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mamdani on mcguinness boulevard

Greenpoint

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

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

protestors against maduro at mdc

Protesters rail against Venezuelan despot Nicolas Maduro outside Metropolitan Detention Center

By Dean Moses & Florencia Arozarena

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

NYC public nurses win

AMNY

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

people dressed up at 2026 coney island polar bear plunge

Brooklynites dive into 2026 at frigid Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

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AMNY

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

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Arts & Entertainment

NYC landmarks, including miniature Brooklyn Bridge, highlight Holiday Train Show at NYBG

By Claude Solnik

first baby

Maimonides welcomes Brooklyn’s first baby of 2026

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Brooklyn sees landmarking slowdown in 2025, but Flatbush gains two new Historic Districts

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured signing three of his first five executive orders aimed at tackling the city’s housing crisis during a press conference at an apartment building in Brooklyn

AMNY

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: New mayor gets started by revoking Adams-era orders, relaunches tenant rights office

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and wife Rama Duwaji at his inauguration

AMNY

Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration: New mayor vows not to soften democratic socialist agenda for governing NYC

Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office

AMNY

MAYOR MAMDANI: Queens democratic socialist takes the oath of office as NYC’s 112th mayor

Flushing Bank CEO John Buran

LI Press

Flushing Financial merging with Ocean First

brooklyn district attorney eric gonzalez vacates manslaughter conviction

Brooklyn records safest year as murders and shootings hit historic low: DA

By Gabriele Holtermann

photos of the year

News

Through the lens: Brooklyn Paper’s most striking, surprising and unforgettable photos of 2025

Compiled by Gabriele Holtermann

workers at a deli with sandwiches

AMNY

How Prospect Park Deli turned New York energy into internet gold

Isla & Co.

Isla & Co. brings Aussie brunch, dinner and $3 coffee to Williamsburg starting Jan. 1

By Olivia Seaman

More from Around New York

“Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika.

Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’

Members of the UN Security Council meet on the U.S. strikes and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores at the United Nations building in New York, U.S., Jan. 5, 2026.

Caribbean RoundUp

Cheerful black kid boy sitting on dad's lap and helping father at linen in basket while doing laundry near washing machine in flight kitchen to organize and declutter the home

New York Family

Five Easy Ways to Declutter and Organize Your Home This New Year

Malik Nabers: Giants player with white towel around his neck in front of blue background

Malik Nabers injury: Giants star WR no guarantee for Week 1 of 2026 season