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Politics

Op-ed: Help shape our comprehensive plan for Brooklyn

By Antonio Reynoso

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AMNY

BQE’s crumbling cantilever: Brooklyn pols cry foul over Adams’ re-envisioning plan

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AMNY

EXCLUSIVE | Mayor Eric Adams speaks one-on-one with amNY about his public mental health directive

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Bay Ridge

‘A bright light’ for Bay Ridge: Brooklyn mourns loss of Joanne Seminara

By Jada Camille

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AMNY

City Council introduces land use guidelines and housing agenda a week after Mayor Adams rolled out his own plan

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In the Community with Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez

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AMNY

BQE’s crumbling cantilever: Highway would widen back to six lanes in city’s visioning plans

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Politics

‘I’m from Brooklyn, New York, of course’: Lester Chang criticizes Assembly residency investigation

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

FIRST ON amNY | Gillibrand introduces bill to vacate, expunge nonviolent convictions for human trafficking survivors

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AMNY

Hochul convenes unit to educate New Yorkers across the state on hate crime prevention

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Federal judge sets Monday hearing in first legal challenge against Mayor Adams’ involuntary hospitalization policy

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Politics

Op-ed: We must support older New Yorkers to age in place

By Jeremy Kaplan & Todd W. Fliedner

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AMNY

‘Get stuff built’: Latest Mayor Adams initiative aims to supercharge housing construction in New York

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Politics

More maps: Redistricting commission releases new draft Assembly maps, proposing big changes for southern Brooklyn

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Politics

Southern Brooklyn Assemblymember-elect Lester Chang may not meet residency requirements, Assembly to investigate

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

Hochul signs Carroll’s bill to count affidavit ballots cast at the wrong polling sites

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AMNY

A new chapter: Adams appoints Sheena Wright and Camille Joseph Varlack as new first deputy mayor and chief of staff

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AMNY

Brooklyn Council Member Ari Kagan switching to GOP, challenging Justin Brannan in 2023 general election

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AMNY

Council bill to bar landlords from running criminal background checks on prospective tenants faces pushback ahead of first hearing

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AMNY

Adams calls for crackdown on hate speech spread on social media, no more plea deals for those charged with hate crimes

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