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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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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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Free school lunch disappears every June for low-income kids. New York just sent their families $189 million to cover it
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
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110-degree heat is coming to New York this week. Never leave a child alone in a hot car, even with the windows cracked
New York City faces a dangerous heat wave this week, with heat index temperatures forecast to approach 110°F by Thursday...
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Panel warns that teen sports betting can be as addictive as drugs
A Rye Youth Council panel warned that teen sports betting, easier since New York legalized it in 2022, can be...
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Hochul has $20 million in the bank, Blakeman has just over $21,000
Twenty-three Bronx elected officials endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election, citing Bronx housing gains and contrasting her record with Bruce...
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Federal judge dismisses governments’ challenge to New York’s Even Year Election Law with prejudice, flags $1.6 million in taxpayer-funded legal fees as ‘troubling’
A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit challenging New York's Even Year Election Law, citing lack of standing and...
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New York and Massachusetts leaders condemn Supreme Court ruling ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians
New York and Massachusetts officials vowed to fight in court and Congress the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling letting Trump end...
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Gov. Hochul awards East Williamsburg $20 million to revitalize its downtown
Governor Hochul gave East Williamsburg $20 million in state funds to revitalize its downtown, doubling the usual DRI award by...
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Mamdani criticizes Trump over immigration barriers to the 2026 World Cup
NYC Mayor Mamdani criticized Trump's immigration crackdown on players and journalists while unveiling a free World Cup Final watch party...
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Jenifer Rajkumar’s bill recognizing ARFID as an eating disorder passes the state Legislature
NY Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar's bill adding ARFID to the state's recognized eating disorders has passed the Legislature and now heads...
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American youth soccer runs on pay-to-play. As the World Cup arrives, New York is spending $6 million on fields for the kids it shuts out.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced NY Kicks, a $6 million fund to build community soccer fields and support free programs as...
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East Williamsburg, a Brooklyn industrial zone, just won $20 million to build a ‘downtown.’ To get the money, it had to promise more housing.
East Williamsburg won $20 million from New York State's Downtown Revitalization Initiative, with strings attached requiring new housing development in...
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State legislature passes bill to lock in two-person subway crews
New York lawmakers passed a bill protecting roughly 3,600 subway conductors by requiring two-person crews, which now heads to Gov....
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The lawyer who prosecuted Trump for fraud just got a judgeship from Hochul
Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Andrew Amer, who led the 2023 civil fraud prosecution of Donald Trump, to the New York...
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IBX would run trains every 5 minutes, 24/7, past Ridgewood homes: ‘I only care about the noise’
Residents near the proposed Inter-Borough Express rail line in Ridgewood express concerns over 24/7 noise, while others support the $3B...
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Bushwick’s Velázquez torches Blakeman, who ‘lost running for every office under the sun,’ as Hochul hits his vaccine stance
Governor Hochul's campaign targeted Bruce Blakeman on vaccines as Bushwick Rep. Velázquez added pressure, while Hochul touted childcare and policy...
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New York bars civil restraining orders against a stalker who isn’t your ex. A bill on Hochul’s desk would change that.
NY's CREEP Act expanding anti-stalking protections to online victims and coworkers has passed the legislature June 5 and awaits Gov....
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New York Assembly passes revised bill for media access to encrypted police radio, excluding the NYPD
The New York State Assembly passed a revised media access bill for encrypted police radio statewide, but the NYPD is...
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A 3-year-old died of a dairy allergy at his NY daycare, now a bill would finally make centers stock epinephrine
A bipartisan New York bill requiring all childcare centers to stock epinephrine and train staff in allergy response now heads...
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The city’s own number-crunchers just put a $1.1 billion price tag on free NYC buses, $400 million above what anyone was saying out loud
NYC's Independent Budget Office estimates making all city buses free could cost $1.1 billion annually, well above prior projections of...
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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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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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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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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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A coalition of more than 30 groups, plus the Mets, presses Hochul and Mamdani to bring back weekend G train service to Forest Hills
A coalition of 30+ groups including the New York Mets is pressing Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani to restore weekend...
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Mayor Mamdani unveils $124.7B budget closing historic deficit with taxes on wealthy, childcare expansion
Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a $124.7 billion budget closing a $12 billion deficit through new taxes on wealthy property owners...
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‘Hedge fund handout’: Mamdani and Menin push Hochul to claw back $1 billion from Wall Street
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin are urging Gov. Hochul to scale back a tax credit benefiting...
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Healthcare unions and electeds rallied at Lincoln Hospital to demand Hochul tax the rich
Healthcare unions and electeds gathered at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx demanding Gov. Hochul tax the wealthy to protect Essential...
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State opens 24/7 crisis stabilization center in East New York
New York State opened a 24-hour behavioral health crisis stabilization center in East New York, Brooklyn, operated by Services for...
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Mamdani to join Hochul for “Let Them Build” event Tuesday
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will join Governor Kathy Hochul Tuesday for a Let Them Build event promoting housing and infrastructure...
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DEC sets New York’s license-free freshwater fishing days for 2026
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation announced six free freshwater fishing days for 2026, allowing anglers to fish without licenses...
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NYSOFA director tells lawmakers Hochul’s FY2027 budget makes historic investments in older New Yorkers
NY Office for the Aging Director Greg Olsen told lawmakers Gov. Hochul's FY2027 budget includes historic investments in older adults,...
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Brooklyn Democratic Party unendorses Hochul as state convention nears
The Brooklyn Democratic Party withdrew its endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul days before the state party convention, breaking with the...
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Hochul pledges chip-secured EBT cards and wider rent freeze eligibility in State of the State
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans to upgrade EBT cards with security chips and expand rent freeze programs for seniors and...