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Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: City secures $2.1M settlement with landlord of 14 buildings

Council Member Alexa Avilés implored New Yorkers on Friday to stand in defiance of local immigrants as ICE enforcement operations ramp up across the country.

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‘Fight back against this fascism:’ Council Member Avilés calls on New Yorkers to ‘organize’ against ICE

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Nydia Velázquez endorses Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in NY-7 congressional race

By Shane O’Brien

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Kids & Education

Hochul backs Stop Online Predators Act in 2026 budget to protect kids online

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking in front of sign

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: City sues delivery app as Mayor signals tougher era amid enforcement ‘blitz’

Waymo has received New York City’s first permit to test AV cars with safety drivers.

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Hochul’s self-driving for-hire AV pilot program draws anxiety from NYC groups, pols

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Hochul proposes installing speed-limiting tech in cars of reckless drivers

By Ethan-Stark Miller

Jill Epstein

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From Civil Court to Supreme Court: Brooklyn’s Jill Epstein sworn in

By Olivia Seaman

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Assembly Member Claire Valdez launches congressional campaign in NY-7, will face Reynoso in primary

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Nurses strike threat: Deals near with five ‘safety net hospitals,’ but 17,000 caregivers still posed to walk off job next week

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Dan Goldman officially launches congressional re-election bid, backed by Hochul and Jeffries

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Gov. Hochul and others celebrate congestion pricing anniversary

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Congestion Pricing: Hochul celebrates Manhattan toll program’s ‘extraordinary’ results on its one-year anniversary

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor signs executive orders targeting junk fees and subscription traps

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Mamdani says city will finish full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard ‘as soon as the weather warms’

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Congestion pricing: 27 million fewer vehicles entered Manhattan’s Central Business District in first year of toll program, MTA says

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Protesters rail against Venezuelan despot Nicolas Maduro outside Metropolitan Detention Center

By Dean Moses & Florencia Arozarena

Mayor Mamdani introduces HPD commissioner

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: New mayor appoints Housing Commissioner, goes after ‘rental ripoffs’

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signing an executive order in Brooklyn on Jan. 2, 2025.

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Mayor Mamdani’s revocation of executive orders related to antisemitism, Israel add to distrust for many Jewish New Yorkers

NYC public nurses win

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Nurses strike looming: Up to 20,000 caregivers issue 10-day warning for biggest walkout in NYC history

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Meet Mike Flynn, Mayor Mamdani’s newly minted Transportation Department head

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