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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered her final State of the City speech as she appears likely to launch a bid for mayor. Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

AMNY

State of the City: Speaker Adams lays out vision for NYC leadership in speech teeing up mayoral run

Politics

Mayoral candidates address Queens voters at Jamaica community forum

By Athena Dawson

Mayor Eric Adams responds to Cuomo campaign

AMNY

NYC mayoral race: Eric Adams says NYC needs to be saved from Cuomo after ex-governor jumped into race

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas speaks at the State Capitol to call for measures to address food insecurity. Photo: Office of Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas

Jackson Heights Post

González-Rojas joins lawmakers and anti-hunger groups to call on Albany to address food insecurity

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers remarks to churchgoers at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

AMNY

Hochul touts economic agenda, vows to fight Medicaid cuts in Sunday visits to Queens

Dr. Hazel Dukes in 2023

AMNY

Dr. Hazel Dukes, 92, remembered as long-time champion of civil rights in NY

Amanda Lefton testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when she was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

LI Press

Long Islander Amanda Lefton named new DEC commissioner

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Politics

Asian American Republican Club of Queens officially launches in Flushing

By Robert Pearl

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

AMNY

NYC mayoral race: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams says she’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to last-minute run

Mayor Adams at podium

AMNY

Mayor Adams’ lawyer asks federal judge to drop charges ‘with prejudice,’ citing leak of Sassoon letter

Dan Bongino

Politics

Trump appoints Glendale’s Dan Bongino as FBI Deputy Director, working under fellow New Yorkers

By Colum Motherway

Affordable housing in New York City

AMNY

NYC’S HOUSING CRISIS: Why affordable housing really isn’t as ‘affordable’ as you think

mike lopez

Politics

Exclusive: Ridgewood priest and Hungry Monk founder Fr. Mike Lopez announces bid for Council District 30

By Shane O’Brien

Governor Hochul at federal meeting in Washington

AMNY

Hochul tells federal workers axed by Musk and Trump ‘You’re hired’ in new state government job recruitment campaign

Mayor Adams speaks about calls for his resignation or removal

AMNY

Mayor Adams dismisses cacophony of calls for his resignation or removal, charging they’re antidemocratic

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Politics

Woodside veteran fired from Bronx VA hospital amid mass government layoffs

By Emily Swanson

Traffic zooms by congestion pricing cameras on the Upper East Side.

AMNY

Congestion pricing: MTA announces $48.6 million in Manhattan toll revenue during first month of program

Congestion Pricing Sign along the Long Island Expressway in Queens, New York

Politics

Ridgewood leaders split on Trump’s move to halt congestion pricing

By Colum Motherway

trump policies

Politics

Sen. James Sanders to host Jamaica town hall on Trump policies and community impact

By Athena Dawson

Jenifer Rajkumar

Politics

Jenifer Rajkumar’s Public Advocate campaign gets $1M boost in matching funds

By Colum Motherway

Speaker Adams as a potential NYC mayoral race candidate

AMNY

NYC mayoral race: Will City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams jump into the primary?

accessibility

Politics

CM Selvena Brooks-Powers’ bill expands accessibility for NYC’s deaf community

By Athena Dawson

Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer brought her experience as a legislator and community advocate to the clerk’s office.

Politics

Queens County Clerk Pheffer wants visitors to feel at home in the clerk’s office

By Max Parrott

Forest Hills Green Team

Politics

Seven Queens City Council candidates receive key public matching funds

By Colum Motherway

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People sit on the lawn of Washington Square Park after the 2025 NYC Pride March in New York City, June 29, 2025.

Report outlines New York State’s LGBTQ population and highlights disparities

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Schneps Podcasts

Dan Rattiner speaks with Angela Boyer-Stump, a real estate advisor and licensed sales associate with Sotheby’s International Realty – Episode 240

Swim Safety for Children with Disabilities: How the Right Lessons Can Save Lives

New York Family

Swim Safety for Children with Disabilities: How the Right Lessons Can Save Lives