Politics NY News Headlines Archive for November 26, 2025

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Brooklyn

Velázquez urges Trump administration to reverse ‘illegal’ magnet school funding cuts

By Kirstyn Brendlen

City Council Member Julie Menin expected to be the next speaker

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Julie Menin says she has enough votes to become the next NYC Council Speaker

By Adam Daly

Rana Abdelhamid speaks at the launch of her run for Assembly District 36 in Astoria. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

Queens

Rana Abdelhamid officially launches campaign to replace Mamdani in Queens Assembly District 36

By Shane O’Brien

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Queens

City Council passes life-saving gender-based violence legislation requiring public education posters at salons

By Renee DeLorenzo

The Glen Cove City Council held a hearing to prohibit public marijuana usage in the city, and they voted on a controversial building permit extension.

Nassau

Public marijuana consumption in doubt in Glen Cove

By Casey Fahrer

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Hundreds convene for the first Bronx Economic Development Summit

Mount Sinai has faced increased attention ever since the hospital first restricted gender-affirming care for youth in the wake of the Trump administration's executive order early last year.

Mount Sinai confirms it would, if required, provide records of trans youth to Trump administration

A Bronx woman who struck and killed a Woodside teenager while she was driving a private sanitation truck on the night of March 29, was arrested on Wednesday, June 3.

Bronx garbage truck driver arrested in fatal Roosevelt Avenue collision that killed Woodside teenager: NYPD

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Council Members demand investigation after Brooklyn courtroom birth