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Politics

Parents, pols to rally outside James Madison High School after Floyd Bennett Field migrant relocation forces students online

By Adam Daly & Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field shelter ahead of storm

By Adam Daly

Joseph Esposito, former NYPD Chief of Department, in 2013

AMNY

Remembering Joseph Esposito: Former NYPD Chief of Department, Emergency Management boss dead at 73

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso speaks during a news conference at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Reynoso allocated $1.1 million in capital funding for upgrades at various Gotham Health sites in Brooklyn.

Borough President allocates over $1M to Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health

By Isabel Song Beer

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Politics

Bed-Stuy father advocates for Grieving Families Act following fiancées death in childbirth

By Jada Camille

Gov. Hochul Maternal and Infant Mortality Presser

AMNY

Gov. Hochul could make NY first state to offer paid family leave to pregnant individuals

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AMNY

Dose of relief? Hochul proposes ban on insulin co-payments in New York

Mayor Eric Adams

AMNY

Op-ed | Keeping nightlife safe in New York City

Minimum Wage

LI Press

Minimum Wage To Increase In New York City, Long Island In 2024

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‘It’s a new day in Brownsville’: Jeffries, Spectrum team up to surprise Elite Learners with new laptops, anti-violence funding

By Paul Frangipane & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil

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Coalition looks to protect long-term care program in New York

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Landlords in the Crosshairs

Council passes bill to limit landlords from running criminal background checks on prospective tenants

By Adam Daly

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AMNY

NYC’s population shrank 5% post-pandemic, with residents skewing older and wealthier

Mayor Eric Adams announces that Nostrand Houses is the first NYCHA development to join the "Preservation Trust."

AMNY

Nostrand Houses becomes first NYCHA campus to join ‘Preservation Trust’: Adams

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QNS

Hochul signs bill that requires prisons to offer Halal and Kosher food

Mayor Adams signs housing target bill

AMNY

Mayor Adams inks bill to set housing growth targets for every NYC neighborhood

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Politics

Brooklyn saw high voter turnout in uncontested Council races. Why?

By Augostina Mallous

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AMNY

Possible 2025 challengers emerge as Mayor Adams continues to be dogged by controversies

Comptroller Brad Lander

AMNY

Comptroller Lander revokes city’s prior approval for striking emergency migrant crisis contracts

The Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA), an advocacy organization representing FDNY firefighters decried on Monday Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts they say will affect some of the city's busiest stationhouses.

AMNY

‘This can be the difference between life and death’: Firefighters union condemns Mayor Adams’ FDNY budget cuts

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Tucker Carlson says Pete Buttigieg is ‘fake gay’

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness addresses supporters, next to his wife and member of parliament Juliet Holness, their son Adam, and Holness' mother Sonia Harvey, after the ruling Labour Party declared victory in the general election, ushering in a third consecutive term for Holness, in Kingston, Jamaica, September 4, 2025.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica Labor Party win third consecutive term

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GRAMMY Winner Joanie Leeds Releases a Love Letter to her Bubby

NYPD at scene in Brooklyn where man was shot dead

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