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Mayor Eric Adams looks up at the sky

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams’ leading rivals pounce on latest swirl of corruption scandals

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Sheepshead Bay’s historic Ocean Avenue Bridge reopens after $1.2M rehab

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Jeremiah Program Brooklyn

News

‘We can’t survive on grit alone’: Jeremiah Program helps mothers and children while confronting poverty and policy cuts

By Olivia Seaman

Help Special Olympics New York Find Coaches, Spaces, and Sponsors for NYC Athletes

New York Family

Help Special Olympics New York find coaches, spaces, and sponsors for NYC athletes

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Greenpoint

Broadway Stages owners allegedly bribed city official to scuttle McGuinness Boulevard redesign

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Love Island USA

Arts & Entertainment

Cocktails and couplings: Where to watch the ‘Love Island USA’ reunion in Brooklyn

By Olivia Seaman

Winnie Greco, a longtime aide to Mayor Eric Adams, attending an Adams campaign press conference on June 26

AMNY

‘This was no payoff’: Mayor Adams campaign aide suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag

Mamdani speaking to microphone about amNY report

AMNY

amNY report of NYPD staffing crisis stirs up conversation in NYC Mayor’s race

cadman towers co-op

Brooklyn Heights

Lottery opens for waitlist to purchase affordable co-op at Cadman Towers

By Anna Bradley-Smith

the people's runway fashion show

Arts & Entertainment

‘The People’s Runway’ fashion show to celebrate five Brooklyn-based designers as part of New York Fashion Week

By Gabriele Holtermann

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‘I know you are, but what am I?’: Coney Island USA to hold Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest this weekend

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Ingrid Lewis-Martin.

AMNY

Ex-Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin to be hit with additional corruption charges on Thursday, lawyer says

NYPD recruits stand with right arms raised taking an oath

AMNY

Blue blood infusion: NYPD welcomes largest recruit class in 9 years amid its ongoing staffing crisis

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News

Brooklyn beaches close as Hurricane Erin generates life-threatening rip currents and large waves

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Social Security 90th Anniversary

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Slices and stories: AARP marks 90 years of Social Security at Bed-Stuy pizza pop-up

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: New poll shows Mamdani comfortably ahead, but without majority, in 5-way race

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Bushwick

Apartment buildings rise on Bushwick church parking lot and former townhouse site

By Anna Bradley-Smith

crown heights mass shooting vigil

Anti-violence advocates vow to keep fighting after mass shooting ‘shattered’ Crown Heights

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Lucas Gomez, a former staff attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, was fired after a social media post advocating violence against Israelis

AMNY

Brooklyn Defender Services fires attorney over ‘hateful’ post advocating violence against Israelis

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Standing together for trans rights on Transgender Day of Visibility

Report: 2.8 million transgender people 13 years and older in the US

Busta Rhymes to be crowned Elite Icon at 2025 Caribbean Music Awards

Help Special Olympics New York Find Coaches, Spaces, and Sponsors for NYC Athletes

New York Family

Help Special Olympics New York Find Coaches, Spaces, and Sponsors for NYC Athletes

Making of bonsai trees, Wiring a tree into the pot. Handmade accessories Wire cutters and scissors bonsai tools, stand of bonsai, Concept Bonsai.

Things to do this weekend in NYC, Aug. 22-24