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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks about How Many Stops Act

Mayor Adams-City Council feud over How Many Stops Act police accountability bill spills into press conference tug-of-war

By Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

Congestion pricing | MTA hit with third lawsuit

Congestion pricing | MTA hit with third lawsuit from conservative group seeking to stop Manhattan toll plan

By Ben Brachfeld

Brooklyn Bridge

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Vendors on Manhattan side of Brooklyn Bridge angry, perplexed as city gets set to remove them from hot spot

By Dean Moses, Ben Brachfeld and Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams celebrates Open Streets on 5th Avenue

City puts a bow on 5th Avenue Open Streets for the holiday season, as mayor touts boon for businesses

By Gabriele Holtermann

Manhattan pols seek to block indicted Trump from 2024 presidential ballot in New York over Jan. 6 insurrection

By Robert Pozarycki

E-bike passing Manhattan

License to ride: NYC pols, pedestrians push for registration and license plates for e-bikes, scooters

By Gabriele Holtermann

32NJ SEIU and SAG AFTRA joined Starbucks baristas in solidarity at a strike demanding fair pay and better working conditions.

A cup of woe: NYC Starbucks workers walk off job, steamed over pay and staffing

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYC taxi drivers rally against ride-share cap lift

Can’t get a ‘brake’: NYC taxi drivers fume over plan to lift ride-share cap adding more Uber and Lyft vehicles to city streets

By Max Parrott

Manhattan City Council election winner Yusef Salaam

Manhattan election roundup: Few surprises, but history made with Yusef Salaam clinching City Council seat

By Mac Sorensen

Trump

His lips are sealed: Trump uncharacteristically quiet after judge scolds him on the witness stand

By Dean Moses

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with New York pols hailing funding for the Second Avenue subway

Second Avenue Subway | Buttigieg joins New York pols in hailing federal funds for long-awaited East Harlem extension

By Max Parrott

Brooklyn

War in Israel: Over 60 arrested across NYC at protests over conflict a week after deadly terrorist attacks

By Dean Moses

NY: Triangle Fire Memorial Dedication

‘Making a statement’: New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial honors 146 victims, 112 years later

By Gabriele Holtermann

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Randall's Island

Indigenous Peoples Day: Randall’s Island plays host to celebration of Native American culture through song and dance

By Dean Moses and Amanda Moses

Congress Member Dan Goldman

Brooklyn

Congress Member Dan Goldman evacuates Israel after dodging rocket fire amid Hamas offensive

By Ben Brachfeld

Donald Trump

ZIP IT! Judge gives Trump gag order after series of bizarre rants outside Manhattan courtroom

By Dean Moses

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks during a rally for Wrongful Conviction Day outside City Hall on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Advocates called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Wrongful Conviction Act.

Impacted individuals demand Hochul sign Wrongful Convictions bill

By Dean Moses

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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs

By Max Parrott

Equal Rights Amendment forum speakers at Hunter College

Equal Rights Amendment ratification push continues at Hunter College forum in Manhattan

By Max Parrott

Eric Ulrich

A damning case: Ex-Buildings Commish Eric Ulrich ‘lined his pockets’ throughout public service career, DA Bragg alleges

by Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine speaks outside The Theater at MSG

Manhattan officials want The Theater at MSG razed to make way for Penn Station grand hall

By Max Parrott

A couple embrace at the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan

Remembering 9/11 | NYC identifies remains of two more victims nearly 22 years after terror attacks

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about migrant crisis at Manhattan town hall

Republicans seize on Mayor Adams’ dramatic remarks that migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Half-life: City Council committee approves five-year extension for Madison Square Garden special permit

By Ben Brachfeld

More from Around New York

Two photos of Richard Pigkaso side by side, left him playing with a yoyo, right him holding a yoyo to his mouth

Bronx’s Richard Pigkaso to close chapter on music career with release of final album

Chloë Grace Moretz at the Hugo premiere in New York City in November of 2011.

Chloë Grace Moretz comes out in pre-election social media post

Voters wait in line at P.S. 112 Q in Astoria after ballot scanners malfunction on Election Day.

Ballot scanners malfunction at polling sites across Queens on Election Day

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