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council member chi osse at broker fee bill rally

Politics

Council Member Chi Ossé says New Yorkers ‘can’t afford’ broker fees at contentious FARE Act hearing

By Ximena Del Cerro

Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about possible congestion pricing lawsuits

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Congestion Pricing: Comptroller Lander assembling potential plaintiffs for suit to restart paused Manhattan toll

red spray paint on homes of Brooklyn Museum worker

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Bigots smear antisemitic graffiti at homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum officials in latest hateful act to hit NYC

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NYC Common Sense Caucus proposes legislation to end sanctuary city status amid migrant crisis

Mayor Eric Adams

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Mayor dodges questions on reports that federal grand jury is reviewing evidence in campaign probe

congestion pricing protest

Brooklynites fume over congestion pricing delay: ‘Kathy Hochul has betrayed us’

By Dean Moses

MTA chair speaking on congestion pricing improvements

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Congestion pricing: MTA left in the lurch after Hochul scraps toll plan, Albany fails on funding bill

Traffic on Third Avenue in Manhattan.

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Hochul’s congestion pricing reversal comes for a policy decades in the making

Fair Fares

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City Council seeks expansion of Fair Fares transit discount to 650,000 more New Yorkers: report

Mayor Adams announces new public restrooms to be built

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When you gotta go: NYC to get 46 new public restrooms over next 5 years

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Politics

Anger, relief and denial: Brooklynites react to Trump’s hush-money conviction

By Adam Daly & Kirstyn Brendlen

mayor eric adams heat announcement

Summer weather: Adams rolls out new preparations for extreme heat, poor air quality

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Brooklyn Paper staff

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell

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‘I like his style’: Mayor Adams defends NYPD chief of patrol amid social media controversy

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State court revives suit to overturn Local Law 97 on appeal, potentially imperiling landmark climate law

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Pair of Council Committees approve tweaks to ‘City of Yes’ zoning changes for businesses

mcguinness boulevard rally

Greenpoint

‘Irresponsible’: Locals criticize Adams, DOT as McGuinness Boulevard redesign falters

By Kirstyn Brendlen

men in suits at a podium discussing social workers at NYPD police stations in NYC

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Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams rallies with her colleagues, advocates and hundreds of seniors outside City Hall to call for the restoration of funding for older adult centers and meal programs. Thursday, May 16, 2024.

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‘We won’t allow that’: City Hall rallygoers demand Mayor Adams roll back cuts to senior centers, meal programs

Adams, Banks

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City Council calls on Mayor Adams to restore pre-K, 3-K budget cuts

City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about migrant shelter limit report

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Report from Lander suggests NYC’s migrant shelter stay limit enforced in ‘haphazard’ fashion, ‘disregarded humanity’

More from Around New York

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

Costume designer and band leader Natasha Hinds of Karibbean Island Pulse Kidz, surrounded by costumes ready for children to compete in the August 30 Junior costume competition on the streets of Crown Heights, and the Brooklyn Museum grounds.

Karibbean Island Pulse Kidz to depict the five senses of carnival in junior competition on Aug. 30

Labor Day Weekend in NYC: Fun Things to Do with Your Family

New York Family

Labor Day Weekend in NYC: Fun Things to Do with Your Family

ICE agents in hallway of Federal Plaza questioning man during arrest

ICE in court: Temporary order blocking mass detainment at 26 Federal Plaza extended amid uncertainty