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Brooklyn

Leveling the ‘playing field’: Brooklyn pol breaks down commercial rent bill

By Morgan C. Mullings

Activism

Brooklyn’s Haitian Leaders Denounce Deportation of Migrants at Texas Border

By Stephen Witt

Behind the Curtain

PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain – Ep. 31 – Matt Cohen, President & CEO, Long Island Association

By Skye Ostreicher

Politics

Brooklyn councilmember talks details of commercial rent bill

By Morgan C. Mullings

Queens

Mayor touts city’s focus on literacy after reading to first-graders in Ozone Park

By Bill Parry

Brooklyn

Cornegy hosts second-annual HBCU Battle of the Bands

By Morgan C. Mullings

Opinion

Sheinkopf Speaks: AOC’s Gala Gown Meets the Working Class

By Hank Sheinkopf

Politics

U.S. House to test Republican roadblock in Tuesday debt-limit vote

By Richard Cowan, Reuters

Gracie Mansion protesters urge de Blasio to act over latest Rikers Island inmate death

By Gabriele Holtermann

Queens

Mayor gives COVID-19, schools updates to launch Queens edition of City Hall in Your Borough

By Jenna Bagcal

Brooklyn

Adams pitches converting distressed hotels to supportive housing

By Ben Verde

Google spending $2.1 billion to buy St. John’s Terminal in Hudson Square for new campus

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

City increases COVID-19 testing for unvaxxed students and teachers after dozens of school-linked infections pop up

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Courts

Biden administration seeks to lift U.S. refugee cap to 125,000

By Mica Rosenberg and Lisa Lambert, Reuters

Legislation & Policy

Bipartisan Legislation Bolstering Local Journalism Moves Through Congress

By Milette Millington

Courts

After latest Rikers Island death, de Blasio acknowledges more improvements coming

By Morgan C. Mullings

Queens

Another detainee dies on Rikers Island after electeds warned of deplorable conditions

By Bill Parry

Queens

Southeast Queens residents celebrate groundbreaking of new police precinct in Rosedale

By Carlotta Mohamed

Courts

Op-ed | ‘Less is More’ act may mean more trouble than its worth

By Thomas Kenniff

Juicing up NYC: Hochul unveils renewable energy projects for Climate Week

By Kevin Duggan

De Blasio urges speedy FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine on kids 5-11, no vaccine mandate for students yet

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

NYC increases COVID-19 testing for unvaxxed students and teachers after dozens of school-linked infections pop up

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Opinion

Witt’s World: It’s Time to Welcome Walmart Into NYC

By Stephen Witt

Politics

Crunch time for Congress with Joe Biden’s agenda, and debt limit, on the line

By amNY News

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Leveling the ‘playing field’: Brooklyn pol breaks down commercial rent bill