Politics NY News Headlines Archive for June 13, 2025

The Massapequa and Syosset School Districts have taken different approaches to the state's mascot ban.

Nassau

Massapequa and Syosset: two different responses to the state’s mascot ban

By Casey Fahrer & Hannah Devlin

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Brooklyn

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running in Council District 36

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Housing & Homelessness

Tenants rally for rent freeze ahead of Rent Guidelines Board’s Bronx public hearing

By Emily Swanson

City Comptroller Brad Lander Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani speak to reporters after Thursday night’s mayoral debate, where both candidates sharply criticized former Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Lander and Mamdani cross-endorse in effort to block Cuomo ahead of early voting

By Adam Daly

district 33 candidates

Brooklyn

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running in Council District 33

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Opinion

Op-Ed | The City Council took away my last reliable wage, now they’re after my new one

By Jean Marie Padilla

A proposed state bill may require special equalization rates for residents of inter-county school districts.

Nassau

Proposed state bill would require special equalization rates for inter-county school districts

By Casey Fahrer

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Queens

González-Rojas bill eliminates out-of-pocket costs for asthma inhalers

By Shane O’Brien

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Brooklyn

Who’s running, where to vote, and more: Brooklyn’s guide to the 2025 Primary Election

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Nassau

Mineola approves 2 new business openings, honors softball team

By Isabella Gallo

Candidates for Manhattan Council District 7

Election 2025: District 7 City Council Democratic primary race heats up as Shaun Abreu seeks third term

By Adam Daly

More from Around New York

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Bronx middle school principal Doreen Kendall, demoted after hiring her sister as a teacher

Jason Collins at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28.

Jason Collins, NBA’s first out gay NBA player, dies at 47

Rodolfo Lopez-Porillo of Hollis was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for beating a pawn shop owner to death during a March 2022 robbery.

Hollis man sentenced for brutal murder of pawn shop owner before fleeing state: DA

NY: The Great Israeli Real Estate Event Protest

Dueling protests erupt in Midwood over controversial Israeli real estate expo