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After 132 years, Aqueduct Race Track in South Ozone Park is closing, and Empire State Development is launching public workshops...
Astoria’s 77-year-old auto body shop at 34-29 31st Street secured community board support to retain its zoning variance, preserving industrial...
Nydia Velázquez’s Brooklyn-Queens congressional seat is open for the first time in 30 years; Tuesday’s Democratic primary will decide her...
Queens transformed Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King Center into a free World Cup fan fest, offering...
The Take Heart Foundation and Hot Shots Basketball held their inaugural basketball clinic for children with developmental disabilities at PS...
Bushwick voters faced a progressive showdown in the June 23 primary as Claire Valdez and Antonio Reynoso battled for the...
Former diplomat Chuck Park, who challenged Rep. Grace Meng in New York's 6th Congressional District, hoped a deported 13-year-old would...
NY Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar's bill adding ARFID to the state's recognized eating disorders has passed the Legislature and now heads...
The MTA's $5.5 billion Interborough Express light rail from Bay Ridge to Jackson Heights is prioritizing tunneling beneath Metropolitan Avenue...
Assemblywoman Claire Valdez accepted donations from AI investors and ICE vendors despite public pledges to reject such money, per a...
New Yorkers can testify on proposed NYC City Charter revisions through June 23, with Queens and Staten Island hearings remaining...
Residents near the proposed Inter-Borough Express rail line in Ridgewood express concerns over 24/7 noise, while others support the $3B...
A Queens lawmaker and a Brooklyn housing organizer are backing a New York bill to close the champerty loophole that...
Tenants and landlords testified at the NYC Rent Guidelines Board's first Queens hearing on June 4, debating a potential freeze...
City Council Member Julie Won, Assemblymember Claire Valdez, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso clashed over Gaza and super PAC...
NYC Council members pushed for a $150 property tax rebate, Homeowner Help Desk expansion, and heat pump grants in the...
The United Federation of Teachers reluctantly accepts a two-year extension of NYC's class size mandate, citing the need for more...
NYC early voting runs June 13–21 ahead of the June 23 Democratic primary, with Rep. Grace Meng facing DSA-backed challenger...
Cameras keep catching small groups descending into New York's sewers around 2 a.m. No one can say who they are...
QNS's Ridgewood Pride guide maps a queer scene that runs through a black-metal record shop, a pierogi spot, and a...
A feminist group show on Cypress Avenue is concrete proof Ridgewood's art scene, long treated as Bushwick's overflow, has become...
New York cut the fifth firefighter from most engines in 2011. With fire deaths nearly doubled, the Council wants $92...
3,500 workers shut down the nation's busiest railroad. They walked away with raises and a $3,000 check.
The election that actually decides who represents Brooklyn and Queens is June 23. Almost nobody will vote.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani warns NYC faces a $12 billion fiscal deficit and calls for state tax increases on wealthy earners...
AIONIA takes over House of Yes for Permanent Vacation's first NYC showcase, Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival returns, plus horror screening...
NYC Department of Records researchers uncovered the story of George Rex, officially designated 'The Last Slave,' who froze to death...
Tiny Arts Supply has moved to a 1,200-square-foot storefront at 612 Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, five times larger than its...
Con Edison restored power to 5,007 Middle Village and Maspeth customers by 4:30 a.m. after overnight outage caused by road...
Mayor Mamdani reports 18 outdoor deaths during what he called one of NYC's most dangerous cold stretches, as the city...
The Tallichet Freedman Foundation has awarded fall 2025 microgrants to 10 artists, selected from over 200 applications for the competitive...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will speak at Black History Month events in Queens and Brooklyn this weekend, including appearances in...