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Roxy parrot

Meet the Brooklyn Heights parrot who sings disco in the shower and survived a serious health scare

By Olivia Seaman

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Motherhood in motion: Three Brooklyn women on balancing kids, careers and community

By Gabriele Holtermann

Community envisions green future for McCarren Park’s asphalt lot

By Brennan LaBrie

Latest News

LIRR train passing over brick overpass in Laurelton, Queens

AMNY

LIRR strike threat: Unions, MTA offer different takes on state of contract talks a week before possible walkout

rent guidelines board meets in background as someone holds up sign demanding a rent freeze

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NYC board opens door to Mamdani rent freeze, but also leaves rent hikes on the table in preliminary vote

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News

Crown Heights tenants sue landlord for allegedly de-stabilizing apartments after fake renovations

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Arts & Entertainment

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! announces 2026 lineup featuring Patti LaBelle, Common, Sheila E. and more

By Olivia Seaman

Sail4th

Bay Ridge set for front-row view as global fleet sails into New York Harbor for Sail4th 250

By Olivia Seaman

speed limiting device in car to be used for super speeders in New York

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State budget: ‘Super Speeders’ crackdown bill, Hochul’s auto insurance reforms are part of ‘general’ agreement

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Housing

Bed-Stuy Multi-Service Center to be redeveloped with all-affordable housing, new space for community services

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mike Goldfarb

PoliticsNY

Campaign Insiders: A Q&A with NY-9 Candidate Mike Goldfarb

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Speaker’s Corner: Small lots can make a big difference in NYC’s housing crisis

City Council members speak in support of automatic Fair Fares enrollment

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Mamdani admin officials say City Council’s Fair Fares automatic enrollment bill raises privacy issues

National Nurses Week

News

National Nurses Week: Two Maimonides leaders reflect on care, community and calling

By Olivia Seaman

Bushwick Inlet Park Motiva

News

The inlet section of Bushwick Inlet Park opens at long last

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Breanna Stewart Liberty WNBA Finals

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2026 New York Liberty season preview: Can they get back to the mountaintop?

NY: Labor TownHall

‘We’ve been winning’: Sunset Park labor town hall highlights workers’ rights

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYPD clashed with protestors.

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Protest over Israeli real estate event at Manhattan synagogue tests NYPD perimeter strategy as officer hospitalized, demonstrators pepper-sprayed

A bike rider pedals along Brooklyn's Dean Street

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EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani admin to transform two Brooklyn streets into bike boulevards

protesters advocate for fare-free buses from Mamdani

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Fiscal watchdog argues Mamdani’s free bus push won’t make transit more affordable, recommends Fair Fares expansion in report

More from Around New York

New Pride Agenda executive director Kei Williams delivers remars in the State Capitol on May 6, 2026.

Advocates call on New York State to protect gender-affirming care, establish 24-hour LGBTQ crisis hotline

Justice Douglas gives an acceptance speech.

Kings County Criminal Bar Association honors Caribbean-American Justice Dena Douglas with ‘Judge of the Year’ award

Inside NYC’s Most Famous Stoop: The Mom of Four Behind Stoop in the City

New York Family

Inside NYC’s Most Famous Stoop: The Mom of Four Behind Stoop in the City

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Jack Schlossberg proposes making Child Tax Credit monthly, and using Trump’s ballroom money to pay for it