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First-generation Queens students achieve academic dreams through Kaplan Leadership Program

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Jets

Aaron Rodgers sounds like he knows time with Jets, perhaps even in NFL is up

Posted on January 2, 2025

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New York Knicks

Why is Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns so hard to guard? Jazz HC Will Hardy delves in

Posted on January 2, 2025

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Queens

Queens mass shooting: Search continues for four gunmen who shot 10 people at gang-related event

Posted on January 2, 2025

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Health

First babies of 2025! NYC parents celebrate new arrivals for the new year

Posted on January 1, 2025

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First NYC murders of 2025: Man in Harlem fatally slashed, Bronx man shot dead

Posted on January 1, 2025

And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur, 1953, by Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington: Alchemist of the feminine psyche and architect of mystery

Posted on January 1, 2025

Two men are on the run after shooting and pistol-whipping four victims inside a Brooklyn home on Tuesday night, police reported.

Brooklyn

Four men in Brooklyn shot and pistol-whipped in violent attack at home: cops

Posted on January 1, 2025

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Subway stabbings: Two men wounded in separate New Year’s Day Manhattan attacks

Posted on January 1, 2025

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Suspect in Manhattan subway shoving on New Year’s Eve booked for attempted murder

Posted on January 1, 2025

Peru - Circa April 2023: EBT Accepted Here sign. Participants in SNAP and TANF may access their benefits using a Electronic Benefit Transfer card.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Why do we allow criminals to steal millions from the poorest New Yorkers?

Posted on January 1, 2025

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Theater

2025 Preview | Ten shows to look forward to in 2025

Posted on January 1, 2025

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Politics

2025 Preview | NYC to enter pivotal election cycle, contend with second Trump term in new year

Posted on January 1, 2025

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News

2025 Preview | Important dates for New Yorkers to remember this year

Posted on January 1, 2025

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News

New Year’s Eve: Visitors make the long wait in Times Square to watch the ball drop

Posted on December 31, 2024

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New Year’s Eve horror: Man fighting for life after being shoved onto Manhattan subway track, suspect in custody

Posted on December 31, 2024

Robin Fierce starred on the 15th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Gay City News

NYC queer bars plan viewing parties for Season 17 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race

New Yorkers grapple with influx of flu and RSV cases.

Health

Sickness on the rise: New York sees holiday surge in flu and RSV cases

Posted on December 31, 2024

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These are new traffic laws in New York slated for 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024

Cops say the alleged suspect was last seen on Dec. 14 wearing a blue jacket and a dark colored hooded sweatshirt. He also had a black and white bandana.

Brooklyn Paper

Suspect sought in knife-point robbery of teen aboard Q train: NYPD

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Brooklyn

Woman burned to death in Brooklyn subway arson attack identified

Posted on December 31, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx SAGE Center helps LGBTQ older adults find social connections

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QNS

Union organizations celebrate as Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act signed into law amid Amazon strike

AmNewYork Metro offers a list of performers New Yorkers should keep their eyes on in 2025.

Ones to watch: New York’s most promising performers set to shine in 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024

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QNS

Final hours to decide Queens’ best: 2025 Best of the Boro voting ends today

Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

Caribbean Life

Violent crime spirals

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Pets

These were the most-searched dog and cat breeds in New York in 2024, according to Adopt a Pet

Posted on December 31, 2024

New Yorkers protest murder of Robert Brooks

Protesters outside Hochul’s Midtown office issue ultimatum over Robert Brooks’ killing in prison: Arrest suspects, or we’ll ‘shut state down’

Posted on December 31, 2024

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Congestion pricing still on for Sunday start after federal judge rules against New Jersey lawsuit

Posted on December 31, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx woman charged with abandoning newborn on Longwood doorstep

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Bronx

Bronx man shot dead at store just down the block from his home: cops

Posted on December 31, 2024

Six people were shot in the Bronx during a gang related firefight on Dec. 30, 2024, sources familiar with the incident reported.

Bronx

Six people shot in Bronx, mother used as human shield during “targeted” attack, cops say

Posted on December 30, 2024

Colorized illustration (after an engraving dated circa 1821) depicts English General Thomas Maitland (1760 - 1824) (third left) and Haitian military leader and revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743 - 1803) (second right) as they sign a treaty, March 30, 1798.

Caribbean Life

Republic of Haiti marks 221 independent years Jan. 1.

Testing 1,2,3! Hosts of New York's New Year's Eve iconic ball drop ran their final test ahead of Wednesday's festivities.

New Year’s Eve: Testing the ball drop at Times Square ahead of ‘the best night of the year’

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters rescue one person, one canine companion from all-hands fire in Brooklyn

Nancy Montanez fondly remembers meeting the longest-living president in history, President Jimmy Carter, after he helped establish Mascot Flats located at 742 East 6th Street.

NYC Neighborhoods

Resident of East Village home that Jimmy Carter helped restore weeps with gratitude for late president and humanitarian

Posted on December 30, 2024

(l. to r.) Rabbi Manis Friedman, Anzhelika Steenolsen, Elizabeth Savetsky, Tanya Zuckerbrot, Dennis Prager and Rona Lalezary helped lead the Mental Health is Real campaign event in Manhattan in October 2024.

Igniting the flame: ‘Mental Health is Real’ campaign and the battle for humanity after terror attacks in Israel

Posted on December 30, 2024

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QNS

DNA testing identifies Queens cold case victim after 33 years: DA

Although police brass say there is no credible threat facing New Year celebrations in Times Square this week, they charge that they remain on heightened alert since the Oct. 6 terror attacks.

New Year’s Eve: NYPD on heightened alert for Times Square celebration due to Middle East tensions

Posted on December 30, 2024

US President Jimmy Carter visits the South Bronx in New York, accompanied by Patricia Harris (left, 1924 - 1985), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Mayor Abe Beame (right) on Oct. 5, 1977.

News

A look back: New Yorkers remember the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

Posted on December 30, 2024

Dec 12, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto poses for photos during his introductory press conference at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images

Jets

Juan Soto, Mets headline top New York sports stories to watch in 2025

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Almost 65 million reasons why New York City tourism is back

Posted on December 30, 2024

Anderson Cooper (left) and Andy Cohen (right) will usher in 2025 from Times Square.

Gay City News

New Year’s Eve co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen returning for eighth year

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Shop, sip & savor the season: Holiday magic at Loews Regency New York Hotel

Posted on December 30, 2024

A Q train arrives at DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn

NYC Transit boss and his female subordinate investigated for inappropriate work behavior

Posted on December 30, 2024

City Council Member Justin Brannan announces survey and listening tour to hear from New Yorkers on how the city should spend taxpayer dollars. Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.

Politics

FIRST ON amNY | City Comptroller hopeful Brannan wants to hear directly from New Yorkers on how tax dollars should be spent

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Brooklyn

Teenage boy in Brooklyn stabbed multiple times during park brawl: cops

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Bronx Times

Infant found in tote bag in Bronx; police release video of woman who allegedly abandoned child

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Authorities raid luxury Mott Haven apartment, seize cannabis, cash, and fireworks

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Maspeth honors America’s founding with Declaration of Independence reading

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‘Bar Network’: Where to watch New York Liberty on the road

Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall."

Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’