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Of 45 Southold Town employees, 16 did not complete sexual harassment prevention training

Southold Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Gaps Found, Comptroller Says

By Timothy Bolger

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Politics

Biden extends protective status for Venezuelans, allows many migrants in NYC to apply for work permits

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Politics

Borelli, House Republicans wield Mayor Adams’ migrant comments to attack President Biden

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Literacy, programming and career prep among focal points of Chancellor Banks’ ‘State of Our Schools’ address

By Sarah Belle Lin

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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs

By Max Parrott

Yvette Aguiar

Migrant Moves: Riverhead Bid to Block Asylum Seekers Prevails as NYC Drops Lawsuit

By Timothy Bolger

Donald Johnson at Lower East Side homeless encampment

Housing & Homelessness

Nomads of New York: Formerly homeless man helps unhoused Lower East Side individuals avoid losing everything in street sweeps

By Dean Moses

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Politics

Gov. Hochul signs bill allowing early voting by mail

By Aidan Graham

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Brooklyn

‘Our most precious resource’: Pols say restored funding saved Brooklyn Public Library programs the from chopping block

By Jada Camille

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefs reporters following a closed-door Republican Conference meeting

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves, AP

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City Government

Political newcomers rising through city government this fall

By Catriona Ting-Morton

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Politics

As Biden visits Big Apple, Adams says NYC has done its part on migrant crisis, time for federal action

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Hochul unveils roadmap for New York state schools to transition from gas-powered to electric buses

By Sarah Belle Lin

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Politics

All NYC businesses must containerize their trash by March 2024

By Ben Brachfeld

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Brooklyn

Lawmakers seek to ban cruise ships from spewing dirty fumes at NYC ports

By Ben Brachfeld

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Opinion

Op-ed | The importance of ‘The Farm Bill’ in the fight against hunger

By Jilly Stephens, Leslie Gordon & Grace C. Bonilla

Biden

Biden tells a Broadway theater packed for fundraiser that Trump is determined to destroy the nation

By Aamer Madhani, Brian Slodysko & Colleen Long, AP

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Politics

Cadre of mostly GOP pols, local leaders file suit to block Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Equal Rights Amendment forum speakers at Hunter College

Equal Rights Amendment ratification push continues at Hunter College forum in Manhattan

By Max Parrott

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City Council tackles bills that aim to boost menstrual product access for students and inmates

By Sarah Belle Lin

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LIRR interim president steps down, restoring split management of MTA commuter railroads

By Ben Brachfeld

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Politics

Comptroller weighs ‘revoking’ prior approval for Adams administration’s emergency migrant service contracts

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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OMNY use highest in gentrified NYC neighborhoods as uptake lags in lower-income areas: MTA

By Ben Brachfeld

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Taking to the streets: Thousands of climate protesters march to end fossil fuels in Midtown

By Dean Moses & Gabriele Holtermann

More from Around New York

The 40th NYPD Precinct is seen in Mott Haven on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.

Police Beat I Grand larceny auto, felony assault continue to rise

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What to do in queer NYC Sept. 14-17

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Decomposing human leg found in dumpster near bank in Hillcrest: NYPD

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Spook-tacular! Halloween Harvest to take over Luna Park this weekend