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Far right and left activists confront each other at Lower Manhattan migrant rally

Housing & Homelessness

Lower Manhattan rally to stop migrant shelter limits crashed by far-right activists

By Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn

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

‘Shutting it down:’ Pro-Palestine protest halts transportation and holiday shopping during Midtown demonstrations

By Dean Moses

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

Queens City Council Member Robert Holden speaks about horse carriage ban bill

Holden rails against city council for failing to pass horse carriage ban

By Dean Moses

Mayor Eric Adams

Brianna Suggs is no longer leading Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising operation, he says

By Ethan Stark-Miller

A legion of sorrowful New Yorkers gathered outside of Congressmember Dan Goldman’s Lower Manhattan office on Tuesday morning to demand the United States stop sending money to Israel and to call for a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East.

With Israel-Gaza ceasefire still holding, Lower Manhattan demonstrators urge Goldman to seek permanent Mideast peace

By Dean Moses

Starbucks baristas in solidarity at a strike demanding fair pay

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

‘Arrest Eric Adams’: Climate protesters cuffed outside of City Hall amidst FBI raid on mayor’s campaign fundraiser

By Dean Moses

Louis Molina as correction commissioner

Molina departs as NYC correction boss, becomes assistant deputy mayor for public safety

By Robert Pozarycki

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

Donald Trump returned to the Big Apple on Monday, drawing protesters.

Trump returns to NYC for civil court fraud case, drawing protesters on both sides

By Dean Moses

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

By Max Parrott

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