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Opinion

Op-ed | Staying safe for the holidays

By Mayor Eric Adams

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Queens

Hochul vetoes bill to study expansion of eastern Queens greenway into Nassau

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Politics

Brianna Suggs is no longer leading Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising operation, he says

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Expulsion

Democrats Officially Put Forward Santos Expulsion Resolution

By Michael Malaszczyk

Demonstrators seek Mideast ceasefire at protest outside Congress Member Dan Goldman's office

Politics

With Israel-Gaza ceasefire still holding, Lower Manhattan demonstrators urge Goldman to seek permanent Mideast peace

By Dean Moses

Congress

Queens

Republican congressional candidate discusses damning discoveries from George Santos’ ethics report

By Ethan Marshall

Trump

Politics

Donald Trump is set to return to the witness stand in his civil fraud trial

By Jennifer Peltz, AP

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Politics

Adams administration proposes allowing casinos in wide swaths of city amid bidding war for licenses

By Ben Brachfeld

Santos

Ex-George Santos Staffer Predicts Third Expulsion Vote Will Succeed

By Michael Malaszczyk

A cannabis shop in New York City.

NY settles cannabis lawsuits, paving the way for new marijuana shops

By Aidan Graham

Cuomo-Book Deal

Andrew Cuomo for mayor? Eric Adams says he doesn’t ‘see’ that happening in 2025

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Queens

‘We need accountability’: Queens elected officials, Jewish leaders demand answers on city’s response to antisemitic rampage at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica

By Bill Parry

Immigration

Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits

By Gisela Salomon & Sophia Tareen, AP

George Santos

Politics

Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms

By Jake Offenhartz, AP

Mayor Eric Adams

Courts

Mayor Adams denies sexual assault allegations from 30 years ago after being named in lawsuit

Associated Press

Ex-Obama staffer smiles at perp walk following his arrest for anti-Islamic tirade

Ex-Obama staffer busted for harassing Manhattan halal vendors in anti-Islamic tirade smiles during perp walk

By Dean Moses

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Politics

Mayor Adams’ approval rating sinks, as most NYC voters think he did something wrong in dealings with Turkey: poll

By Ethan Stark-Miller

State Sen. Kevin Parker at a National Night Out event in Brooklyn in 2019.

Brooklyn

Sen. Kevin Parker denies rape allegations from bombshell Adult Survivors Act lawsuit

By Ben Brachfeld

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Politics

Mayor Adams denies reports of list to fast-track fire approvals for major developers under his admin

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Joe Biden

Politics

Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age

By Darlene Superville, AP

Person with disability at MTA elevator

Hochul signs bill requiring disability representation on MTA Board

By Ben Brachfeld

NYPD brass testify at police radio encryption hearing

Over and out? NYPD evades media access questions at City Council hearing on police radio encryption

By Dean Moses

Videos obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY show Detective Manuel Cordova, top left, Officer Omar Habib, right, and Detective Fabio Nunez, bottom left, using chokeholds. Obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY

Courts

NYC ban on police chokeholds upheld by state’s highest court

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Politics

Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams wants to slash asylum-seeker services by 20% to close budget gap

By Ethan Stark-Miller

More from Around New York

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Utility pole collapses on Schurz Avenue; more than 700 customers suffer power outages in Throggs Neck

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time during the country's biggest-ever outbreak, in a worrying development African scientists warn could make it more difficult to stop the disease.

UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the first time

Hochul

Hochul vetoes bill to study expansion of eastern Queens greenway into Nassau

National grid hearing at the brooklyn Library

‘The public doesn’t want it’: Brooklynites oppose National Grid proposal to hike bills by $30 per month