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Richard Bean, superintendent of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, poses with pennies he has collected for the Pennies for Undies program at his office Friday, July 17, 2011. Bean has collected 52,000 so far and hopes to reach 100,000 pennies t

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Pennies are going away: here’s when you’ll stop seeing them

Posted on June 5, 2025

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Islanders, UBS Arena to host uncertain All-Star break keystone NHL event in 2027

Posted on June 5, 2025

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Bronx Times

Kingsbridge Armory developer, local nonprofit announce community ownership agreement

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QNS

Paladino stands by Mamdani deportation post as Democrats blast ‘xenophobic’ rhetoric

A bus on the new bus lane along 96th Street in Manhattan, one of many street safety improvements

State judges tosses lawsuit protesting Upper West Side bus lanes along major corridor

Posted on June 4, 2025

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New York’s Tribeca Festival begins tonight. Here’s what to expect.

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers ask judge to remove shackles, bulletproof vest in state court

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Ellie the Elephant celebrates fifth birthday in style at sold-out New York Liberty game

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Queens

Queens man brutally stabbed multiple times in apparent neighborly feud

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Police Commissioner for the Day: Bronx teen earns NYPD honors for essay against subway surfing

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Politics

New York shelter and supportive housing provider sounds alarm over Trump’s proposed housing cuts

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Special education teacher at Sunset Park school wins $25,000 FLAG Award for Excellence

Daniel Park, 32, is seen in an image released by the FBI. Park was arrested at JFK Airport after being deported from Poland and is accused of supplying explosive materials used in last month’s deadly bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.

JFK arrest: Suspect accused of shipping explosive chemicals to California fertility clinic bomber

Posted on June 4, 2025

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MTA wash truck crashes into apartment building in Brooklyn

Posted on June 4, 2025

Kentucky Derby champion Sovereignty running with horse over dirt track ahead of Belmont Stakes

Sports

Belmont Stakes preview 2025: Odds, analysis and three top picks to play

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show moving back to the East River for 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025

Suspect in deadly Bronx stabbing

Bronx

Face of a killer: Police release image of suspect in deadly Bronx stabbing near former police station

Posted on June 4, 2025

One in three respondents reported their quality of life as being "good" or "excellent."

Business

New Yorkers’ quality of life and public safety ratings remain low but improve since 2023, survey shows

Posted on June 4, 2025

ICE agents arrest Haitian migrant in Manhattan court

ICE raids: Mayor Adams says undocumented migrants should still go to court despite sting operations

Posted on June 3, 2025

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OMNY software glitch irks NYC transit commuters as MTA vows to clear up confusion

Posted on June 3, 2025

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Queens

Queens middle school teacher arrested for raping teen girl

Posted on June 3, 2025

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Politics

NYC’s largest housing voucher program expands, but lawmakers say it’s not enough

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Op-ed: Ground lease bill threatens property rights and affordable housing goals

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mayor Adams accuses Cuomo of running on reversing problems he caused as governor

Posted on June 3, 2025

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News

Pope Leo XIV is making an impact on Catholics in NYC and around the world a month into his papacy

Posted on June 3, 2025

Randy Wicker (left) and Steven Love Menendez Raising the Rainbow Flag on federal land at the Stonewall National Monument.

Gay City News

Rainbow Flags hoisted near Stonewall to mark Pride Month

Queens hit-and-run driver under arrest and escorted by detectives

Alleged Queens hit-and-run driver turns himself for dragging victim over 1,000 feet to death in bloody getaway

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Paladino calls for Mamdani’s deportation, prompting backlash from mayoral candidate

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Health

City Council hears proposed legislation for permanent doula training and services program

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Holden accuses Council of ‘crying wolf’ on e-bike dangers while blocking safety bill

Cops at scene of Midtown stabbing near 7-Eleven

Midtown Manhattan

Man stabbed at Midtown 7-Eleven following argument: cops

Posted on June 3, 2025

Lower East Side police vehicles at scene where man struck by driver

Driver intentionally struck Lower East Side pedestrian with vehicle after street fight: sources

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Mayor, NYCFC cut ribbon at new community soccer pitch at PS 211 in Corona

Vehicle smashed into Brooklyn subway station during pursuit

Brooklyn

Driver fleeing cops in Brooklyn smashes into subway station during pursuit

Posted on June 3, 2025

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QNS

Op-ed: State policies are killing New York’s amusement and music industry

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Brooklyn Paper

Tech startup Queen One Inc. to open headquarters in Williamsburg, promising jobs in exchange for state support

The new Belmont Park under construction

Business

The new Belmont Park: Inside the ongoing $450 million reconstruction of the Belmont Stakes’ once and future home

Posted on June 3, 2025

Community Board 9 became New York City's first neighborhood to designate 100 percent of trash for containerization, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday.

Harlem

West Harlem hits 100% trash containerization as New York ramps up battle against rats

Posted on June 2, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo pledges to move mentally ill from Rikers to housing, homeless out of subway every night

Posted on June 2, 2025

NYC corporation counsel speaking about lawsuit against Trump HUD

NYC challenges ICE detainment of Bronx student Dylan Lopez Contreras

Posted on June 2, 2025

Pols rally against ICE in Lower Manhattan

Politics

Irate NYC pols rally against recent ICE arrests in Lower Manhattan, blame City Hall for inaction: ‘History will judge us’

Posted on June 2, 2025

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QNS

Forest Hills man faces up to a year in jail for hoarding 48 dogs in one-bedroom apartment: DA

Upper East Side children standing as group in front of City Harvest truck during food drive

Upper East Side

Acts of kindness: Upper East Side third-graders use chore money to support City Harvest food drive battling hunger

Posted on June 2, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Queens state senator and former Comptroller Liu endorses Mamdani despite disagreements on Israel

Posted on June 2, 2025

On Left Rocking the Boat Executive Director Adam Green with staffers at David Bryne fundraiser

Bronx Times

Bronx youth boat program honored by ’80s music icon at Town Hall

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Soho slashing suspect indicted on attempted murder charges for attacking woman in gory glass assault

Posted on June 2, 2025

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Repair not rebuild: Brooklyn and Queens neighborhood groups urge DOT to end plans for major BQE overhaul

Posted on June 2, 2025

Scene of deadly Bronx stabbing

Bronx

Man killed in deadly stabbing at former Bronx police station-turned-preschool

Posted on June 2, 2025

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Ellie the Elephant celebrates fifth birthday in style at sold-out New York Liberty game

“I Don’t Understand You," directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, opens June 6 at the Regal Union Square, the AMC Kips Bay, the AMC Empire 25, and the AMC Lincoln Square.

Q&A with ‘I Don’t Understand You’ directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig