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Queens City Council Member Vickie Paladino, pictured in a file photo. Paladino is facing legal threats and calls for an ethics investigation after being accused of making false and inflammatory statements about the partner of slain activist Ryan Carson.

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Partner of murdered Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson calls for ethics probe into Queens City Council Member Paladino’s online attacks

Mayor Eric Adams smiling and wearing suit as he walks near glass door

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams raises $1.5M over past month, on heels of CFB again denying him public funds

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

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Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Appeals court halts removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in suit and tie at podium

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams to be endorsed by slew of law enforcement unions

man with beard and suit Mamdani speaking at podium with microphones in front of him

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani heads into talks with business, Democratic leaders with ‘desire for partnership’

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Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

By Gabriele Holtermann

man speaking in red tie at campaign rally

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo makes his independent bid for mayor official, says he’s ‘in it to win it’

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: New Super PACs form for and against Mamdani as general election heats up

US Rep. Adriano Espaillat urged the Democratic establishment to rally behind the party's mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani after endorsing him. Thursday, July 10, 2025.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Rep. Espaillat urges Democrats to coalesce around nominee Zohran Mamdani

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani starting to make inroads with establishment Dems with Rep. Espaillat endorsement

Demonstrators protest President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' across from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York, New York, on July 4, 2025.

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How will Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ impact New Yorkers?

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani rallies with United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew and union members after the group endorses him. Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani nabs support from nearly all major Big Apple unions with latest nod from UFT

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Canarsie

Voucher confusion leaves Brooklyn family on the brink of homelessness

By Shane O’Brien

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City Council launches $3M initiative to support immigrant survivors of domestic violence

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Bay Ridge

‘Big Beautiful Cuts’: Protestors blast Malliotakis over healthcare ‘Poison Pill’

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayor Eric Adams announced his run as an independent in the General Election.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams claims he’ll register 1M new voters in general election effort to overcome Mamdani

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Adams urges Cuomo to exit general election amid centrist scramble to defeat Mamdani

cuomo and mamdani on primary election night

Politics

Brooklyn’s Ballots: Breaking down the primary election vote

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman backs Mayor Adams, urges Cuomo to bow out of general

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