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NYC Faith Leaders: We ask our officials in Washington to protect and strengthen medicare advantage

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Brannan’s chief of staff announces bid to unseat Republican in state Assembly

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Red Hook

Pols want diesel-powered cruise ships, like those idling in Red Hook, to connect to shore power or leave

By Ben Brachfeld

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Op-ed | It’s time for New York City to regulate delivery apps

By Danny Harris

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Op-ed | Growing Consensus: Eliminating Managed Long Term Care Plans is Bad for Vulnerable New Yorkers

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Former Brooklyn council candidate cuffed in connection with Capitol insurrection

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

Snow day snafu: NYC parents fume over remote learning system failure for public school students

Elected officials and union members rallied in Albany to halt SUNY Downstate Hospital's closure.

Hospitals in Crisis

Elected officials, unions rally in Albany against SUNY Downstate closure

By Isabel Song Beer

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Proposed bill threatens survival of independent liquor stores in Brooklyn and beyond as supermarkets push to sell wine

By Rachel Butler

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Brooklyn council members play key role in overriding mayor’s veto of ‘How Many Stops’ Act

By Isabel Song Beer

City Council Member Yusef Salaam in tears during How Many Stops Act debate

AMNY

City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of ‘How Many Stops Act’ police transparency bill

Council Member Justin Brannan was sworn in to represent District 47 by Attorney General Letitia James.

Bay Ridge

‘Heart on my sleeve’: Council Member Justin Brannan sworn in as rep of newly outlined District 47

By Jada Camille

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AMNY

Op-ed | ‘How Many Stops Act’ is a betrayal for Jewish and Asian New Yorkers

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Pols call for closure of Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter, but Schumer calls Malliotakis bill a ‘non-starter’

By Adam Daly

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‘The gain must match the pain’: Pols demand ‘full upgrade’ of G train during planned shutdown

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Linda Wilson officially sworn in as Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York

Brooklyn Heights

‘We are one now and forevermore’: Hon. Linda Wilson sworn in as Civil Court Judge

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Jewish community rallies to bring home Israeli hostages 100 days after Hamas attack

By Ximena Del Cerro

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City to invest $100M in new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Congressman Goldman and Brooklyn beep sat down with gun violence survivors for a roundtable discussion.

Gun violence survivors unite at Brooklyn roundtable to advocate for local, federal solutions

By Jada Camille

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‘We have made history’: Brooklyn’s first Chinese-American council member Susan Zhuang celebrates inauguration

By Adam Daly

More from Around New York

The Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventist placed two small flyers on the gates outside the temple and its office on 7th Street in Park Slope announcing that the Watoto Children’s Choir will perform at the temple on May 3.

Brooklyn church to host Ugandan children’s choir linked to ‘kill the gays’ bill

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Jamell N.A. Henderson runs for City Council District 41

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New York Family Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025

File image: Delivery man on an electric bicycle waiting for green traffic light - under new rules riders can be hit with criminal summons

Bicyclists face criminal summonses under new NYPD policy, an ‘obscene escalation,’ say advocates