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Mayor Adams stands with city officials to announce the Queens organics composting program

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Curbside compost collection starting in Brooklyn on Monday

By Ben Brachfeld

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Reynoso to redirect Borough Hall funds to ease strain on overburdened city agencies

By Isabel Song Beer

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‘Our most precious resource’: Pols say restored funding saved Brooklyn Public Library programs the from chopping block

By Jada Camille

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Lawmakers seek to ban cruise ships from spewing dirty fumes at NYC ports

By Ben Brachfeld

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The sound of silence: Four more Brooklyn NYPD precincts pull plug on radio frequencies in encryption effort

By Todd Maisel

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Labor of Success: Mayor, NYPD tout Labor Day safety, 70 guns recovered over the weekend

By Dean Moses

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Pols fight to reform ‘terrifying and traumatizing’ lockdown drills ahead of first day of school

By Isabel Song Beer

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‘Unconstitutional’: Southern Brooklyn pols speak out against city’s push to grant non-citizen voting rights

By Jada Camille

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City eyes partnering with local charities to help distribute donations outside migrant shelters

By Adam Daly

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Bobby in Bushwick: RFK Jr. rallies in Brooklyn with new ‘urban community advisor’

By Adam Daly

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Brooklyn man indicted in federal court for multiple kidnappings, rapes, and robberies

By Isabel Song Beer

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Former GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa leads protest against migrant housing at Floyd Bennett Field

By Isabel Song Beer & Lloyd Mitchell

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Feds give state, city greenlight to use Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field to shelter over 2,000 migrants: Hochul

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Brooklyn Dems endorse diverse, capable candidates for Supreme Court of New York

By Nelson A. King

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Brooklyn man pleads guilty to stealing $31,000 from victims in check theft scheme

By Aidan Graham

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Council Member Ari Kagan announces funding public safety and security upgrades after ‘no’ budget vote

By Jada Camille

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With cyber crimes rising, Hochul announces ‘nation-leading’ statewide cybersecurity strategy

By Jada Camille & Paul Frangipane

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Dems express gratitude for annual gala support

By Nelson A. King

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Cold war! Restler introduces legislation banning ice cream trucks from using fossil fuels

By Isabel Song Beer

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Acting Supreme Court Judge Rachel Freier garners support from Brooklyn’s clerical leaders

By PoliticsNY Staff

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Hochul announces financial incentive for Gowanus affordable housing developers in lieu of 421-a

By Isabel Song Beer

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Pols call for ‘equalized tolling’ on all crossings into Manhattan under congestion pricing on eve of board deliberations

By Ben Brachfeld

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Beep celebrates Brooklyn’s ‘diverse, beautiful, and powerful’ disability community at Disability Pride Month event

By Isabel Song Beer

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More migrant relief centers coming to Brooklyn and Queens, mayor says

By Ben Brachfeld

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A man spewed homophobic remarks against patrons and staff at Pint, a gay bar in Jersey City.

Man allegedly assaults employee at Jersey City gay bar

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