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UPDATE: In historic win, Marmorato beats Velázquez for Council District 13 seat

By Camille Botello Conversation…

Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams was city’s 418th highest-paid employee in first year as overtime topped $2.5B

By Ben Brachfeld Conversation…

election

Queens

Voters hit the polls in Whitestone as election workers are short staffed

By Iryna Shkurhan Conversation…

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Brooklyn

LIVE UPDATES: Polls open in Brooklyn with all eyes on southern Brooklyn council elections

Adam Daly, Augostina Mallous, Jada Camille, Kirstyn Brendlen & Ximena Del Cerro Conversation…

Trump Golf Links in the Bronx is seen on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Election night showdown: CD-13 winner hangs in the balance with opinion on casino at Ferry Point a likely decisive factor

By Steven Goodstein Conversation…

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a host of elected officials announced on Monday new legislation that would expand Hate Crime charges as biased attacks continue to rise in the Big Apple.

Crime

Fighting hate: Manhattan pols push expanded charges, closed legal loopholes to combat bias crime spike

By Dean Moses Conversation…

Voters turn out to the Bronx House Inc. poll site in Pelham Parkway on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

UPDATED: Voters focused on heated Council District 13 race as more than 34K Bronxites have already cast ballots

By Camille Botello Conversation…

election

Queens

Polls open for 2023 general election in Queens

By Ethan Marshall Conversation…

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Politics

Election Day is today: Here’s the City Council races to watch when you head to the polls

By Ethan Stark-Miller Conversation…

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Brooklyn

Voting records, party changes, and important issues: A look into southern Brooklyn’s most heated city council race ahead of Election Day

By Jada Camille & Augostina Mallous Conversation…

Trump

His lips are sealed: Trump uncharacteristically quiet after judge scolds him on the witness stand

By Dean Moses Conversation…

election

Queens

What Queens voters should know ahead of the Nov. 7 general election

By Ethan Marshall Conversation…

Early voting booth in Manhattan

Politics

No one cares: Abysmal early voting turnout of 2% for NYC general election this year

By Ethan Stark-Miller Conversation…

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High crimes: NY state seizes over $6M of marijuana from illegal shops in October

By Ben Brachfeld Conversation…

Migrants at Roosevelt Hotel

Housing & Homelessness

Tales of survival: NYC migrants face bureaucratic challenges to gain work visas after a long journey to America

By Ethan Stark-Miller Conversation…

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with New York pols hailing funding for the Second Avenue subway

Second Avenue Subway | Buttigieg joins New York pols in hailing federal funds for long-awaited East Harlem extension

By Max Parrott Conversation…

Governor Kathy Hochul at the Stonewall Inn

Politics

Hochul declares November Transgender Awareness Month in New York

By Dashiell Allen Conversation…

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams says he has ‘full confidence’ in fundraiser whose home was raided by FBI

By Ethan Stark-Miller Conversation…

Brooklynites demand that Congress Woman Yvette Clarke call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and that she refuse to support US funding for weapons to Israel.

Brooklyn

Protestors urge Brooklyn pol to support ceasefire in Gaza as Congress weighs Israel funding bill

By Jada Camille Conversation…

‘Arrest Eric Adams’: Climate protesters cuffed outside of City Hall amidst FBI raid on mayor’s campaign fundraiser

By Dean Moses Conversation…

City Council Member Tiffany Caban at rally over housing vouchers bill

Politics

Astoria Council Member Cabán causes firestorm after suggesting ‘stores are lying about shoplifting’

By Aidan Graham Conversation…

Inna Vernikov

Brooklyn

Council Member Inna Vernikov arraigned after allegedly bringing gun to Brooklyn College protest

By Isabel Song Beer Conversation…

Federal agents searched the home of Brianna Suggs at 929 Lincoln Pl. in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn Thursday morning. Suggs is Mayor Eric Adams’ chief campaign fundraiser

Politics

Top campaign fundraiser to Mayor Adams’ home searched: report, sources

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Dean Moses & Lloyd Mitchell Conversation…

Mayor Eric Adams and President Joe Biden

Politics

Adams suddenly pulls out of planned D.C. meetings on migrant crisis

By Ethan Stark-Miller Conversation…