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Photos of the four NYC mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa

Politics

amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

Posted on September 4, 2025

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaking in front of microphones

2025 Mayor’s Race

Mamdani calls Trump’s rumored job offer for Eric Adams ‘affront to democracy,’ charges Cuomo is president’s choice for mayor

Posted on September 3, 2025

ICE agents apprehend man, grabbing him by the arm at Lower Manhattan immigration court

ICE arrests ramp up in NYC immigration court as AG Letitia James fights to stop indefinite detentions

Posted on September 3, 2025

fountain

QNS

Fountain of the Fairs in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the fritz, awaiting repairs

ICE agents arrest woman at court in Lower Manhattan

The intimidation game: NYC immigration lawyers say their clients can’t get a fair hearing with ICE agents stalking the courthouses

Posted on September 3, 2025

onelic

QNS

City Planning Commission votes in favor of OneLIC Neighborhood Plan

Mayor Eric Adams smiling with thumbs up amid mayoral campaign

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Rumors swirl that Eric Adams could exit contest as Trump reportedly offers him a job

Posted on September 3, 2025

river's law

Bronx Times

Torres introduces River’s Law to ban swimming pools at residential daycares after tot’s deadly drowning

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QNS

Senior attacked with backpack in Queensboro Plaza subway station: NYPD

Jim Walden

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Independent attorney Jim Walden exits contest, urging other low-polling candidates to do the same

Posted on September 2, 2025

Suspected Brooklyn subway brute who slashed a man on board A train

Brooklyn

Brute slashed Brooklyn straphanger because he bumped into him: cops

Posted on September 2, 2025

Brooklyn intersection showing crosswalks during the day

25-year-old moped driver killed in early morning crash in Brooklyn

Posted on September 2, 2025

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NYPD touts record-low shootings in 2025, even after Bronx and Brooklyn mass attacks

Posted on September 2, 2025

people dancing in west indian day parade

Brooklyn Paper

‘Vive Le Carnivale’: Brooklyn puts its Caribbean pride on display at the 58th annual West Indian Day Parade

police car marred after west indian day parade shootings in brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade rocked by gun violence again, with seven people shot and wounded

Posted on September 2, 2025

NY: Horse Carriage Industry – Part 2

Horse-drawn carriage runs loose without driver in Central Park

Posted on September 2, 2025

location where man was shot dead in the Bronx

Bronx

Man found shot to death behind Bronx hospital

Posted on September 2, 2025

police at shooting scene in the Bronx

Bronx

Bronx drive-by shooting at deli leaves one dead, four wounded in latest borough bloodshed

Posted on September 2, 2025

People dancing in the streets during J'Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Dancing before dawn: J’ouvert brings thousands to Brooklyn carnival celebration

Posted on September 1, 2025

a woman wearing a nicely coordinated outfit waits for a bus in Queens

MTA got busy with second phase of Queens bus network redesign this weekend

Posted on September 1, 2025

a brooklyn intersection during the day

Brooklyn

NYPD officer in Brooklyn on traffic direction detail struck by hit-and-run driver

Posted on September 1, 2025

firefighters in Brooklyn at night, battling a fire

Brooklyn fire injures seven people, including firefighters, Sunday night

Posted on September 1, 2025

Demonstrators protesting against the mayor’s plan to shift public-sector retirees to Medicare Advantage on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Medicare fight: Retired NYC workers keep up the pressure to preserve benefits, urge city officials to protect their vested healthcare

Posted on September 1, 2025

cop on a subway platform

Hateful robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim, then beats him: cops

Posted on August 31, 2025

Harlem Health + Hospitals is one of the buildings in Central Harlem where a cooling tower tested positive for Legionella bacteria

Health

Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak declared over as two city sites confirmed as source

Posted on August 29, 2025

Coco Gauff of the United States in action against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the second round of the women’s singles at the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

US Open

Gauff’s struggle continues in second round US Open victory against Vekic

Posted on August 29, 2025

Aug 25, 2025; Flushing, NY, USA; Taylor Townsend of the United States in action against Antonia Ruzic of Croatia in the first round of the womens singles at the US Open at Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.

US Open

Taylor Townsend responds after heated US Open clash with Jelena Ostapenko

Posted on August 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking with people in the Bronx after rash of shootings

Bronx

Mayor Adams pledges more cops and violence interrupters amid uptick in Bronx shootings

Posted on August 29, 2025

new york liberty jonquel jones reading at bpl storytime

Brooklyn Paper

Slam Dunk: Liberty’s Jonquel Jones brings storytime magic to young fans

ICE agents in hallway of Federal Plaza questioning man during arrest

ICE in court: Temporary order blocking mass detainment at 26 Federal Plaza extended amid uncertainty

Posted on August 28, 2025

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Gay City News

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

Reverend Al Sharpton leads big crowd during March on Wall Street in support of DEI programs

‘Keep the dream alive!’ Reverend Al Sharpton leads ‘March on Wall Street’ seeking to protect DEI in corporate America

Posted on August 28, 2025

7 train arriving at a station

Labor Day travel: Here’s the subway and bus changes you need to know for holiday weekend

Posted on August 28, 2025

woman boards one of several Queens express buses on a sunny day

On the Express: Queens express buses offer a smooth ride to Manhattan, for the most part

Posted on August 28, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams denied matching funds for 11th time as rivals get big payouts

Posted on August 28, 2025

nypd officers in blue on subway platform with yellow crime scene tape stretched

Bronx

Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops

Posted on August 28, 2025

Brooklyn brute accused of assaulting 3-year-old girl.l

Brooklyn

Police searching for brute who assaulted 3-year-old girl in Brooklyn

Posted on August 28, 2025

rally in support of haiti immigrants

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

Rendering of the Avenir tower in Hudson Yards

News

Hell’s Kitchen casino plan gets warm reception at first hearing, but some locals are not ready to gamble on the bid

Posted on August 27, 2025

Victim of harlem shooting with walker she used near where she was shot

Senior shot dead with stray bullet in Harlem; friend helplessly watched her die

Posted on August 27, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks in Astoria on the expansion of a job training pilot program for the formerly incarcerated reentering society.

QNS

Mayor visits Astoria to announce expansion of big-rig training program for justice-involved New Yorkers

The original Century 21 department store on 86th Street in Bay Ridge.

Brooklyn Paper

Century 21 building demolition planned as developers eye national grocer, smaller shops

Mayor Eric Adams.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams labels democratic socialist Mamdani ‘a communist,’ echoing a frequent Trump attack

Posted on August 27, 2025

Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

Posted on August 27, 2025

ICE agents pull away man from his family

ICE in courts: Wife of Bronx man arrested at Federal Plaza in front of children says it left her family traumatized

Posted on August 26, 2025

a street intersection during the day in the Bronx

Man fatally shot in the back in the Bronx; suspect at large

Posted on August 26, 2025

Intersection where deadly Bronx hit-and-run occurred

Bronx

Woman found dead in the Bronx after hit-and-run: cops

Posted on August 26, 2025

vintage

Bronx Times

L Train Vintage opens first Bronx store in Wakefield

More from around NYC

permits

Permits filed for residential building with 57 units in Crotona Park East

permits

Permits filed for residential building with five units in Flushing

From barstools to ballots: Weekly ‘hour of action’ brings climate advocates together at Threes Brewing

The 52nd annual Village Halloween Parade.

PHOTOS: 2025 Village Halloween Parade