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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

pee-wee herman

‘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

beaches closed hurricane erin

News

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Things To Do With the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

New York Family

12 Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

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

apartment buildings beside bushwick avenue church

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

brooklyn public library

Books

Brooklyn Public Library names six finalists for 2025 Book Prize

By Olivia Seaman

NYPD officer staring at funeral for fallen cop

AMNY

Bleeding blue: Why is the NYPD losing an average of 300 cops per month?

people outside erudito cannabis dispensary

Columbia St Waterfront

Erudito, the Columbia Waterfront District’s first legal dispensary, focuses on culture and wellness

By Gabriele Holtermann

Emily Gallagher

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Emily Gallagher

Election day man at polls

AMNY

2025 Elections: What you need to know before voting

Mayor Eric Adams New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public-safety- and quality-of-life-related announcement.

AMNY

Op-Ed | Quality of life and ending the culture of ‘anything goes’

back-to-school giveaway table at win

Park Slope

Win and Airbnb launch back-to-school giveaway for children in shelters

By Gabriele Holtermann

More from Around New York

The Queer Urban Orchestra's artistic director and conductor David Bloom and general manager Brian Shaw.

Queer Urban Orchestra creates ‘a place for us’ among LGBTQ musicians and allies

Tarrus Riley

Tarrus Riley shares ‘U+Me = Good Life’

Things To Do With the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

New York Family

12 Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

side by side of Lulla drinks

A modern Italian reverie in Chelsea: Lulla’s is where savory cocktails and summer dreams collide