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A group of students at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens play Jenga during lunch. Two months into the school year, students say...

Eric Adams Adams achieved zoning and housing reforms that could help future mayors address New York City’s affordable housing shortage....

Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill Sherrill achieves an unusual feat for a party that’s already occupied the governor’s seat for two consecut...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at his victory party. The democratic socialist will have to overcome a divided Democratic Party and Republica...

New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan. Vickie Paladino is one of the few Republicans in the City Council and a vocal supporter of Presid...

A record number of New Yorkers participated in early voting in the 2025 election. The proposed measure was designed to increase voter tu...

Jumaane Williams has been public advocate since 2019. The Brooklyn Democrat was first elected to the position in a 2019 special election...

Supporters of New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrate during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in B...

Comptroller-elect Mark Levine is ready for the runway. Levine, the current Manhattan borough president, will take over as city fiscal wa...

Mikie Sherrill The Democratic Congressmember has defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli after a closely-watched race that turned brutally...

The New York City mayor's race will soon be over. The polls will remain open until 9 p.m. — and then the counting begins in the contest...

People wait in line to vote in the General Election at the Brooklyn Public Library on November 04, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the...

Enrollment in city public schools has dropped. Roughly 884,400 students enrolled in the system this fall, down about 2.4% from 906,248 l...

Johnathan Warren insists his high-flying hobby is perfectly lega. The arrest of a daredevil who flew near the Verrazzano Bridge has big...

An election worker at a Jersey City poll site on Nov. 4, 2025 The city sits across from Manhattan and is one of NJ's largest. [ more › ]

People wait for the start of food distribution at New York Common Pantry on October 30, 2025 in New York City. It’s unclear when or whet...

Because the Manhattan Bird Alert method isn't welcome in Kings County, here are your afternoon links: Boosted A and L line service, St. John...

A USGS worker records a high-water mark outside a flooded home in Woodside, Queens, after the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New York City...

A lengthy bulkhead that protects the Rockaway Peninsula from the waters of Jamaica Bay needs to be fixed, federal documents show. Erosio...

A voter holds a voting sticker in their hand in New Jersey on Nov. 4, 2025. The election is seen as a potential bellwether ahead of next...

Because Brookhaven has some zoo animals to unload, here are your early links: "Cool Girls for Capitalism" for Cuomo, Colbert for Sherrill, D...

Zohran Mamdani votes at his local poll site in Queens on Nov. 4, 2025. The Democratic mayoral candidate had kept mum on the controversia...

Brooklyn Borough Hall on Election Day on Nov. 4, 2025 Polls are open until 9 p.m. Tuesday, with multiple contests on ballots. [ more › ]

Officers from the New York Police Department watch passengers on the subway platform on Oct. 31, 2025 at the Borough Hall station in the Bro...

People take part in early voting at a polling center in the Manhattan borough of New York during early voting for the upcoming mayoral elect...