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Tenants protest Gov. Kathy Hochul at a rally for Good Cause eviction protections.

Protesters call out Hochul for failing to support tenants in state budget

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams announces his four-part plan promoting and incentivizing safe battery use.

Adams announces plan to combat lithium-ion battery fires, promote safe electric micro-mobility usage

By Nelson A. King

City and State event host Jon Lentz introducing speakers for the webinar. Top row from left: Jon Lentz, Joel Berg, Laurie Wheelock. Berg: CEO of Hunger Free America. Wheelock: Executive Director and Counsel at the Public Utility Law Project of New York (PULP). Middle row (left to right): Beth Shyken-Rothbart, Roxanne Persaud, Beth Finkel. Shyken-Rothbart: Senior Counsel for Client Services and New York Policy at the Medicare Rights Center. Persaud: NYS Senator and the Chairperson of the NYS Senate Committee on Social Services. Finkel: State Director of AARP New York. Bottom row: Maritza Davila. Davila: NYS Assemblymember and Chairperson of NYS Assembly Committee on Social Services.

Data matching helps older low-income New Yorkers, lawmakers say

By Milette Millington

Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, first deputy commissioner with the New York City Department of Correction.

Antigua

Antiguan-born Lynelle Maginley-Liddie serves as NYCDOC First Dep. Commish

By Nelson A. King

Residents joined long lines outside Calvary's Mission Food Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens, during talk of rising food insecurity.

Food

Calvary’s Mission 15th fundraiser gala towards fighting food insecurity

By Tangerine Clarke

Public Advocate, Jumaane D. Williams

Williams wants affordable housing production, increased staffing levels in city budget

By Nelson A. King

Office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson

Bronx

Bronx Borough Prez celebrates Garifuna Heritage Month, honors three

By Nelson A. King

James wins lawsuit against conspiracy theorists using threatening robocalls to intimidate Black voters

By Nelson A. King

From left David Weinstein, CEO, NYC Health+Hospitals McKinney, Ann Marie Whyte Akinyooye, Anita Taylor, and Angela Cooper, during the handing over of a Proclamation from Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke's Office.

Brooklyn

McKinney Nursing & Rehabilitation rated #36 amongst other institutions in NYS

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor Eric Adams releases ‘The Road Forward’ new blueprint to handle asylum seeker crisis.

Adams releases ‘The Road Forward’ new blueprint to handle asylum seeker crisis

By Nelson A. King

Supporters of Coverage 4 All rally outside of the State Capitol in Albany.

Health

Immigrant NYers rally for passage of health coverage for all

By Nelson A. King

Katie Schaffer, director of Advocacy and Organizing at the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), facilitating the Communities Not Cages event.

Advocates push for changes in sentencing laws in New York

By Milette Millington

Congressman Jeffries and Congresswoman Clarke receive a proclamation from Ira Lewis, executive legislative aide of East Orange, NJ Council Manager Britnee N. Timberlake.

Politics

Brooklyn coalition honors Jeffries, Clarke on rise to senior congressional leadership

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams.

Brooklyn

Adams rides subway overnight on one year anniversary of Subway Safety Plan

By Nelson A. King

Illegal marijuana seller in Bronx

AMNY

Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie outside Brooklyn Housing Court.

Call for end to winter evictions

By Nelson A. King

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Advocates rally against any Cross Bronx expansion ahead of April 7 state deadline

The old Hyatt Mansion is shown in this 1926 photo taken at the corner of Maurice Avenue and Hyatt Avenue, which is now 65th Place.

Go through history by the numbers of some Queens neighborhood street names

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NO KINGS RALLY: Massive crowds in Manhattan rail against Trump and his policies as part of nationwide demonstrations

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NO KINGS RALLY: Massive crowds in Manhattan rail against Trump and his policies as part of nationwide demonstrations