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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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New York’s July sky has Manhattanhenge, the Milky Way and three meteor showers
NYC's July sky offers Manhattanhenge on July 11, Milky Way views from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Venus and Jupiter...
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NYPD says its drone just malfunctioned and caught fire in DUMBO. Skydio says its flight logs show no safety malfunction at all
An NYPD surveillance drone malfunctioned and caught fire in Brooklyn Bridge Park near the FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in...
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Two free naloxone vending machines open on Staten Island
NYC opened two free public health vending machines in Port Richmond, Staten Island, dispensing naloxone around the clock with no...
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Sail4th 250 brings 80 ships and 20,000 sailors to New York Harbor this July 4th in what organizers call the largest maritime gathering in American history
New York Harbor will host the largest maritime and aerial gathering in American history this July 4th, with 80 vessels...
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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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Flushing residents sealed a community time capsule for 2076 at the school named after a Founding Father, with Knicks relics and family photos inside
Over 1,000 Flushing residents gathered at Francis Lewis High School to seal a community time capsule filled with family photos,...
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ASPCA urges NYC Council to fund pet food, vet care and shelter programs
The ASPCA is asking the NYC Council to fund animal shelter operations, affordable vet care, and a pet food assistance...
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More than a million march in NYC Pride 2026 under the theme ‘For All of Us’
More than a million people marched through Lower Manhattan on June 28 for NYC Pride 2026 under the theme 'For...
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How to protect your phone on Harlem’s public Wi-Fi from Safari malware
With 55 percent of New Yorkers on free public Wi-Fi monthly, security guides explain how to spot browser hijackers and...
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NYC is giving away 100,000 free tickets to the July 4 fireworks. The lottery closes Monday, and you can’t bring a chair.
100,000 free tickets to the Macy's July 4 fireworks are up for grabs at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Seaport,...
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Aqueduct Racetrack held its last live race on June 28, ending 132 years of Queens horse racing and the only NYC subway stop that runs in just one direction
Aqueduct Racetrack held its final live race on June 28, 2026, closing a 132-year chapter in Queens horse racing and...
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Salazar’s Evergreen Avenue cooling center is closed Friday through Sunday, the exact days the heat index hits 112
Bushwick's Saratoga Library is open as a cooling center through July 5 and Bushwick Pool has extended hours as NYC...
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Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg kid who turned Nazi jokes into art, just turned 100
Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg-born comedy legend who turned childhood trauma into groundbreaking satire, celebrates his 100th birthday with tributes and...
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Mamdani gave away 100,000 free July 4 fireworks tickets via lottery. If you won, you need to pick your zone today.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office distributed 100,000 free tickets via lottery for prime waterfront views of the Macy’s July 4 fireworks;...
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834 new apartments are landing on the Greenpoint waterfront: a 37-story tower is topping out over the India Street ferry pier
A 37-story tower is topping out at The Riverie, an 834-unit rental complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront at 18 India Street,...
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No TV and no ticket needed: 200 LinkNYC kiosks are streaming today’s World Cup round of 32 free, in Spanish
New York City is streaming the 2026 World Cup for free in Spanish on 200 LinkNYC kiosks across all five...
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Repeated DMCA notices filed under private aliases in Australia, UK and Switzerland knocked a federal court reporter’s Centra Tech fraud coverage from Google search multiple times in June
Journalist Matthew Russell Lee's Centra Tech fraud coverage was repeatedly delisted from Google via fake DMCA notices filed under false...
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More people have died of 9/11-related illnesses than in the attacks themselves. Five $25,000 scholarships just opened for the children they left behind.
The Barasch & McGarry Foundation awards five $25,000 college scholarships to seniors who lost a family member to a 9/11-related...
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New York just voted to hit pause on AI data centers, because 1 in 4 New Yorkers already can’t pay their electric bill. Now it’s on Hochul’s desk.
New York Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on large AI data centers to protect residents from rising electric bills, with...
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A Williamsburg couple got prank calls, 3 a.m. police visits and an ACS report. Now they are suing their landlord over an alleged harassment campaign
A Williamsburg couple claims their landlord ran a harassment campaign, but details remain scarce as Bushwick Daily seeks to verify...
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Twenty-five years after a Queens fire killed their firefighter husbands, three widows turned grief into a sisterhood that raised eight kids
On the 25th anniversary of a fatal Astoria hardware store fire, the widows of three fallen FDNY firefighters honored their...
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Forest Hills Stadium dodged the lawsuit that could have killed its concerts. But the neighbors’ nuisance fight isn’t over.
Forest Hills Stadium in Queens dodged a lawsuit that could have ended concerts, but neighbors’ nuisance claims live on, potentially...
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A Flushing senior center that serves 700 elders just closed over roof leaks, and NYCHA is getting an earful
The Latimer Gardens Older Adult Center in Flushing, serving 700 seniors, has closed due to persistent roof leaks, disrupting meals...
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A man awaiting trial was found unresponsive in a notorious Brooklyn federal jail and later died. Two months later, no one will say how.
Carlos Alberto Guerrero Mercado, a 47-year-old Mexican citizen awaiting trial, died in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center; two months later, no...
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Grace Meng has held her Queens seat for 13 years. A former diplomat is trying to take it Tuesday.
Rep. Grace Meng, who has held her Queens congressional seat since 2013, faces a progressive challenger on Tuesday’s primary ballot...
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Brad Lander lost the mayor’s race. Now he’s coming for Dan Goldman’s congressional seat, and the same left-vs-establishment war is back on June 23
Brad Lander, former NYC comptroller, is mounting a progressive challenge against Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10’s Democratic primary on June...
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A militia commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue. Now the country’s faith groups want $1 billion to lock their doors.
A Jewish and interfaith coalition led by the American Jewish Committee is urging Congress to expand the Nonprofit Security Grant...
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Here’s a simple fix for North Brooklyn’s brutal weekend transit: just extend the G train
A rider proposal suggests extending the G train to Forest Hills or Coney Island during weekend shutdowns to avoid shuttle...
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An Iran-backed commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue. The federal grant meant to protect houses of worship approved only 43 percent of applications last year.
An Iran-backed militia commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue, spurring a faith coalition to seek $1...
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Mamdani is throwing a free 50,000-person World Cup Final watch party in Central Park as Trump’s border czar vows the biggest ICE surge NYC has ever seen
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a free 50,000-person World Cup Final watch party on Central Park’s Great Lawn amid rising tensions...
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A two-inch dip closed a LaGuardia runway for the second time in a month. Blame the landfill underneath.
LaGuardia Airport closed Runway 4/22 for the second time in a month due to a two-inch pavement dip, blamed on...
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Bernie Sanders and Mamdani rallied at Kings Theatre to push their whole slate days before the primary
Senator Bernie Sanders and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani headlined a major get-out-the-vote rally at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, urging Brooklyn...
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NYC’s plan to shrink class sizes leans on $1.5 billion and a 2030 deadline. Overcrowded Queens schools are the test.
New York City unveiled a draft plan to meet state class-size mandates by 2030, allocating $1.5B for school space and...
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The state just revived the J-51 tax break, and it could take some of the sting out of the repair bills crushing NYC co-ops
New York’s revived J-51 tax incentive helps middle- and working-class co-op and condo owners afford mandatory repairs and green upgrades,...
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School integration has stalled in NYC for years. The new chancellor just restarted it in Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy and three other districts.
NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels has relaunched school integration efforts in five districts including Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy, forming community...
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Heat killed 21 New Yorkers last year, up from 3. Almost all were Black or Latino, and most died at home.
Last year, 21 New Yorkers died from heat stress — up from three the year before — with nearly all...
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Eva Moskowitz wants to hand a charter school to her husband. The teachers unions are suing to stop it.
Teachers unions are suing to block Eva Moskowitz’s plan to transfer a Success Academy charter to Strive Charter School, run...
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A Crown Heights landlord allegedly sent a stand-in to impersonate him in court to dodge rent stabilization. Now Letitia James is suing.
Attorney General Letitia James sued a Crown Heights landlord for allegedly sending a stand-in to court to avoid providing rent-stabilized...
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Mamdani promised bigger housing vouchers, then reversed course. The final deal: $175 million, not the $500 million the Council wanted
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin finalized a $125.8B NYC budget including $175M for new housing vouchers, not...
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Mainchance, East Midtown’s only homeless drop-in center, closes permanently after contract fight spanning two mayoral administrations
Mainchance, East Midtown Manhattan’s only homeless drop-in center, closed permanently after its city contract expired, leaving clients to overcrowded alternatives...
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450,000 New Yorkers lose their free health insurance on July 1. If you’re on the Essential Plan, read this before you get a bill.
Starting July 1, 450,000 New Yorkers on the Essential Plan will lose coverage due to federal cuts, hitting Bushwick and...
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Heat kills about 500 New Yorkers a year, mostly on days that aren’t even that hot. The program that helps you get an AC just closed for the season.
Roughly 500 New Yorkers die annually from heat-related causes, mostly on ordinary hot days between 82-94°F, not heat waves, as...
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An 18-year-old was lured to East New York on Facebook and shot in the back. His killer mocked it online, then ran for seven months.
An 18-year-old was lured via Facebook to East New York, shot in the back, and killed; his killer mocked the...
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297 apartments are rising on a Bed-Stuy nursing home’s parking lot, and the neighborhood got no vote on it
A 297-unit apartment complex is rising in Bed-Stuy on a nursing home’s parking lot without community input, as the project...
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Two Caribbean teams made the World Cup. They’re not the ones Flatbush roots for, and the fans who do claim them are priced out of MetLife.
Curaçao and Haiti made historic World Cup appearances, but Caribbean New Yorkers in Flatbush and Queens face $460+ tickets at...
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Queens turned the US Open’s stadium into a free World Cup fan fest. For the borough priced out of MetLife, that is the whole tournament.
Queens transformed Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King Center into a free World Cup fan fest, offering...
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The lawyer trying to keep a homeless shelter out of the East Village once won the case that protects every shelter in New York
An Adams ally identified as Mastro has joined opposition to a Mamdani administration intake shelter; the location and form of...
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NYC’s free no-penalty home inspection program ran June 1 through July 10
NYC's Department of Buildings offered free no-penalty building inspections with expert guidance and no fines from June 1 to July...
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Mamdani tells the Bronx the era of neglect is over, pledges 200,000 affordable homes and a city-run grocery on a former jail site
Mayor Mamdani keynoted the Bronx Economic Development Summit, pledging 200,000 affordable homes, the Block By Block plan, and a city-owned...