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Politics

A slim margin: How did Brooklyn’s council members vote on City of Yes?

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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City to shut down controversial Floyd Bennett Field shelter as migrant census drops

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Chronically slow bus service on Flatbush Avenue results in docked pay, firings for delayed riders, per report

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Bay Ridge

PHOTOS | Brooklyn kicks off holiday season with dazzling tree lightings

By Brooklyn Paper

Community Offshore Wind

QNS

400 Queens and Brooklyn students learn about offshore wind career paths in hands-on workshop

Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman stands by a portrait of the late U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm.

Caribbean Life

Chandler-Waterman celebrates ‘100 Years’ of the life of Shirley Chisholm

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Illuminating Marine Park: Lott House hosts annual holiday tree lighting

By Robert Pearl

New Yorkers in the rain

AMNY

NYC drought: Mayor Adams lifts fireworks and grilling ban after decent November rain – but Big Apple needs more help

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Drunk Brooklyn driver sparks chaos on LIRR tracks, halts commutes

By Nicole Formisano

Mayor Adams

AMNY

Op-Ed | Continuing to keep New Yorkers safe

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AMNY

It’s history: MTA’s last commemorative MetroCards features NYC influencers

AMNY

Brooklyn shooting suspects at large for killing man steps away from his home

Glastonbury Festival 2022 – Day Five

News

Diana Ross returning to Kings Theatre next year to mark a decade of revival

By Adam Daly

"Tenants Not Tourists" launch their coalition and fight against the newly introduced Into 1107 bill which would change laws around short term rentals in New York City.

AMNY

‘Tenants not tourists’: Debate rages over NYC bill to change short-term rental legislation, expand Airbnb offerings

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Bronx Times

Mayor unveils program to address violent crime on 10 targeted NYC blocks

Flatlands

Detectives probe deadly stabbing outside Flatbush restaurant

By Lloyd Mitchell

Gov. Kathy Hochul announces stimulus check plan

AMNY

Hochul proposes giving New Yorkers one-time stimulus checks to offset cost of inflation

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‘More is more’: This year’s Dyker Heights Christmas Lights dazzle, putting visitors in the holiday spirit

By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil

NY: Santa Claus visits ICL Community

Downtown

Decade of joy: Downtown Brooklyn Santa brings smiles to ICL families

By Gabriele Holtermann

Suspects who allegedly vandalized an F train Brooklyn.

AMNY

Vandals plastered Brooklyn F train with protest posters possibly tied to Daniel Penny trial and Jordan Neely’s death

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Sharon D Clarke (Lady Bracknell) and Ncuti Gatwa (Algernon) in "The Importance of Being Earnest."

The importance of being gay: National Theatre delivers on a Wilde classic

Aerial view of the pavilion at the Peoples Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 members of the cult, led by Reverend Jim Jones, died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool Aid, Nov. 25, 1978.

Row over Jonestown mass suicide site

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New York Family

Shocking Survey Reveals Healthcare Professionals Say Vaping Is a Teen Epidemic

Two Seaport locals open Peck Slip Social in the nabe, promising to be an elevated social hub.

Peck Slip Social opens in Seaport: A whiskey wonderland blending Mediterranean and Asian flavors