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Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump

Pro-Trump And Anti-Trump Ralliers Trade Barbs Outside Coliseum

By Gabriele Yanovitz, Alyssa R. Griffin, Nicole Formisano and Timothy Bolger

city of yes

Housing & Homelessness

Bayside community ramps up opposition to City of Yes housing plan as city council vote nears

By Iryna Shkurhan

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024.

Politics

Poll: LGBTQ voters are motivated and strongly favor Harris over Trump

By Matt Tracy

Trump protest

“We Are Not Going Back,” Shouts Trump Protest Outside Nassau Rally

By Gabrielle Yanovitz and Nicole Formisano

Governor Kathy Hochul

Politics

A new low: One of three New Yorkers view Hochul unfavorably in latest Siena College poll

By Ethan Stark-Miller

democratic

Queens

Democratic group urges voters with multiple homes to re-register in swing districts ahead of 2024 election

By Czarinna Andres

NY: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers show support for Haitian Community

Brooklyn

Brooklyn healthcare workers stand with Haitian immigrants, denounce Trump’s ‘pet eating’ claims

By Gabriele Holtermann

cats

Cats Scratch Campaign Rhetoric Upon Trump’s Nassau Coliseum Rally

By Timothy Bolger

Queens

Mayor Adams announces joint NYPD and DSNY “Ghostbusters” task force to remove illegal ghost cars from city streets

By Athena Dawson

MTA Chair Janno Lieber speaks about capital plan

Politics

MTA Chair Lieber ‘confident’ Governor Hochul, state legislature, will find funds for MTA’s big capital plan

By Shane O’Brien

crackdown on ghost cars

Queens

‘They’re a pain in the a$$!’ Mayor Adams, NYPD roll out latest effort to crack down on ticket-evading ‘ghost cars’

By Dean Moses

council member susan zhuang

Brooklyn

City Council begins ethics investigation of Susan Zhuang, who allegedly bit cop at Gravesend protest

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Protesting Trump's Nassau rally

These Groups Protested Trump’s Nassau Rally Following Haitian American Remarks

By Nicole Formisano

Mayor Eric Adams

Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway police shooting: Mayor Adams again defends officers, saying he ‘saw discipline’ in video of their actions

By Dean Moses

gov. kathy hochul at podium in school after-school funding

Brooklyn

Hochul allocates $3M for after-school programs in New York City after funding crisis

By Megan McGibney

Council Member Farah N. Louis addresses town hall in Brooklyn on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity in July 2024.

Politics

Louis condemns racist comments targeting Haitians

By Nelson A. King

City Council Member Susan Zhuang.

Brooklyn

City Council launches ethics probe into Brooklyn lawmaker arrested for allegedly biting cop at protest

By Ethan Stark-Miller

G Line Work

Politics

MTA unveils $68.4 billion capital plan to modernize NYC transit – but funding questions amid congestion pricing pause remain

By Shane O’Brien

reproductive

Queens

Op-ed: Every New Yorker deserves reproductive freedom and equal rights

By Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas

Mayor Adams speaking at press conference

Politics

Mayor Adams stands by Tim Pearson amid reports City Hall advisors are calling for embattled aide’s ouster

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Students walking down staircase at Charter school

Should NYC public schools ban cellphones? UFT survey shows teachers would support it – with conditions

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Nassau County Trump rally

Lawmakers Clash Over Nassau County Trump Rally

By Nicole Formisano

New Small Businesses commissioner Dynishal Gross

Politics

Mayor Adams taps new Small Businesses commissioner, touts slight drop in vacant storefronts

By Ethan Stark-Miller

animal welfare city council hearing

Brooklyn

The state of animal welfare in New York City? Not great, advocates say at City Council hearing

By Kirstyn Brendlen

More from Around New York

U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres urged City Hall to follow through with social services and treatment plans for people who frequented Roberto Clemente Plaza to use drugs that were displaced when the city cleared the notorious open air drug market last month. Local South Bronx residents say the city isn't doing enough to help and that drug use isn't truly being addressed, only relocated.

EXCLUSIVE: Torres calls for treatment plans for those city is chasing away from Roberto Clemente Plaza

Ace's Place, a new transitional housing program for trans New Yorkers, opened this summer in Long Island City, Queens.

New transitional housing program for transgender New Yorkers opens in Long Island City

New York State District Attorney Letitia James held a press conference on Thursday Aug. 7, detailing the first criminal case under recently passed legislation that criminalizes deed theft.

AG James files landmark criminal charges after elderly Queens woman’s home stolen in deed theft scheme

Celebrate the Caribbean BCM

‘A space for kids’: Brooklyn Children’s Museum to celebrate Caribbean culture with family festival