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Rent Guidelines Board votes on preliminary rent-stabilized apartment increase

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NYC rent-stabilized tenants in danger of yet another increase after Rent Guidelines Board vote

Chinatown in New York

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Celebrating the power of NY’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community

Mayor Adams

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How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

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Week in Rewind: CB11 chairs stripped of leadership, mental health clinics come to Bronx schools, community boards weigh in on Metro-North megaproject and more

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Ground-breaking in Brooklyn as Black unemployment rate drops

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Black unemployment rate drops significantly in NYC, new economic report shows

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‘Community Board 11 requires intervention’: Board strips Ferrara, D’Angelo of leadership titles in meeting marked by disruptions and a resignation

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City Council Member Pierina Sanchez speaks during a news conference outside City Hall on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Sanchez is introducing a package of bills in response to structural collapses, most prominently a partial collapse in her district at 1915 Billingsley Terrace.

Bronx pol announces building safety legislation inspired by Billingsley Terrace collapse

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Mayor Eric Adams holds rally celebrating rollout of executive budget

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Mayor Adams’ $111 billion executive budget plan restores some critical cuts, but shuts out libraries

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BP Gibson touts strong economic recovery, plenty of Bronx pride in State of the Borough address

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NYS Gov. Hochul at a desk with American flag behind her talking congestion pricing

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Albany lawmakers pass state budget that extends mayoral control, enacts modified ‘Good Cause’ protections

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Why several NYC House members voted against funding to help defend Israel or Ukraine

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Sen. Rivera’s legislation sparks debate over government-funded long term care plans, dividing advocates

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Cars drive by Lehman College on March 15, 2024.

Lehman’s Institute for Literary Studies canceled a panel on the struggles for Palestine. What are the implications?

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Devorah Halberstam and Rivkie Feiner speak at the ADL summit "Never is Now" about antisemitism in the Orthodox Jewish community. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

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Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

Governor Kathy Hochul

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Hochul unveils ‘conceptual’ $237B state budget deal focused on housing, retail theft, illicit weed shops

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NY HEAT Act could bring big energy savings to Bronx households

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Strengthening society’s social contract: Attorney Chris Pioch sees his work as way to help people trying to make the world a bit better

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LGBTQ youth surround Mayor Zohran Mamdani (center), Taylor Brown, the director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs (left), and Prime Minister Rob Jetten of The Netherlands (right) at The LGBT Center on Sept. 24.

Mamdani and out gay Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten meet LGBTQ youth at The Center