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Affordable housing lotto opens for 8 units at historic Williamsburg theater

By Brooklyn Paper

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Fare evasion: MTA boss Lieber says most straphangers getting ensnared in fare gate prototypes are trying to evade payment

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‘It’s been quite a journey’: Maimonides marks one year of Weight Management Center

By Gabriele Holtermann

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AMNY

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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Politics

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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New East Flatbush Bojangles location to open next week, marking chain’s return to New York City

By Emily Davenport

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Developer moves to demolish rare 1860s Fort Greene house for five-story apartments

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Op-Ed | New Yorkers need more protection from gambling addiction

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

Best Sensory-Friendly Indoor Activities in NYC for Special Needs Kids

New York Family

6 Best Sensory-Friendly Indoor Activities in NYC for Special Needs Kids

AMNY

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

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Greenpoint

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

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

The Altered Thread

News

Inside a Flatbush landmark, The Altered Thread opens sewing school to empower mothers and children

By Olivia Seaman

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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

AMNY

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

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AMNY

Flu blues in NYC: Influenza cases spike across five boroughs in first days of 2026

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

AMNY

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

Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from video obtained by Reuters.

Caribbean Life

Caribbean alarmed as US strikes Venezuela, Maduro captured

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AMNY

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

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Advocates at a Union Square rally for trans youth on Feb. 8, 2024.

Union Square rally set for Jan. 10 as Supreme Court hears trans sports cases

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against U.S. strikes against Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as he makes an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026.

Brooklyn Dems chair denounces Trump’s actions in Venezuela

Stage at Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Broadway Week

New York Family

Broadway Week Is Back: 2-for-1 Tickets on Broadway Shows in NYC

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Islanders’ Anthony Duclair hoping monster night vs. Devils is start of bringing ‘bring more to the table’