Politics NY News Headlines Archive for May 19, 2026

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick departs following an interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel's ongoing probe of late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2026. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

Jericho’s Lutnick downplays Epstein ties in congressional testimony

By Timothy Bolger

LIRR train pulls into station after strike

LIRR strike fallout: MTA official defends tentative deal that ended work stoppage as service resumes

By Ethan Stark-Miller

NY: Malliotakis Rally

Brooklyn

Protesters urge Malliotakis to restore health care funding over increased ICE spending

By Gabriele Holtermann

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By the Hotel Association of New York

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A Holocaust Survivor’s Warning: NYU Must Mandate Holocaust Education

By Olga Spiegel

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul walk into a press conference on 3-K and pre-K access at The Garden School in Jackson Heights, Queens, on Tuesday.

Politics

City says 3-K seats are getting closer to home for NYC families

By Adam Daly

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the town board approved a $15 million bond for the Massapequa Water District.

Nassau

Oyster Bay Town Board OKs $15M bond for Massapequa Water District projects

By Casey Fahrer

Elected officials and developers cut the ribbon at the newly-opened Willets Point Commons affordable housing development.

Queens

Willets Point Commons officially opens to new residents as developers break ground on new senior affordable development

By Shane O’Brien

NY-7 candidates Antonio Reynoso, Claire Valdez and Julie Won at Sunday's St. Pat's for All Parade on March 1. All three candidates will take part in a forum on Wednesday night. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud.

Queens

SCS to hold NY-7 candidate forum Wednesday night

By Shane O’Brien

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Campaign Insiders

Campaign Insiders: A Q&A with NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli

By Lea Tomaswick

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One Bronx artist wants employees—not CEOs, to have a hall of fame

Taylor Brown, the executive director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.

Mamdani administration reaffirms that trans athletes ‘can play the sports they love’ in NYC

A 13-year-old boy from College Point was killed and another 13-year-old was critically injured when the scooter he was operating in East Flushing was nearly doored by an elderly man, throwing the passenger into the path of a truck on Monday, June 29.

College Point teen, 13, killed while riding on scooter in Flushing: NYPD

NY: Sporting Club Gjøa – France vs Norway

Sporting Club Gjøa turns Brooklyn clubhouse into Norway’s World Cup home away from home