Politics NY News Headlines Archive for August 16, 2025

Osbert Orduna, CEO of The Cannabis Place in Queens, has been one of the lead organizers of the movement to protect dispensaries impacted by New York’s revised school-distance rule and is among 12 licensees suing to block the change.

‘We followed the rules’: 12 NYC cannabis businesses sue state to block school-distance rule change

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The Brilla Bodega helps feed Bronx families while school is out

"It Is Not Enough to See, One Must See Through to Find Truth" (2013), Emmett Wigglesworth.

Exhibition explores esteemed Harlem incubator for artists

Elected officials, community leaders and Resorts World NYC representatives at the groundbreaking for the second phase of the casino's $5.5 billion expansion. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.

Resorts World NYC breaks ground on second phase of $5.5 billion expansion in South Ozone Park

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Drivers kill three Brooklyn pedestrians over the course of two days