Jonas opens at Lincoln Center's LCT3 through June 28,...
New York State reaches 600 licensed cannabis dispensaries and $3 billion in sales, five years after legalizing adult-use marijuana in...
Brooklyn housing group CUFFH Action will join the No Kings Day march on March 28 to protest Trump administration policies...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams unveils Build-A-Budget interactive tool letting New Yorkers experiment with balancing the city budget as state talks...
Brooklyn rapper Donwill recorded a live episode of his Webby-winning podcast with Mixtape Museum curator Regan Sommer McCoy at Manhattan's...
The Trump administration calls its NYC immigration sweep the worst of the worst. Court records say 76 percent had no...
Brooklyn child care providers plan to rally for higher wages outside the governor's office as state budget negotiations continue, according...
Historic Districts Council's 2026 conference examined whether preservation advocates should help save NYC's manufacturing industries alongside the buildings they occupy.
Community media outlets will meet with NYC mayor's press and engagement officials at CUNY forum on March 17 to discuss...
Met Council CEO David Greenfield hosted state Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Alex Bores for a public discussion on...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is scheduled to speak Thursday at the NYC Council's Committee on Civil and Human Rights hearing...
New York's Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board convened in Midtown Manhattan to develop recommendations on allocating settlement money for addiction...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend civil rights events Saturday including a Rev. Jesse Jackson tribute with Al Sharpton and NAACP's...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is scheduled to address a Black History Month reception at the Schomburg Center for Research in...
The nonprofit photography organization launches spring programs at Brooklyn and Harlem veteran centers, plus Queens schools, offering free classes to...